New Speaker Added to the On the Creek Series
David Quammen will be speaking in Laxsonon March 11, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
This lecture is sponsored by the Natural History Museum and the College of Natural Sciences and is part of the On the Creek Lecture Series.
Admission is free, but a ticket is required for admission.
Tickets are available at the University Box Office, 2nd and Normal Streets, (530) 898-6333
Charles Darwin took 20 years to publish his theory of evolution; he produced On the Origin of Species only on learning that he was about to be scooped! David Quammen's most recent book, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin, traces the two-decade period between Charles Darwin's original idea of natural selection and the publication of On the Origin of Species. Quammen illuminates the long process of research, thinking, and personal anguish that led from Darwin's brief visit to the Galapagos Islands to the eventual unveiling of his theory. Quammen will be speaking about the life of Darwin as well as his work.
Quammen is an award-winning science, nature and travel writer whose works have appeared in such publications as National Geographic, Outside, Harper's, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times Book Review. He has been an author and freelance journalist for almost thirty years, often traveling to such far away places as jungles and swamps for stories. He has won numerous awards including the National Magazine Award three times. Quammen has published eleven books, both fiction and non-fiction. Currently, he is a contributing writer for National Geographic and he holds the Wallace Stegner Chair in Western American Studies at Montana State University.
Books by David Quammen will be for sale during the lecture, and he will be signing books after the performance.
Book Club Being Formed on The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
In preparation for the presentation by David Quammen in March, you are invited to join us for a series of informative and thought provoking discussions of his book The Reluctant Mr. Darwin. For four Thursday evenings, (Feb 14th, 21st, 28th, and March 6th) different faculty members from Chico State will lead a focused discussion of the book, each from a different perspective.
These discussions will begin at 7:00 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, 2031 Dr. Martin Luther King Pkwy, Chico. For more information e-mail Rachel Teasdale.
"On the Creek" Lecture Series
continues dedication to sustainability at CSU, Chico
CHICO, Calif. — In an effort to continue to educate the community and to highlight the issues that matter most in today's world, The Office of the Provost at California State University, Chico and Chico Performances are again bringing speakers with an environmental or sustainability focus to CSU, Chico. These speakers are featured on the On the Creek Lecture Series for the 2007-2008 season.
The lecture series will explore the sustainability issues that affect our world today by featuring reputable and knowledgeable speakers, writers, and activists who focus on environmental issues and government and corporate responsibility. The featured speakers for the 2007-2008 On The Creek Lecture Series are: Paul Hawken, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Brenda Hillman & Forrest Gander, and David Orr.
Paul Hawken is the first in the On the Creek Lecture Series and will be speaking on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at Laxson Auditorium. Paul Hawken is one of the world's most influential environmentalists and has written a new book promoting a worldwide grassroots movement of hope and humanity. The book, entitled Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming, praises what is going right in this world and how small, grass-roots organizations, as well as multi-million dollar companies are banding together to help save the environment.
Advance tickets are available at the University Box Office (898-6333) and are: $15 Adult/Senior, $10 Student/Child.
Speaking in the lecture series will be Jean-Michel Cousteau on Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at Laxson Auditorium. For more than four decades, explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producer Jean-Michel Cousteau (son of legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau) has used his vast experience to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for the Earth's water and the ecosystem it nourishes. In this presentation Cousteau will use a big-screen, multi-media presentation to give an enlightened perspective on the challenges facing the world's threatened ecosystem.
Advance tickets are available at the University Box Office (898-6333) and are: $25 Premium, $20 Adult/Senior, and $15 Student/Child.
The next speakers in the On The Creek Lecture Series are Forrest Gander and Brenda Hillman on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall/PAC 132. Acclaimed poet and self proclaimed "non-violent activist" Brenda Hillman will be joined by with poet, essayist, and translator Forrest Gander in this free On The Creek Lecture presentation. Hillman is known for her seven volumes of poetry and has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Gander, author of more than a dozen books, including collaborations with notable artists and photographers, loves to find "new discoveries of language" and is the owner of, as he puts it, "an unflinchingly curious mind."
This lecture is free, but a ticket is required for admission. Tickets are available at the University Box Office.
The final speaker in the On The Creek Lecture Seriesis David Orr who is featured as the kick-off keynote speaker at the annual This Way to Sustainability Conference III on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 4:00 p.m. in Bell Memorial Union room 100. Environmental advocate and author David Orr is well known for his work on environmental literacy in higher education. Orr's recent work in ecological design resulted in the creation of the Environmental Studies Center at Oberlin College, a building described by the U.S. Department of Energy as one of thirty "milestone buildings" of the 20th century. Orr's lecture is sponsored by The Institute for Sustainable Development, the Office of the Provost and Chico Performances.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Purchase or pick up advance tickets for Paul Hawken, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Forrest Gander & Brenda Hillman, and David Orr in Chico at University Box Office (898-6333), W. 2nd and Normal. Sponsors for the On the Creek Lecture Series are: Chico Performances, Office of the Provost, Office of the President, US Bank, Butte College and the City of Chico.
More information on the Chico Performances program, the On the Creek Lecture Series and these speakers is available on this website.
For more information and high resolution photos of each speaker, click on the speakers name under "Performances by Artist" on the Chico Performances home page.
For more information on the CSU, Chico sustainability efforts, please visit the CSU, Chico Sustainability Program Web Site at: http://www.csuchico.edu/sustainablefuture/events/