The Next Energy Economy: Grassroots Strategies to Mitigate Global Climate Change and How We Move Ahead

The 2019 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities welcomes Winona LaDuke, Program Director of Honor the Earth. The lecture is entitled, The Next Energy Economy: Grassroots Strategies to Mitigate Global Climate Change and How We Move Ahead

April 11, 2019
6:00 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Lecture
UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175
3243 N. Downer

Learn how local projects on indigenous lands are helping establish the next energy economy. From solar to wind to localized food production, the White Earth reservation is moving ahead in creating a more sustainable future.

Winona LaDuke is an internationally renowned activist working on issues of sustainable development renewable energy and food systems. She lives and works on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, and is a two-time vice presidential candidate with Ralph Nader for the Green Party.

For questions or accommodations, email let-sci@uwm.edu.

UWM sponsors: College of Letters & Science, Humanities Division; Electa Quinney Institute; Department of English; Department of Women’s & Gender Studies; and Center for 21st Century Studies.

External sponsors: Indian Community School; the late Ihab and Sally Hassan; and The Vilas Trust.