from Crisis to Sustainability"James Gustave Speth
Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor in the Practice of Environmental Policy
Beatty Lecture
October 18, 2008
Webcast:View here.
Rampant consumerism must be checked
James Gustave Speth called for people to re-devote themselves to improving the "art of living." By Neale McDevitt
Flu season may be just around the corner, but environmental activist James Gustave Speth says we have a new scourge to watch for: “afluenza,” a virulent strain of consumerism that, if left unchecked, may prove fatal to our planet.
Delivering his 2008 Beatty Memorial Lecture to a full house at the Centre Mount Royal Auditorium on Oct. 18, the Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University said rampant capitalism is the chief culprit behind the degradation of the environment to the point where the planet’s ability to sustain life has been seriously undermined.
Center for Green Chemistry & Green Engineering at Yale
Yale Environment 360: Environmental Failure
Yale Environment 360
