Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Earth Charter Community Summit begins Oct. 5

OSHKOSH – Noted author Jim Mason will speak about making better food choices and other things individuals can do to reduce environmental damage at the kickoff of the sixth annual UW-Oshkosh Earth Charter Community Summit on Thursday, Oct. 5.

The summit, the largest in the world, also will include a free showing of Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth” and talks by longtime civil rights leader Minnijean Brown Trickey and author and economist David Korten.

The Oct. 5-14 summit also will include the formal launch of a major new campus sustainability initiative on Thursday, Oct. 12.

The summit also will include a “Sustainability Expo,” community breakfast and the UW-Oshkosh Powwow.

All events are free and open to the public.

For details on all the events, click http://www.uwosh.edu/earthcharter/summit2006.php.

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