Speakers and Events

Knox College hosts many special events and guest speaker lectures covering topics in sustainability, in addition to the regular work of College organizations.

Recent Speakers
	Holter Graham Lecture: "My Planet, My Passion" (September 21, 2009) Graham is a co-host of the program "Wa$ted!" on the Planet Green network "Graham declares Knox 'above the bar' for sustainability" (TKS) TV Show "Wa$ted!"

	Clive Hamilton Lecture: "Growth Fetishism and the Climate Crisis" (April 21, 2009) Hamilton is the former director of the Australia Institute think tank and Australian National University Professor of Public Ethics "Public Ethics Professor Says Money Is Not Everything" (TKS) Clive Hamilton's Web site

	John de Graaf Lecture: "Time and Sustainability" (April 14, 2009) De Graff is the author of Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic, a book about the environmental consequences of over-consumption, and two related documentaries, Affluenza and Escape from Affluenza spoke to the Knox community about "John De Graff Advocates More Time and Less Stuff" "Take Back Your Time" Web site

	Sandra Steingraber Lecture: "Sustainability on College Campuses" (Oct. 8, 2008) Steingraber is the author of Living Downstream, a widely-known book on the links between the environment and health. "Colleges Can Build Ecologically Sustainable Campuses, Societies" Sandra Steingraber's Web site

	Nathan Engstrom Lecture: "Sustainability: The Ultimate Liberal Art" (Sept. 20, 2007) Engstrom is coordinator of the Office of Sustainability at Oberlin College. Nathan Engstrom's Web site
Green Events
Green Solutions Expo A culture of sustainability was created through The Green Solutions Expo 2009, where local companies and organizations showed how they're doing things in a more "environmentally friendly" way. Full story Equinox Picnic Spread the word on campus about sustainability through an EquiKnox picnic. Full story Prairie Plot Bricks were added to the campus prairie plot to help clearly define where the prairie ends and the lawn begins. The bricks will help keep non-native species from invading the prairie, ultimately helping the prairie plants establish themselves in the plot. Community Garden The Community Garden was harvested and celebrated through a Fall Festival. Full story

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Students can direct questions, comments, and suggestions about campus sustainability to the Student Senate Sustainability Committee at sen-sustainability@knox.edu.

Faculty, staff, and alumni can direct questions, comments, and suggestions about campus sustainability to the Sustainability Task Force at sustainability@knox.edu.

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