Dr. Ben Ramsey, professor in the Religious Studies Department at UNCG, will guide the conversation about our collective future together based upon the book The Great Disruption. Paul Gilding offers a stark examination of the challenge humanity faces and yet also provides a deeply hopeful message. Gilding describes how, in the coming decades, we will see loss, suffering, and conflict as our current planetary life is unsustainable. However, Gilding contends that this time will also bring out the best humanity can offer: compassion, innovation, resilience, and adaptability. Gilding tells us how to fight and winwhat he calls “The One Degree War” to prevent catastrophic warming of the earth, and how we can start right now both individually and collectively.
Location: The Café, 211 West Fisher Avenue
Led by: Ben Ramsey, Ph.D.
Date: Monday, Mar 12, 2012, 7:00pm
Location: Sacred Garden Bookstore