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Common Theme Author Bill McKibben Coming to Campus
Fresh off the International Day of Climate Action he helped to organize in October, best-selling author Bill McKibben will be in Indianapolis for two free, public events on November 9 and 10, 2009.
With this year’s IUPUI Common Theme well underway, McKibben’s book Deep Economy has been the topic of much dialog around campus and on the Common Theme blog. McKibben asks simple but profound questions: Is more better? How might we rebuild today’s economy for a durable future? Now is the time for everyone reading the book and everyone interested in these questions to come hear the author. The IUPUI and central Indiana community is invited to this Spirit and Place Civic Festival event.
On Nov. 10, everyone is welcome back to the Indiana State Museum, where McKibben will join a panel of local experts discussing the question, “Can Local Food Feed Indiana and the World?” This panel will be held in the ISM’s White Auditorium from 10:30-11:45 am on Nov. 10.
Come hear the author whose book is creating so much buzz on campus and join the conversation about green economy, healthy communities and just sustainability.
The IUPUI Common Theme thanks our sponsors, IUPUI’s 40th Anniversary Fund, University Place Hotel and Conference Center, the Indiana State Museum and NUVO, and our partners, Go Green IUPUI, Christian Theological Seminary, Earth Charter Indiana, Hoosier Environmental Council, Improving Kids’ Environment, Indianapolis Winter Farmers Market, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis for their support.
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