Penobscot Nation Environmentalist to Speak at USM
March 4, 2004
The University of Southern Maine's 2003-04 Gloria S. Duclos
Convocation on Environmental Sustainability is sponsoring
a conference, "Sustainability: Ecology, Energy &
Equity," 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., on Friday, March 12. All
events are free and open to the public, and will take place
on USM's Portland campus. For reservations call 228-8367.
Darren Ranco, a member of the Penobscot Nation who holds
a joint appointment in Native American Studies and Environmental
Studies at Dartmouth College, will be the keynote speaker.
He will speak from 10-10:50 a.m. in Luther Bonney Auditorium
on "Power and Identity in State Sanctioned Science: Environmental
Racism and the Logic of Genocide." His address immediately
follows the showing of the film "In the Light of Reverence,"
which depicts the use of public and private lands that are
sacred to Native Americans but are used for recreations and
industry.
Ranco's research focuses on the ways in which indigenous
communities in the United States resist environmental destruction
by using local knowledge to protect cultural resources, and
how state systems, rooted in colonialism, continue to expose
indigenous peoples to an inordinate amount of environmental
risk.
From 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. there will be a sustainable products
and services trade show in the Woodbury Campus Center, located
off Bedford St. in Portland.
Other speakers of the day include Beth Nagusky, director
of Energy Independence and Security; Mishael Caspi, Bates
College; Ken Gordan, National Economic Research Associates;
Arundhati Roy, author and activist; Mark Hays, Natural Resources
Council of Maine; and Chris Carroll, an energy conservation
specialist.
The yearlong series, officially know as "The Gloria
S. Duclos Convocation on Environmental Sustainability,"
is featuring discussion, workshops, film, food, art and interaction
with the greater community (http://www.usm.maine.edu/prov/convocation/).
Convocation was named in memory of Gloria Shaw Duclos, a longtime
USM professor of classics who was a founder of the USM Honors
Program.
A schedule is provided below. For more information, contact
Duclos Convocation Scholar Nancy Artz at 780-4321.
Friday, March 12
Duclos Convocation on Environmental Sustainability Conference
morning presentations:
Film, "In the Light of Reverence,"8:30-9:50 a.m.
"Maine: Sustainable Energy Leadership by Example,"
Beth Nagusky, director of Energy Independence and Security,
9-9:50 a.m., Room 209, Luther Bonney Hall, Portland. Keynote
address, "Power and Identity in State Sanctioned Science:
Environmental Racism and the Logic of Genocide," Darren
Ranco, Dartmouth College and Penobscot Nation, 10-10:50 a.m.,
Luther Bonney Auditorium, Portland. "Sustainability and
Justice in a Multicultural World," Michael Caspi, Bates
College, Bob Atkinson, USM, 11-11:50 a.m., Room 208, Luther
Bonney Hall, Portland. "Energy, Irreversibility, and
Valuing the Future," Ken Gordan, National Economic Research
Associates, 11-11:50 a.m., Room 209, Luther Bonney Hall, Portland.
"Dam/Age," author and activist Arundhati Roy, 11-11:50
a.m., Luther Bonney Auditorium, Portland, all events free
and open to the public, 228-8367.
Afternoon events: Trade show of sustainable products and
services, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Woodbury Campus Center, Portland.
Lecture, "Global Warming Impact and Solutions: What Can
We Do?" Mark Hays, Natural Resources Council of Maine,
12 noon-1 p.m., Room 209, Luther Bonney Hall, Portland. "Ecopsychology
- Healing through Nature," Mary Kay Kasper, USM, noon-1:30
p.m., Room 208, Luther Bonney Hall, Portland. "Home Energy
Conservation and Renewable Energy Use," Chris Carroll,
energy conservation specialist, Boiler Room, Woodbury Campus
Center, Portland, all events free and open to the public,
228-8367.
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