Thursday, September 4, 2008

Capitol Science Lecture: The Carbon Age: Sept. 25, 2008

09/25/2008 - 6:45pm

The Carbon Age: From Crisis to Stability
Eric Roston and James Gustave Speth

Eric Roston Duke University, The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Author of The Carbon Age: How Life’s Core Element Has Become Civilization’s Greatest Threat

James Gustave Speth Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Author of The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability

Science has never carried greater promise for our lives than it does today. Yet some technologies that power prosperity now show a perilous side. A distinguished science journalist and an environmental visionary grapple with these conflicting realities.

Sponsored by the Center for Global Ethics, George Mason University
http://www.ciw.edu/events/lectures

Capital Science Lectures
Most lectures are free and open to the public and are held at the Carnegie Institution,
located at 1530 P Street, NW (corner of 16th and P Streets)

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