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The 23rd annual Senior Symposium will bring David Orr, director of environmental studies at Oberlin College, to Dartmouth to give a speech on "Education and the Earth."
This year's Senior Symposium falls on Earth Day, Saturday April 21, and the 10-student symposium committee chaired by Judy Huang '01 and Nicole Vanatko '01 has come together with the Dartmouth Environmental Conservation Organization to create a joint event.
Unlike last year's symposium, which was seven days of events ranging from slide shows and films to speeches and discussion groups, the symposium this year will encompass a weekend and feature one speaker.
"Last year's symposium had a much more extensive program, but this year we're planning more focused events," Huang said.All of this year's events are centered on Orr, an award-winning environmental writer and activist who promotes education as a primary means of creating environmental sustainability.
Orr is the author of "Earth in Mind" written in 1994, "Ecological Literacy" from 1992 and has also published more than 90 articles.
Jessica Morey '01, a member of ECO and a coordinator of Earth Day, and Vanatko said they were inspired to invite Orr to the symposium after reading "Earth in Mind" in a class taught by Professor Nancy Crumbine entitled "The Philosophy of Education." Crumbine will introduce Orr at the keynote address.
Orr's novel focuses on "business, ethics, religion and an all encompassing view of the way things are now and how we can move closer to sustainability," Morey commented.
The committee has planned a Saturday morning brunch for Orr, students and faculty at the Organic Farm.
The speech will take place in Filene hall in Moore at 11 a.m.
