[E&S-seminars] Fwd: 4/6 Environmental talk

[Karen Gibson]

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>     The Environmental Policy Group in the Department of Urban 
>Studies and Planning is hosting Dr. John Francis.  I think you all 
>might be interested in his talk and please pass on this information. 
>He has been on the Today show and HBO is going to do a program on 
>his life story.  His actions to live a more sustainable life are 
>more impressive than the recent press.  Please see the announcement 
>below and I have attached a PDF version of the poster- you can print 
>it out and post it or just email it to students and faculty who 
>might be interested.  Thank you so much and I hope to see you there. 
>Please contact me for any additional information.
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>Best,
>Lyssia
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>The Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT Presents:
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>Dr. John Francis
>"Geography of an Obligation"
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>Tuesday, April 6th
>4 - 5
>Room  4-237
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>Dr. John Francis 22 year abstinence from the use of motorized vehicles is an
>expression of his personal commitment to creating a sustainable world. He
>has walked across the US; he had sailed and walked through the Caribbean and
>Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. John uses his own journey
>as a metaphor to explore the miracle of the ordinary journey  -- with its
>moments of obligation and of passage.
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>Beginning with how he came to be on this journey, John will explain the
>meaning of the experience and the concept that a pilgrimage has for him and
>society. His Journey is a geographic and interior one, characterized by
>humorous anecdotes and misadventures as well as circumstances of tragedy,
>death and realization.
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>In 2003, after leading his first group walk of 75 international students
>through Cuba, He recognized the need for a formal, well-tested curriculum
>based on pilgrimage.
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>To address this need he is launching PLANETLINES, an organization whose
>mission is to create and disseminate an environmental, peace, and community
>service curriculum. Based on the concept of pilgrimage, the project will
>serve high schools, universities, and civic groups. Through the curriculum,
>young people and adults of diverse cultures and economic backgrounds will
>gain the knowledge and tools necessary to develop their own walking
>pilgrimages. By combining science, the humanities, and public service,
>students will learn that they can create lasting environmental and social
>change. The hands-on multi-disciplinary curriculum will bring education to
>life in schools where traditional teaching methods have failed to engage
>students.
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>He will invite participants to join him in recognizing their own moments of
>obligation and personal journeys.
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>To learn more about John Francis and read the recent article about 
>him in HOPE Magazine, go to  www.planetwalk.org
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>Lyssia Lamb-MacDonald
>Program Assistant
>Environmental Policy Group
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>9-312, 77 Mass Ave.
>Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
>Tel: 617.253.1509
>Fax:617.253.7402
>Email: lyssia at mit.edu


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Karen  L. Gibson
Program Assistant
MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-469
(1 Amherst St., E40-469 - for DHL and FedEx)
Cambridge, MA 02139  USA
Tel:  1 (617) 258-6368; Fax:  1 (617) 258-6590
http://lfee.mit.edu
http://globalsustainability.org
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