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Feeding Hope, Living Democracy a conversation with Vandana Shiva and Frances Moore Lappé

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:00:55 +0000

To celebrate forty years of a global food movement, please join us for an extraordinary evening. Two of the planet’s most fearless and tireless advocates for food as a human right, restoring the earth, and peace through real democracy come together on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Small Planet Fund and 40th anniversary of Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé. Co-Sponsors: Cooper Union, Nation Books and Nation Magazine, Small Planet Institute/Small Planet Fund (more co-sponsors forthcoming)

Thursday, September 22nd 2011
7:00 pm
Cooper Union Great Hall
7 East 7th Street
New York, NY 10003
free and open to the public but space is limited

Extreme Weather, Scarce Resources and Climate Change

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:00:53 +0000

Join Anna and others at the Brooklyn Book Festival discussing Extreme Weather, Scarce Resources and Climate Change.

The new era of climate war is upon us. Extreme weather brought on by global warming is unleashing cascades of unrest and violence across the globe, from Africa to Asia to the Americas. Authors Christian Parenti (Tropic of Chaos), Mark Hertsgaard (Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth) and Anna Lappé (Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It) report from the front lines of this gathering social and environmental catastrophe. Moderated by Betsy Reed.

Sunday, September 18th, 2011
12:00 pm
Borough Hall Courtroom
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Theorizing Design & Activism

admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:01:46 +0000

Join Anna Wednesday, July 13, 6pm-9pm at Eyebeam: Art & Technology Center in a fascinating multimedia conversation about the role of design in activism. Anna will be speaking along with other authors, Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, Brian Greene, and Bill McKibben.

We will be exploring our relationship with the natural world using photography, film stills, music and written word. Learn more about Antarctica, the only uninhabited continent — owned by no single country and existing with no government. What secrets does it hold in contemplating global climate change and the human role in these phenomena?

Come to find out! RSVP here.

Food For Thought Series

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:48:33 +0000

Join Anna as she discusses her book, Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It (Bloomsbury) with Ari Derfel, the Executive Director of Slow Money and co-owner of Gather, the award winning restaurant in Berkeley

Saturday, July 2
10:00am
Toby’s Feed Barn, Point Reyes Station
free and open to the public but space is limited

For more information, visit the sponsors Marin Organic or Point Reyes Books

Girls Gone Green Conference

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:00:54 +0000

The Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York is hosting a “Greening our Future” Money Maters day-long career education conference for 60 high school girls ages 14 -17. Anna will moderate a career panel that will feature five women who work in a diverse spectrum of ‘green’ careers.

Thursday, June 9, 2011
9 to 5:30 pm (career panel from 10 to 12 pm)
conEdison Auditorium
4 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003

Cooking for Solutions

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:30:43 +0000

Anna will speak about the connections between climate change and the U.S. food system. The event will include a Q&A and a book signing.

Friday, May 19, 2011
8:30 am to 9:15 am
Monterey Plaza Hotel
400 Cannery Row
Monterey, CA 93940
www.cookingforsolutions.org

Anna at the Commonwealth Club

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:27 +0000

Join Anna as she delivers a speech followed by a Q & A and a book signing.

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
7 pm
Montalvo Arts Center
15400 Montalvo Road
Carriage House Theatre
Saratoga, CA 95071
More info

Water Fight! Fracking, Food, Art & Economy

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 06:00:51 +0000

Baum Forum and The New School joined forces to present an action-oriented conference to inform, intensify, and energize current efforts to stop industrial hydrofracking in our watersheds and regional foodshed and replace it with tools to build a green economy and protect our ecosystem. Join Anna as she moderates this important program.

Monday, May 16th 2011
2:00 – 5:30 pm
Doors Open at 1:30 pm
Tishman Auditorium, The New School
66 West 12th Street, New York 10011

Green For Queens Earth Day Fair

admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 05:00:21 +0000

Join Anna as she gives a talk about her latest book, Diet for a Hot Planet, followed by a Q and A and book signing.

May 15, 2011
1 to 4 (Anna’s talk at 3)
Central Queens YM & YWHA
67-09 108th Street
Forest Hills, NY 11375
More info

Anna at Chatham University

admin — Sat, 14 May 2011 22:20:44 +0000

Join Anna as she speaks with Chatham’s Food Studies Program/School of Sustainability and the Environment.

Saturday, May 14th, 2011
TBA
Eddy Theater
Chatham University
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Evening Book Event in San Francisco

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:20:48 +0000

Join Anna as she gives a talk about her latest book, Diet for a Hot Planet

Sunday, April 24, 2011
San Francisco, CA
Details TBD

Earth Day at Elon University

admin — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:30:13 +0000

Join Anna as she delivers the Earth Day Keynote Address.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011
7:30 pm
Elon University
McKinnon Hall (on campus)
Elon, NC 27244

Food + Farm Book Talk

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:16:30 +0000

Join Anna as she discusses her latest book, Diet for a Hot Planet. This event is free and open to all ages.

April 15, 2011
7:30 pm
SPACE Gallery
538 Congress St.
Portland, ME 04101
More info

The Great Disruption

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:23:35 +0000

Join Demos and Bloomsbury Publishing for a discussion with Anna and Paul Gilding, author of The Great Disruption, a new book about the shift from an unsustainable quantity of consumption to an economy built on quality of life.

April 27, 2011
6:00 to 7:30 pm
220 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
RSVP
More info

Local Food Celebration Dinner

admin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:18:00 +0000

In her keynote address, Anna will discuss global and local food issues and creative solutions.

Saturday, April 9, 2011
7 pm
Dickinson College Social Hall
Carlisle, PA 17013
For more info

Cooling the Planet, Feeding the World

admin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:30:22 +0000

Paperback launch of Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It

Come hear Anna Lappé talk about her latest book—connecting the dots between agribusiness and global warming—and host a stimulating conversation moderated by Mia MacDonald with NYC Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, Anim Steel of Real Food Challenge and Angelines Moncha Alba Lamb of Slow Food USA. On the heels of the failure of a climate bill, in the context of climate-change denial revival, how can the Farm Bill, local NYC policy, and the national “good food” movement help us build a food system that can help ensure everyone has access to healthy food and cool the planet in a climate unstable future?

April 18, 2011
6:30 pm
New York University
Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq. South
Shorin Performance Studio, Room 802
New York, New York 10012
More Info

Local Food and Farming Discussion

admin — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:00:58 +0000

Join Anna as she delivers a speech followed by a local food and farming discussion with a variety of Connecticut area farmers and food activists.

April 3, 2011
1 pm
Unitarian Church In Westport
10 Lyons Plains Road
Westport, CT 06880

Heifer’s “Pass on the Gift” Gala

admin — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:59:40 +0000

Join Anna as she presents the first ever “Pass on the Gift” award to the New Farmer Development Project. Proceeds will benefit Heifer’s rehabilitation efforts in Haiti.

April 5, 2011
7 pm
Brooklyn, NY
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main St
(between Plymouth St & Water St)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Purchase tickets here

Fighting For Food: Legal Strategies in the Good Food Movement

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:00:04 +0000

Anna will moderate an exciting conversation with law practitioners about the food movement.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011
6 pm to 8:30 pm
CUNY Law School, 65-21 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11367

Short term residency at University of Illinois

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:56:13 +0000

Anna will spend a week at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During her residency, Anna will live on campus and eat meals in the Allen Hall Cafeteria with University students.

February 21 to 24, 2011
Anna will give a talk each evening at 7 pm
Allen Hall
1005 W. Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801