{"id":3291,"date":"2019-03-27T10:45:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T14:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environment\/?page_id=3291"},"modified":"2025-10-29T16:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:30:14","slug":"past-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/past-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Events"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOtis Lecture 2025 – Ol\u00faf\u1eb9\u0301mi T\u00e1\u00edw\u00f2, “What Is the Problem of Freedom?”\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFilm viewing and discusion – “Salvaxe, salvaxe” [Wild, Wild] (2024)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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4:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tSalvaxe, salvaxe [Wild, Wild] (2024), by Galician director Emilio Fonseca, is a nature antidocumentary: wolves look back at the camera, terrified, and humans howl. All of us creatures…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t27th Annual Otis Lecture – Lauret Savoy\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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This year\u2019s lecture, \u201cTrace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape\u201d will be given by Lauret Savoy, author of\u00a0Trace<\/em>. This lecture is made possible by the\u00a0Philip J. Otis \u201995 Endowment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFilm viewing & Q&A with Spanish Director Nayra Sanz Fuentes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDecolonizing Land Relations in the Dawnland:\u00a0#Landback\u00a0and Rematriation Across Wabanakik\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t26th Annual Otis Lecture – Nancy Campbell\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t25th Annual Otis Lecture – Carolyn Finney\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tThe Bates College Philip J. Otis Committee invites you to attend The 25th Annual Otis Lecture,\u00a0made possible by the\u00a0Philip J. Otis \u201995 EndowmentCarolyn Finney, author of\u00a0Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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Monday<\/span> Oct<\/span> 25<\/span> 2021<\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t24th Annual Otis Lecture, Winona LaDuke – Postponed from 2020.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tWinona LaDuke, economist, activist, and author, will deliver a talk titled:\u00a0\u00a0“The 7th Fire and a Just Transition:\u00a0 Indigenous People and the Next Economy”\r\n\r\nA book signing will follow the lecture.\r\n\r\nThe event…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2019 Otis Lecture featuring Ross Gay, \u201cDelight, Gratitude, Joy: Entangle Me\u201d 11\/4\/19\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t“Urban Agriculture, Aquaponics, and the Future of Food Justice in the City” 4\/1\/19\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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Wednesday<\/span> Mar<\/span> 20<\/span> 2019<\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnviroLunch – Student Stories from the Field\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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12:00 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tThe\u00a0EnviroLunch\u00a0Series\r\n\r\n\r\n12:00 to 1:00 pm\u00a0in Commons room 221\r\nWednesday, March 20\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Maggie O’Shea:\u00a0\u00a0Intern, Sierra Club, Rocky Mt. Chapter\r\nNell Pearson:\u00a0Historical Horticulture\u00a0Intern, Plimoth Plantation\r\nLars Schuster:\u00a0Intern, Fishpond\r\nElliot Wilson:\u00a0Intern, La Plata Open Space Conservancy\r\n\r\nThe\u00a0EnviroLunch\u00a0Series…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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Monday<\/span> Feb<\/span> 11<\/span> 2019<\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t“Our Plastic Lives: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do?” 2\/11\/19\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDaegan Miller\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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“The Work Of Imagination In the Age of Catastrophe<\/em><\/strong>” 1\/30\/19<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2018 Annual Otis Lecture, Elizabeth Rush,\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cOn Rising: Exertion, Activism, and Art in the Age of Climate Change\u201d <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t“Trespassing Across America,” Lecture by Ken Ilgunas 10\/5\/18\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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12:00 am<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tKen Ilgunas walked 1,700 miles across North America, following the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline, from Hardisty, Alberta, to the Gulf Coast of Texas. On his journey Ken encountered…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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“Devils in the Details: The Roles for Scientific Engagement in the Development of California’s Climate Policy”<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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Seventh Annual Otis Lecture – “Life in an Expanding Universe”<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGary Paul Nabhan\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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2001 Annual Phillip J. Otis Lecture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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