MEADVILLE, PA – Sept. 13, 2007 – Allegheny College will host a panel discussion and conversation titled “The Politics of Sacrifice: Charting New Ways through the Environmental Crisis, While There's Still Time” on Wednesday, Sept. 19 from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Quigley Hall auditorium on the Allegheny College campus.
The discussion is part of an Allegheny workshop titled “The Power of Sacrifice in an Ecologically Full World,” which will run Sept. 18-21.
Michael Maniates, professor of political science and environmental science at Allegheny, will lead a distinguished group of experts in a discussion addressing the reasons our society is not being asked to make real sacrifices in order to respond to environmental threats to human well-being.
“At this event, we are looking to explore how and why fear of the word “sacrifice” among policymakers and environmental groups has stifled our shared conversation about what’s possible, most rewarding, and best in terms of how we might together tackle environmental ills,” explained Maniates. “We’re at our best in America when we’re talking frankly, openly, and respectfully about things that concern us — and about things around which we might disagree. We must to broaden the conversation if we're to tap the native ingenuity and compassion of the American people.”
The panel will include Hans Bruyninckx (Institute for International and European Policy Research Group on Global Environmental Governance, Belgium), Peter Cannavo (Hamilton College), Stefan Dolgert (Duke University), Cheryl Hall (University of South Florida), Karen Litfin (University of Washington), Anna Peterson (University of Florida), Tom Princen (University of Michigan), John Meyer (Humboldt State University), Paul Wapner (American University) and Justin Williams (Humboldt State University).
The event is made possible by the generosity of the William Preston Beazell Memorial Fund. For more information, contact Michael Maniates at (814) 332-2786.
