Event: Re-engineering Cultures to Save Human Civilization

Event: Pesticides, politics, and progress?

Sept 18, David Hunter: An Introduction to International Environmental Law

Mid-Atlantic Students Invited to Co-op Convergence 9/30-10/2

Mid-Atlantic Student Food Co-op Convergence

September 30 - October 2, 2011; Philadelphia, PA

Anyone affiliated with a university or college within the Mid-Atlantic region who is interested in food justice, food sustainability or food sovereignty is invited to attend this gathering. The event will be organized in two tracks; one for organizing and starting projects and one for operating established projects. Participants will develop business and accounting skills, gain tools to help effectively recruit and organize students, learn more about the food system and cooperative movement, and collaborate with others in the region.

The Second Annual African Justice Initiative Symposium

The Second Annual African Justice Initiative Symposium

Presented by the African Justice Initiative
March 1, 2011 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 603

Africa’s history of rich oil reserves in countries like Nigeria and Egypt, and the recent discovery of new oil in countries like Ghana and Uganda, has placed the African continent front and center on the world oil and gas map. As transnational oil companies set their sights on these new oil reserves, we address the damage already caused in African communities by oil spills that dwarf the BP and Exxon Valdez spills. Speakers from the affected African communities, environmental and human rights organizations, law firms, and law school faculty, speak about the oil crises and access to legal redress.

Keynote Speaker:
Omoyele Sowore - Mr. Sowore is a Nigerian Journalist and Human Rights Activist who has previously been jailed and tortured. Among other things, Mr. Sowore works to promote human rights and democracy in Nigeria in relation to oil exploration.

Panelists:
Judith Chomsky - Ms. Chomsky is a renowned American Human Rights Attorney. She represented the Saro-Wiwa family in Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, concerning the summary execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and others.

Andrew Ndubisi Ucheomumu – Mr. Ucheomumu is a Nigerian attorney practicing in Maryland and WCL Alumnus. He is currently authoring several books about Africa, Law and Development, among other issues.

Professor Perry Wallace – Professor Wallace is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. He specializes in Corporate Law and Finance, Environmental Law, and International Arbitration.

Moderator:
Professor Daniel Bradlow - Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law.

General Registration, no charge. CLE Accreditation (1.5 hours) will be applied for – CLE Registration, $55). To register, please go to www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration.

For further information, contact: Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education, 202.274.4075 or secle@wcl.american.edu.

Coral Conservation Panel

Free Lecture and Panel Discussion on Coral Conservation

When: November 12, 6:30 p.m.
Where: National Zoo Visitor Center Auditorium

Coral, one of the world?s biological treasures, is at risk worldwide. Colonies that have flourished for thousands of years are dying because of environmental damage, destructive fishing practices such as dynamite fishing and bottom trawling, pollution, and global warming.

This important program will be hosted by acting Zoo director Steve Monfort. The distinguished panel includes experts working on all aspects of coral conservation.

• Mary Hagedorn, from the Zoo, will discuss her latest research on creating a frozen repository of endangered coral.
• Mike Henley, from the Zoo's Invertebrate Exhibit, will discuss his work growing endangered coral at the Zoo.
• Eric Borneman, from the University of Houston, will outline some of the global and local threats to coral.
• Mitch Carl, from Henry Doorly Zoo, will discuss how he has grown and distributed thousands of specimens of endangered elkhorn coral.
• Jennifer Moore, from the National Marine Fisheries Service and head of the Endangered Species Task Force for Coral, will discuss the latest plans for coral protection and restoration.
• Dirk Peterson, from the Rotterdam Zoo, will discuss the formation and work of the coral consortium SECORE (Sexual Coral Reproduction).
• Christine Hicks, of Counterpart International, will discuss efforts to save coral throughout the Caribbean.
• Ken Nedimyer, of the Coral Restoration Foundation, will discuss how he created his staghorn coral nursery in the Florida Keys.

This lecture is sponsored by NOAA, Counterpart International, and theSmithsonian Institution.

RSVP fonz_programs@si.edu