Upcoming Environmental Events

Fall 2009 Events at Goucher

Date: Wednesday, October 28
Event: Film Screening of “Food, Inc.”
Location: Kelley Lecture Hall
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Description: Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner uses reports by Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser and The Omnivore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan as a springboard to exploring where the food purchased at the grocery store really comes from and what it means for the health of future generations.

Date: Friday, October 30
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community. 

Date: Thursday, November 5
Event: Baltimore Bioneers Conference
Location: Hyman Forum in the Athenaeum
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: The third annual Baltimore Bioneers Conference features some of the most insightful and inspiring environmental innovators working to change the region and the world. The lecture that will be held at Goucher is tentatively titled “Transforming Higher Education for the Age of Climate Change.”

Date: Friday, November, 6
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community.

Date: Wednesday, November 11
Event: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Goucher’s Fall 2009 Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Visiting Professor
Location: TBD
Time: 8 p.m.
Description: Kennedy, a high-profile environmental advocate and business leader, will discuss the role that natural resources play in U.S. foreign policy and national security and our responsibility to protect and preserve our planet for future generations. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved by calling 410-337-6333 or by e-mailing boxoffice@goucher.edu.

Date: Thursday, November 12
Event: Food For Thought
Location: Batza Room of the Athenaeum
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Biology Professor Bob Slocum's Senior Seminar class (BIO 387) is hosting this student-led discussion of issues relating to genetically engineered (GE) crops and foods. The lay public generally has a poor understanding of both the technology used to GE plants and the risks and benefits of using such crops, which are ingredients in about 80 percent of foods in the U.S. The students will attempt to cut through the pro- and anti-business propaganda and focus on the science involved. The discussion will cover how GE crops are produced, the traits they exhibit, how the technology is regulated, safety and nutrition (in contrast to organically grown goods), and if this technology is environmentally sustainable.

Date: Monday, November 16
Event: Protecting Maryland’s Water, Land, and People Into the Future
Location: Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum
Time: 6:30 p.m. networking reception; 7:30 p.m. program
Description: The Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Baltimore Green Works, and the Goucher Environmental Studies Program present this Maryland legislative preview and networking reception. Learn about upcoming environmental legislation in the Maryland legislature and hear the latest from local environmental groups. Panelists include Shari Wilson, the secretary of the Maryland Department of Energy, and Brad Heavner, the state director of Environment Maryland. Click here to RSVP.

Date: Friday, November 20
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community.