Events
The New Orleans Symposium (Day 2) Engagement and Ecological Thinking
Date and Time
Friday, January 16, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Description
10:00am-11:00am -
Service and Civic Engagement in the Forgotten City: Giving back to New Orleans, Quincy Williams, Janean Couch and Erik Scholten - In a city still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, a city where more water leaked out of the underground pipes than enters into people's homes, there were thousands of people seeking restoration, not only for their homes, but for their lives. Presenters, Quincy Williams, Janean Couch, and Erick Scholten, share their experiences with leading GVSU students on a Service-Learning and Civic Engagement project in the lower ninth ward in New Orleans, LA.
What is Ecological Thinking?: Climate Change, Hurricane Katrina, and the Gulf Oil Spill, Brian Deyo - In this short talk I'll argue that Hurricane Katrina might be productively construed as a thought-event that powerfully underscores the ethical necessity of rethinking humanity's role, status, and agency with respect to the nonhuman world. In addition, I plan to speculate on why Hurricane Katrina, anthropogenic climate change, and the Gulf Oil Spill present rather formidable obstacles to what I'll refer to as ecological thinking, which considers humans as a species that is, in spite of appearances, deeply embedded within and dependent upon ecological systems for sustenance and survival.
Contact
Office of Integrative Learning and Advising
Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies
133 Lake Michigan Hall
Grand Valley State University
ILA: (616) 331-8200