since it is winter break and school not in
session, parking is free on the SBCC West Campus for this
event.
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SBCC Center for Sustainability Hosts:
The
Precautionary Principle
the Golden Rule for Future Generations
with Carolyn Raffensperger
and special guest David Eisenberg
Monday, January 16,
7pm-9:30pm, 2012
Santa Barbara City College,
West Campus, Fe Bland Auditorium
$10 general/$5 SBCC Students
More:
What does the present owe the future?
From
medicine to agriculture, energy, communication, and transportation, we
have technologies our grandparents could not have imagined. Some of
these technologies have dark sides and unknown consequences. Who
will be the guardians for future generations insuring that our present
technologies don't negatively impact our descendants?
The Precautionary Principle suggests that we err on the side of caution
when designing for our future. It is a tool for making better
health and environmental decisions, and aims to prevent harm from the
outset rather than manage it after the fact.
Although America's founding father's intended a government that would
allow its citizens life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, they could
not have anticipated the industrial age with its extremely toxic
substances that now pollute the soil, air, and water, our country's
commons.
What role does both government and the individual play in protecting
these commons, our common heritage? What compelling vision can we
have for ourselves and our children that allows us to be prosperous,
healthy, and ecologically whole? Come learn about the Precautionary
Principle and its tool kit for communities, organizations, and
government.
Carolyn Raffensperger has helped define, shape, and lead the
precautionary movement. She and her team at the Science and
Environmental Health Network, have purposefully sown the seeds of the
precautionary principle across the United States.
Carolyn Raffensperger
is an environmental lawyer and the Executive Director
of the Science and Environmental Health Network. She is the co-editor of
Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy published
by M.I.T. Press (2006) and Protecting Public Health and the
Environment: Implementing the Precautionary Principle, published by
Island Press (1999). Together, these volumes are the most comprehensive
exploration to date of the history, theory, and implementation of the
precautionary principle. Carolyn coined the term “ecological
medicine” to encompass the broad notions that both health and healing are
entwined with the natural world.
Carolyn will be joined by her friend and colleague David Eisenberg of the
Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT), who since 1995, has
led the effort to create a sustainable context for building
regulations. A panel discussion including community members from
backgrounds of health, agriculture, social justice, and education
will follow the talk.
The event takes place on Monday, January 16, 7pm - 9:30pm, at
the Fe Bland Auditorium, Santa Barbara City College West Campus, 721
Cliff Dr, SB 93109. Admission $10 general/$5 SBCC students, no
reservations required.