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Democracy in a Hotter Time
September 19, 2017, 7:00 PM
Free
The present crisis in U.S. democracy has its origins in our history and political system. Much the same can be said for our slow and inadequate response to climate change now underway. David W. Orr, counselor to the president at Oberlin College and Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, Emeritus, will discuss how these and similar problems in public policy are the results of the breakdown in democratic institutions. The path forward requires repairing and strengthening the capacities of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Orr is the author of eight books, including Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse (Oxford, 2009) and co-editor of three others. His eighth book, Dangerous Years: Climate Change and the Long Emergency, was published by Yale University Press in 2016.
Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program.
Contact: Lia Morris, escoordinator@colby.edu, 207-859-5356