Permaculture in an Urban Context
Pomona College, Hahn Building, Room 101 420 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA, United StatesWhat is Permaculture? Maybe you've heard the word, but were never quite sure what it meant or how it relates to the topic of sustainability. If so, please join Sustainable Claremont as we welcome guest lecturer, Larry Santoyo, a Permaculture Design teacher and practitioner for the last 28 years. He has taught environmental design at…
Where's It All Heading?
Pomona College, Hahn Building, Room 101 420 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA, United StatesIn 2015 long-time Claremont resident Prof. John Cobb organized a 1500-person conference entitled “Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization.” Those meetings spawned EcoCiv.org, which supports projects that chart the way toward a genuinely sustainable civilization. The EcoCiv president, Prof. Philip Clayton, will summarize initiatives, nationally and internationally, that are now bringing to light what…
Eco-Justice: Equity and Wellbeing in an Ecological Age
Napier Center, Pilgrim Place 625 Mayflower Rd, Claremont, CA, United StatesJustice, as a comprehensive ideal of what is right and good - both individually and socially - is a goal common to most faith traditions. Eco-Justice broadens this ideal to specifically include the natural environment, and the inter-connection of natural and social ecologies. This timely and important interfaith event brings together an acclaimed panel of speakerswho will aim to strike…