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Hot Topics: Conversation Series

hosted by the L&C Sustainability Council

January 26, 2018

Please join us for HOT TOPICS, a conversation series hosted by the Lewis & Clark Sustainability Council and featuring presenters from all three Lewis & Clark campuses and the greater Portland community.

See the full list of HOT TOPIC events.

Subjects we will cover:

Humans and biodiversity
Place-based learning
Environmental justice
Divestment and socially responsible investing
Climate and energy
Decent work and living wages
Art and environment

All conversations will take place on Thursdays during February and March (with two exceptions, please see flyer), 5-6:30 pm in JR Howard Hall 202.

These sessions are free and open to the public.

We would love to see many of you there as we attempt to bring together our three campuses and the community in hopes of stimulating ongoing joint conversations about pressing issues. For more information, please contact the Sustainability Council.

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