Tuesday, February 6
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Level 0 lecture hall between Ibn Al-Haytham and Ibn Sina (bldgs. 2 & bldgs. 3)
Join us for a talk given by Maren Cooke. Cooke operates an urban micro-farm, supplying organic produce to local restaurants and garden plants to the surrounding community. She has been rebuilding her family’s home as an example of green building and green living. She also maintains an online listing of environmental and social justice events and resources called Maren’s List as well as organizing Sustainability Salons (a monthly environmental education forum and community gathering she started six years ago).
Climate change, resource depletion and health risks are all intimately linked. For a sustainable future, we need to share good ideas and transform communities. On a local level, Sustainability Salons feature scientists, educators, activists, journalists, farmers, and filmmakers sharing meals and lively discussion, in a home that has itself been transformed by incorporating energy and water efficiency, renewable energy, recycled, reused, and natural materials, urban agriculture, and biophilia. Attendees learn about environmental issues and solutions, including home and lifestyle changes.