Internationally acclaimed ecologist and activist to address rising global food crisis
The increasing global unrest surrounding basic food shortages and rising food prices will be the topic of UC Irvine's Center for Global Peace & Conflict Studies' 17th Annual Margolis Lecture. Vandana Shiva, a leading physicist, ecologist, activist and author of Earth Democracy and Water Wars, will discuss proposals for overcoming the mounting international crisis through sustainable and equitable food production and land usage.
(Media-Newswire.com) - The increasing global unrest surrounding basic food shortages and rising food prices will be the topic of UC Irvine’s Center for Global Peace & Conflict Studies’ 17th Annual Margolis Lecture. Vandana Shiva, a leading physicist, ecologist, activist and author of Earth Democracy and Water Wars, will discuss proposals for overcoming the mounting international crisis through sustainable and equitable food production and land usage. DATE: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 TIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: Social Science Hall, Room 100, UC Irvine ( Bldg. 200 on campus map )
BACKGROUND: The Margolis Lecture annually brings to campus distinguished political and policy-making leaders who speak on important international-affairs issues. Past speakers have included, among others, former United States Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, physics Nobel Laureate Hans Bethe, and former United Nations Chief Weapons Inspector Dr. Hans Blix. Further information is available online at www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/ event.php?eid=791. Heather Wuebker 949-824-1577 hwuebker@uci.edu
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