PLEASE JOIN BURLINGTON COLLEGE FOR
A SERIES OF SPEAKERS ON GLOBAL WATER RESOURCES
Students From Israel, Jordan, Gaza, and the West Bank
Come To Burlington To Study
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Press Release: August 30, 2005—Burlington College is sponsoring a series of public forums on the emerging issue of water scarcity. Guest speakers will discuss the impact that the lack of this essential resource is having, and will have, on a local, national and international basis. Free and open to the public, the lecture & discussion series will be held each Wednesday night in September from 6:30 to 9:00pm. These public forums are part of a new three-credit course, Water: Conflict & Cooperation, offered by Burlington College.
The six-week Vermont-Israel-Arab Peace Partners Project will bring ten graduate students from the Middle East to study and work on global water resource issues. The program is being done in collaboration with St. Michael’ s College and is funded by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. The Vermont Council on World Affairs is coordinating the program, arranging for internships and home stays for the students. Champlain College, and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies are also participating in the project.
The students will be arriving from Israel, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza on Labor Day weekend and will be participating in an orientation to the area at Burlington College on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 6th and 7th. They will be staying in homes with local families and interning at various research and science centers in the area during their six-week stay. The project will culminate in an all-day Global Water Resources Symposium at St. Michael’s College, where students will report on their findings.
Water is at the heart of important political debate and discussion on security policy, conflict and war. This series will explore both the current conflicts and controversies surrounding this essential resource and the cooperative citizen efforts to preserve its health, safety, beauty, and public accessibility. As a liberal arts college, we will consider our subject from scientific, political, historical, and artistic perspectives. All events are free and open to the public.
For more info: Burlington College - 862-9616 www.burlington.edu or jsanders@burlington.edu 846-3069
Schedule of Speakers:
Wednesday, September 7th, 6:30-9:00pm
City Hall, Church Street, Burlington
Dr. Michael Klare, author of Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict and Director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies in Amherst, Massachusetts, will be the kickoff speaker of the series on September 7th at Burlington City Hall. Klare’s talk, Resource Wars, will focus on the implications of scarce global water resources for security and conflicts. Dr. Klare is the defense correspondent of The Nation and a regular contributor to many journals, including, Foreign Affairs, Harper's, International Security, Le Monde Diplomatique, Mother Jones, Scientific American, Third World Quarterly, and World Policy Journal.
Wednesday, September 14th, 6:30-9:00pm
Burlington College Community Room, 95 North Avenue, parking on-site
The next forum, Government and Non-Government Organization Cooperation on Water Resources, will feature Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle, Plattsburg Mayor Dan Stewart and Lake Champlain Committee Representative Lori Fisher.
Wednesday, September 21st, 4:30-9:00pm
Artist’s Reception & Book-signing 4:30-6:00pm, Lecture & Discussion 6:30-9:00pm
Burlington College Community Room, 95 North Avenue, Burlington
Professor, poet, photographer and journalist Marjorie Ryerson, will present Water Music: A Tribute to the Inspiration and Magic of Water, and will discuss citizen activism through art. Her book, featuring sixty-six renowned musicians who have contributed memoirs, music and lyrics to accompany Ryerson’s dazzling photographs, will be available for sale on-site. Ryerson’s photographs will be on exhibit in the Community Room from September 10th to October 15th.
Wednesday, September 28th, 6:30-9:00pm
Burlington College Community Room, 95 North Avenue, Burlington
The History of Lake Champlain will be the subject of the discussion led by Matt Davis, Burlington College Professor and Education Coordinator for the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Schooner Project.
Wednesday, October 5th, 8:00pm
St. Michael’ s College, Ross Sports Center, Rte. 2A, Colchester
The Vermont Council on World Affairs will be hosting Lester Brown, who will speak on The Global Water Crisis.
Thursday, October 6th, 9:30am-5:00pm
St. Michael’ s College, McCarthy Arts Center, Rte. 2A, Colchester
St. Michael’s is hosting the final forum of this project, the Global Water Resources Symposium, featuring Dr. Jeff Albert of the Center for Environmental Studies at Brown University as the guest speaker. The foreign students will report the findings of their research in Vermont.
Jane O'Meara Sanders
Burlington College
President
Contact
Jane O'Meara Sanders
846-3069
jsanders@burlington.edu
