2012 Calendar of Events


January 3 - March 13.

"Environmental Humanities" course.  Tuesday evenings. University Honors College. Oregon State University, Corvallis OR


January 14 - 15, 2012.
Teaching writing workshops, MFA Program, Whidbey Writer's Workshop. "The Nature Essay: Practicing the Osprey's Art" and "The Work of the Writer in a World of Wounds." Contact: Wayne Ude

 

January 19, 2012.

 Oregon State University presentation: "Hope and Moral Integrity,"  Contact: Jesse Ford, OSU.

 

February 21, 2012.

Science Pub presentation: "Ethics and Climate Change." OSU Cascades, Bend, OR


March 15, 2012.

Portland Garden Club presentation: "The Lily in Winter: Good Work in a Warming World"

 

March 18, 2012

Transition Fidalgo & Friends presentation: "Moral Ground: Toward Ecological and Community Resilience"

Hodson Hall, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA.

for information: http://transitionfidalgo.org/


March 21, 2012

Simon Frasier University Downtown Lecture Series: "Moral Ground: Our Obligation to the Future"

Harbor Centre, Vancouver, BC


March 22, 2012

"Planet Under Pressure" Lecture Series lecture: "Ethics and Climate Change"

Simon Frasier University, Burnaby, BC


May 6, 2012

Eugene Interfaith Earthkeepers lecture, discussion: "Climate Action in Communities of Faith"

Eugene, Oregon; contact John Pitney at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


May 7, 2012

OSU Folk Club Annual Meeting presentation: "Legacies: What Do We Owe the Future?"


May 15, 2012

Willamette Writers lecture, reading: "Common Dreams"

Newport, Oregon


May 16, 2012

Oregon Jewish Center lecture, reading: "The Properties of Concrete: The Urban Photography of Alfred Edelmann"

Portland, Oregon


June 6, 2012

Elemental West Lecture Series presentation: "Reflections on Moving Water: A Literary Response to Drought and Flood" with Craig Childs.

Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles


June 7 - 10, 2012

Orion Society research symposium: "Imaging the Future"

Blue Mountain Center, Albany NY


June 14 - 17, 2012

Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment lecture, panel discussion: "Environment, Culture, and Place in a Rapidly Changing North"

Juneau, AK


July 18 - 20, 2012

Island Institute Seminar "Inner Circle" discussion: "Resilient Communities: A Forum of Creative Resistance"

Sitka, AK


September 21, 2012

Oregon Natural Desert Association Annual Meeting, keynote address: "What's Worth Saving?"

Bend, OR


September 28 - 30, 2012

Blue River Writers' Gathering, participant and organizer

H.J. Andrews Research Forest, Blue River, OR


October 1 - 7, 2012

Nobel Conference "Our Global Ocean," presenter

Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN


October 7 - 10, 2012

The Omega Institute Workshop, instructor: "Nature and the Spirit: The Art and Practice of the Nature Essay"

Rhinebeck, NY


October 18 - 20, 2012

Orion Society Board of Directors Annual Meeting

Great Barrington, MA


October 22 - 25, 2012

University of Minnesota, Environmental Studies Scholar in Residence

Morris, MN


October 29, 2012

University of Portland Visiting Writer

Portland, OR


December 11, 2012

Willamette River Planning Convention, keynote "Within Our Reach"

Portland, OR

 

 

Nobel Conference on the Oceans, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota.

 

Prior Events

Events January 2011 through July 2011

January 6. 7:30.

Sitka, Alaska. Phone conversation about MORAL GROUND with Moral Ground Study Group. “Gratitude” and “Virtue.” Contact: Carolyn Servid, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


January 11. 7:00.

Berkeley, California. Annual meeting of the Center for MultiScale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes. “Climate Ethics and Social Change.” Contact: David Randall, CMMAP Director.


January 15. 3:00.

Honolulu, Hawaii. Native Books and Pacific Writers’ Connection. Public Lecture “MORAL GROUND: Climate Change and Intergenerational Human Rights.” Contact: Takiora Ingram, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


January 29 and 30. 9 – 4:30

Hanalei, Hawaii. Weekend writing workshop. Pacific Writers’ Connection. “When Darkness Turns Unexpectedly to Light.” Contact: Hob Osterlund, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . FULL.


February 3. 10:30.

Washington, DC. Associated Writers’ Programs national meeting. Panel discussion, “Recovery as Discovery: Rethinking Nature Writing.” Contact: Thomas Montgomery-Fate, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


February 4. 9:00.

Washington, DC. Associated Writers’ Programs national meeting, Panel discussion, “Where Science and Justice Meet: The Necessity of Environmental Writing.” Contact: Nancy Lord, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


February 6. 4:00 – 6:00.

Portland, Oregon. Portland Philosophy Café. Informal group discussion of MORAL GROUND and our obligations to future generations in a time of environmental and climate change. Contact: Brian Elliott, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


February 9. 7:00.

Bellingham, Washington. Village Books. Reading and discussion of MORAL GROUND: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril. Information: http://villagebooks.com/event.


February 10, 7:00.

Lummi Island, Washington. Grange Hall. Lummi Island Heritage Trust. Keynote address, “What Do We Owe the Future?” Contact: Megan Crouse, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


February 18 – 19, 9:00 to 9:00 each day.

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. SONG FOR THE BLUE OCEAN: Science, Arts, and Ethics. A public seminar/celebration sponsored by the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word, featuring writers, film-makers, musicians, scientists, and activists in workshops, lectures, film showings, debates, duets. Can our love for the life-sustaining oceans lead us to act in their defense? For more information, http://springcreek.oregonstate.edu/. Saturday, February 19, 9 am: Ocean Wisdoms: Braiding Science And Humanities – Kathleen Dean Moore (Philosophy) and Burke Hales (Oceanography), “Ocean Acidification: The Science and the Ethics.”


April 9.

Boston, Massachusetts. MORAL GROUND: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril. Details to be announced. Contact: Tom Payton, Trinity University Press, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


May 19. 7:00, 2011.

Corvallis, Oregon. University Retirement Association. After-dinner address, “MORAL GROUND: Do We Have Obligations to the Future?” Alumni Center, Oregon State University


June 17 – 18, 2011.

Severson Dells, Wisconsin. Public symposium/celebration. A River Gathering: There’s No Place Like Home. Kathleen Dean Moore: Keynote June 17, 7:00, “Somewhere, a River is Singing,” and writing workshop June 18, 9:00 – 11:00. Contact: Don Miller, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


June 20. 7:00, 2011.

Crystal Lake, Illinois. Public lecture. “Moral Ground: A Discussion of Global Environmental Ethics. MCC Conference Center.  Contact: Leslie Krebs, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


June 21 – 25, 2011.

Bloomington, Indiana. Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment.  June 23, “Animal, Vegetable, Ethical: Something New is Required of Us,” Kathleen Dean Moore, Charles Goodrich, and Scott Russell Sanders.


July 24 – 29, 2011.

McCarthy, Alaska. Wrangel Mountains Writing Center, Wild Comfort, “Join Kathleen Dean Moore and other writers and artists for an interdisciplinary writing workshop in an intimate and inspiring Alaskan setting.” Contact: Nancy Cook, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .