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April 12, 2006

April 19 lecture to explore future of sustainability

A renowned food activist and a political studies scholar will discuss what it will take to make the future sustainable on Wednesday, April 19, at Iowa State University.

Frances Moore Lappé, author of the influential Diet for a Small Planet, and Joel Kovel, author of Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World? will present their ideas during a 7 p.m. lecture in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union on the Iowa State campus in Ames. Their visit is sponsored by the ISU Bioethics Program and the Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture Student Association, with support from the ISU Committee on Lectures.

"What other generation has been given the chance to transform the relation between humanity and nature, and to heal so ancient a wound?" Kovel asks. "What a fantastic challenge!"

Kovel is a distinguished professor of social studies at Bard College in Annandale, NY. His most recent book, Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World, explores the relationship between ecological degradation and economic systems. Kovel has long experience as an activist in peace and justice movements, and is increasingly engaged in the movement for ecological transformation. He was the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senator in New York in 1998. Currently, he is the editor of the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism.

Lappé co-founded the Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First), which is dedicated to educating citizens about the causes of world hunger. She also co-founded the Center for Living Democracy, which promotes democratic innovations, which empower ordinary citizens. She has written several books that explore the roots of hunger and how average people can be empowered to create positive change. Lappé's seminal work, Diet for a Small Planet, explored myths behind food scarcity and encouraged a generation to examine how their consumption was interconnected with hunger worldwide. Her most recent book, Democracy's Edge investigates the emergence of a powerful trend that Lappé terms "Living Democracy." The book focuses on citizen involvement in political systems. "Our challenge is not simply to reclaim what's been lost. It is to push democracy's edge," asserts Lappé. "To save the democracy we thought we had, we must take democracy to where it's never been."

A reception will follow the lecture, which is free and open to the public.