Monday, March 6, 7:00 PM
At Goddard College in the Haybarn Theater

Visiting scholar David Orr will speak on climate change and climate policy in the Trump presidency, and how we can grow and implement practical visions of sustainability and resilience. The talk is free and open to the VT community. Some of David Orr’s books will be available for purchase at the talk. This event is sponsored by GroSolar, the VT Sierra Club, and Transition Town Montpelier.

David Orr is the Counselor to the President and the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies & Politics, Emeritus at Oberlin College. He is the author of eight books, including Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse (Oxford, 2009) and Dangerous Years: Climate Change, the Long Emergency, and the Way Forward (Yale University Press, 2016.) In the past twenty-five years, he has served as a board member or adviser to ten foundations including the Rocky Mountain Institute, Bioneers, and the Aldo Leopold Foundation. He is currently a Trustee of the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, and the WorldWatch Institute. He has been awarded eight honorary degrees, a Lyndhurst Prize, a National Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation, leadership awards from Second Nature (2012) and from the U.S. Green Building Council (2014), and a lifetime achievement award from Green Energy Ohio.

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