Calvin De Witt
Environmental Scientist
April 14-15, 1999
Tapes available from all lectures, $4.00 each
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Public
Lecture
Green is the Maker's Favorite
Color
(The Environmental Legacy of Judeo-Christian
Thought)
7:30 PM
Friday, April 14, 2000, 7:30pm
Buchanan Auditorium
Pappajohn Business
Administration Building
Sponsored by the University Lecture Committee
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Colloquium
Successful Land Stewardship Policy at the Local Level: A Case
Study of the Town of Dunn
3:30pm
Friday, April 14, 2000
C125
Pappajohn Business Administration Building
Sponsored by the Department
of Geography
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Nature Walk
In addition to the two public lectures, Dr. De Witt will also lead
a free nature walk on Saturday, April 15, 2000 9:30-11:00 a.m. at
the Squire Point Trails. To help us plan better, we request that those
who are interested call 341-0007 or email geneva@uiowa.edu
no later than Monday, April 10. The walk is tentatively scheduled
to meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Linder Point Campground parking lot.
FREE AND OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC
Calvin "Cal" De Witt is Professor of Environmental Studies in the
University of Wisconsin's Institute for Environmental Studies. He
is author of papers in physiological ecology, wetland ecology, ecosystem
modeling, and environmental stewardship. He has also written and edited
several books including: Earthwise: A Biblical Response to Environmental
Issues (1994) and Caring for Creation (1998). His current
research is focused on the integration of science and environmental
ethics in application to praxis in secular and faith-based communities.
Dr. Dewitt is also Director of the Au Sable Institute of Environmental
Studies, an Institute based upon biblical stewardship principles that
offers environmental courses for college and university students at
five sites in three countries.
Books related to
Dr. De Witt's lecture in the Geneva Book Store
Co-Sponsored by the University Lecture Committee
Sponsors of Calvin De Witt's visit: GENEVA
CAMPUS MINISTRY, ST. ANDREW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES
OF IOWA, BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH. Cosponsors (to date): Inter-Varsity
Christian Fellowship, Inter-Varsity Graduate Fellowship, Newman Catholic
Student Center, United Campus Ministry, First Presbyterian Church,
Good News Bible Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, Zion Lutheran Church,
Campus Crusade For Christ, New Life Community Church, St. Mary's Roman
Catholic Church, Coralville United Methodist Church, Peace Christian
Reformed Church, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Living Word Christian Fellowship,
the Wesley Foundation, and First Baptist Church.
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