Posted 8:02 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011
A man who vowed to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year will speak at UW-L about his experience.
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[/caption]A man who vowed to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year will speak at UW-La Crosse about his experience.
Author and self-proclaimed environmentalist Colin Beavan speaks at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.
In 2006, Beavan and his family used no automated transportation, electricity, non-local food or material consumption. The experiment became the subject of an award-wining blog, noimpactman.com (one of Time Magazine's Top 15 environmental blogs), and a book, “No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet.” Find out more at http://www.colinbeavan.com/.
The lecture is part of the university’s common reading program and the Campus Activities Board series. Tickets in advance are free for UW-L students, $3 other students and UW-L employees, and $6 for others. Admission the day of the talk is $2 for UW-L students, $5 other students and UW-L employees, and $8 for others. For tickets or more information, call the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608.785.8898 or visit www.uwlax.edu/cab.
If you go—
Who: Author Colin Beavan
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5
Where: Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: In advance, free for UW-L students, $3 other students and UW-L employees, and $6 for others. Admission the day of the talk is $2 for UW-L students, $5 other students and UW-L employees, and $8 for others. For tickets or more information, call the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608.785.8898 or visit www.uwlax.edu/cab.
[/caption]A man who vowed to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year will speak at UW-La Crosse about his experience.
Author and self-proclaimed environmentalist Colin Beavan speaks at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.
In 2006, Beavan and his family used no automated transportation, electricity, non-local food or material consumption. The experiment became the subject of an award-wining blog, noimpactman.com (one of Time Magazine's Top 15 environmental blogs), and a book, “No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet.” Find out more at http://www.colinbeavan.com/.
The lecture is part of the university’s common reading program and the Campus Activities Board series. Tickets in advance are free for UW-L students, $3 other students and UW-L employees, and $6 for others. Admission the day of the talk is $2 for UW-L students, $5 other students and UW-L employees, and $8 for others. For tickets or more information, call the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608.785.8898 or visit www.uwlax.edu/cab.
If you go—
Who: Author Colin Beavan
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5
Where: Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: In advance, free for UW-L students, $3 other students and UW-L employees, and $6 for others. Admission the day of the talk is $2 for UW-L students, $5 other students and UW-L employees, and $8 for others. For tickets or more information, call the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608.785.8898 or visit www.uwlax.edu/cab.