I received word of this upcoming sustainability conference via email. The theme of the gathering is “Environmental Equity in the 21st Century,” and many of the events are free. Majora Carter is a major force these days in urban sustainability and social justice, having started her activist work in the Bronx.
The first annual Northwestern University Summit on Sustainability will be held April 1 & 2 on the Evanston campus. A keynote speech by Majora Carter, a MacArthur “Genius Award” Fellow, will take place on Friday, April 1st from 7 to 9 PM. The event will continue on April 2nd, with sessions on Policymaking for Environmental Justice; Sustainable Urban Planning; Food as a Lens for Understanding Inequities; Stories of Local Transformation; and Sustainability in Corporations.
Other speakers include:
– Michael Dorsey, assistant professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth
– Mari Gallagher, principal of Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group
– Nia Robinson, the former Director of the Environmental Justice and Climate Change (EJCC) Initiative
This event is open to the public. Find details at http://www.nusos.org/