Kunstler and White to Discuss the End of Oil and Converging Catastrophes09:54AM / Wednesday, September 30, 2009
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century," and Curtis White, author of "The Barbaric Heart: Capitalism and the Crisis of Nature," will discuss "Sustainability: A Good Without Light" on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. It will be held in the Paresky Center, room L02, on the Williams campus.
This event is free and open to the public.
Kunstler is the author of seven books and has written for many publications, including the Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and Atlantic Monthly. He has lectured extensively on Urban Design, energy issues, and new economies, and has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, MIT, and more.
White, a professor of English at Illinois State University, is an internationally recognized social critic. His three books have garnered high praise in scholarly journals and national publications, including the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and Rolling Stone. |
