Rachel Carson Forum
The Rachel Carson Forum is an annual spring quarter event organized by the Master of Environmental Studies Student Association.
The 23rd Rachel Carson Forum: Building A Sustainable Food System in the South Sound
Presented by the Master of Environmental Studies Student Association
Friday, May 10, 2013, 6pm
The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Tabling expo starts at 5pm
Speakers start at 6pm
Discussion and Q&A at 7pm
Information on Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson's 'Rugged Shore' in Maine - New York Times article (Summer 2012)
Rachel Carson Forum History
- 2012 - "Panel Discussion on the Social, Political & Ecological Implications of Pesticide Us" by Dr. Marion Moses, Dr. Steve Herman, Dr. John Perkins, Ciscoe Morris, and Janette Brimmer
- 2011 - Lecture by Paul Stamets of Fungi Perfecti
- 2010 - Lecture Estella Leopold with breakout session by Billy Frank Jr., Nisqually tribal member & of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
- 2008 - "The Health of Puget Sound" by William Ruckelshaus of Puget Sound Partnership
- 2006 - "High Stakes Conservation" by Delia & Mark Owens
- 2005 - "The Tragedy of the Non-commons" by Joshua Farley of Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
- 2004 - Water & Forests Festival including lecture by author Dr. Eugene Kozloff
- 2002 - "Widening the Context in the Biotechnology Wars" by Dr. David Ehrenfeld of Rutgers University
- 2001 - "Rewilding: the need for large carnivores for ecological integrity in wildland ecosystems" by Dave Foreman
- 2000 - "Fighting for Positive Social Change and Environmental Justice" by Dr. Marion Moses of the Pesticide Education Center
- 1999 - Lecture by poet & environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams
- 1996 - "Silent Spring, Sacred Landscapes: Sustainability and the American West" by Charles Wilkinson of the University of Colorado, Boulder
- 1995 - "Labor & the Environment: Building a Coalition in the Northwest" by speakers Richard Feldman, Gwendolyn Lee, & Tarso Ramos
- 1994 - "Water & Community: A Sense of Place" by speakers Krag Unsoeld, Bob Mead, Billy Frank Jr., Judy Turpin, J.T. Wilcox, Jan Teague, & Bob Gustavson
- 1993 - "The Endangered Species Act: Reflections on the Past, Prospects for the Future" by speakers Rick Agnew, John Engbring, John Growen, Valerie Johnson, Jim Pissot, & Andy Stahl