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Fwd: Sustainable Capitolism Seminar & Sustainability Summit
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Micheal M Wheeler
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Oct 19, 2005 09:54 PDT
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Subject: Fwd: New Location: John Ikerd Seminar & Sustainability Summit
Date: Wed, October 19, 2005 9:20 am
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| | SUSTAINABLE CAPITALISM
A seminar with author and agricultural economist John Ikerd
Wed Oct 26 4-5:00 PM,
Plant Science Building Auditorium, Cornell Campus
To be followed by:
"Sustainability Foods" Reception 5-6 PM
Sustainability Summit 6-8 PM
All events are free and open to the public
Sponsored by Cornell's Sustainable Food and Agriculture Systems for
Healthy Communities Initiative:
Community, Food, and Agriculture Program
Small Farms Program
Community Food Systems Program
Community and Rural Development Institute
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cornell Sustainability Coordinator
Department of Horticulture
Department of Development Sociology
Polson Institute for Global Development
Rural NY Initiative
Cornell International Institute for Agriculture Development-CIIFAD
Office of the Executive Vice-President for Finance and Administration
WHO IS JOHN IKERD?
Dr. John Ikerd spent the first half of his thirty-year academic
career as a traditional free-market, neoclassical economist. He
served on the faculties of four major state universities during his
career: North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University,
the University of Georgia, and the University of Missouri. Growing
concerns for the lack of ecological, social, and economic
sustainability of American agriculture during the 1980s led to
broader concerns for the lack of sustainability for American society
in general. As an economist, Dr. Ikerd eventually came to understand
that growing threats to ecological and social sustainability are rooted
in the neoclassical paradigm of economic development, which
is inherently extractive and exploitative, and thus, is not
sustainable. Dr. Ikerd spent the last half of his academic career
and much of his time since retirement developing and testing the
concepts and principles of an alternative development paradigm, the
economics of sustainability, which are elucidated in his new book,
Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Common Sense.
www.kpbooks.com/details.asp?title=Sustainable+Capitalism
"For years, John Ikerd's writings and speeches have provided
precious insights into the economics of this nation's food system,
exploding the myth that factory farms are economically imperative.
In this brilliant book (Sustainable Capitalism), he makes a powerful
case for a new capitalistic economy: one that is environmentally
sound, socially just, and economically sustainable."
Robert F.. Kennedy, Jr.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
or to arrange to meet with John Ikerd or have him speak to your
class or group, please contact one the following people:
Brian Chabot (<mailto:bf-@cornell.edu>bf-@cornell.edu, 254-4234)
and Joanna Green(<mailto:jg-@cornell.edu>jg-@cornell.edu, 255-9227)
will help schedule additional meetings and class presentations on the
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Cornell
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Marian Brown (<mailto:mbr-@ithaca.edu>mbr-@ithaca.edu, 274-3787)
will help schedule additional Ithaca College activities
Gretchen Gilbert at Cornell's Community, Food and Agriculture
Program will be coordinating the Wed, 4PM seminar at Cornell
(<mailto:gc-@cornell.edu>gc-@cornell.edu, 255-9832)
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