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Is the climate warming at a terrifying pace? Are toxins leaking into the groundwater? Do our cities have wide, gaping food deserts? In the third and final event of the What Arts & Humanities Are Good For series, we’ll…

Is the climate warming at a terrifying pace? Are toxins leaking into the groundwater? Do our cities have wide, gaping food deserts? In the second event of the What Arts & Humanities Are Good For series, we’ll ask how…

Is the climate warming at a terrifying pace? Are toxins leaking into the groundwater? Do our cities have wide, gaping food deserts? In the first event of the What Arts & Humanities Are Good For series, we’ll ask how…

How many environmentalists does it take to screw in a light bulb? That’s not funny!—but why so serious? Join 3 irreverent environmentalists for a rollicking, knee-slapping, 83%-funny discussion of why environmentalism isn’t funny—and why it so desperately (seriously!) needs…

This short film, “The River of Muddy Water,” looks at the many challenges to water security in Kenya by examining the confluence of Maasai farmers who rely on the Ewaso Ng’iro river for virtually all their water needs, the…

Beginning with The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the West’s earliest texts, this 16-part lecture series by Professor Ken Hiltner surveys nearly 5000 thousand years of literature in order to explore the literary history of the relationship we have…

How can artists help create the sustainable cities and places of our dreams? Three artists will talk about their own work, and will engage in a freewheeling discussion on art’s particular powers to enact changes in environmental policies and…

Ronald Bailey (born November 23, 1953) is an American libertarian science writer and author and editor of books on economics, ecology and biotechnology. Bailey attended the University of Virginia, where he earned a B.A. in philosophy and economics in 1976. He worked briefly as an economist for the Federal Energy Regulatory…