Great Fear, Great Hope: Climate Change And The Meaning Of Life
Wed Nov 30, 2011. 06:00 pm - 07:00 pm
Humanities 150
Boulder Flatirons from the south
Category: Lecture
Event Details
Great Fear, Great Hope: Climate Change And The Meaning Of Life
Wed Nov 30, 2011. 06:00 pm - 07:00 pm
Humanities 150
Auden Schendler
Vice President, Sustainability, Aspen Skiing Company,
Join us for an evening with author and climate change activist Auden Schendler as he discusses the challenges and opportunities involved in climate change in the twenty-first century. There will be a book signing and reception following his presentation.
Auden is vice president of sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company, and he worked previously in corporate sustainability at Rocky Mountain Institute. He has testified to congress on the impacts of climate change and speaks widely about sustainability. His book, Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution was called "an antidote to greenwash" by NASA's James Hansen. He lives in Basalt, Colorado with his wife Ellen and their children Willa and Elias.
Among his other pursuits, Auden has been a trailer insulator, burger flipper, ambulance medic, Outward Bound instructor, high school math and English teacher, freelance writer, and Forest Service goose nest island builder.
An avid outdoorsman, Auden has climbed Denali, North America's highest peak, and kayaked the Grand Canyon in winter. His writing has been published in Harvard Business Review, the L.A. Times, Slate, Scientific American Earth 3.0, Salon.com and other media, and his work has been covered in Outside, Fast Company, Travel and Leisure and Businessweek.
This event is co-sponsored by CU Environmental Center and CU Net Impact, and it is free and open to the public.
Websites: CU Environmental Center
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