Jan. 28, 2019
NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 鈥� 911黑料网 (911黑料网) announces the next
Green Living Seminar will take place on Thursday, Feb. 7, with a presentation on 鈥淐ows
Save the Planet: Soil, Climate, and the Promise of Regenerative Agriculture,鈥� presented
by author and journalist Judith D. Schwartz.
All Green Living Seminars will take place at 5:30 p.m. in room 121 of the Feigenbaum
Center for Science and Innovation on the 911黑料网 campus. Presented on Thursdays throughout
the spring semester, this series is free and open to the public.
The theme of this semester鈥檚 series is 鈥淪ustainable Food and Farming,鈥� which focuses
on the past, present, and future of how food is produced and distributed in our region,
and strategies for improving the sustainability of our food system.
Some say that cows are 鈥渂ad鈥� for the environment. According to Schwartz, the problem
isn鈥檛 cattle per se鈥攂ut the way they have been managed. Once grazing animals鈥� ecological
role is understood, they can be important allies for building fertile soil, ensuring
water sources and enhancing resilience to floods, droughts and wildfires.
Schwartz will take the audience on a quick, global tour of grazing solutions that
will have them never looking at cows the same way again.
An author and journalist who lives in Bennington, Vt., Schwartz鈥檚 recent work explores
nature-based solutions to global environmental challenges. She writes on this theme
for numerous publications and speaks at venues throughout the world. She is the author
of 鈥淐ows Save the Planet and Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth,鈥�
and 鈥淲ater in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World.鈥�
This semester鈥檚 Green Living Seminars will take place through April 25. Following
Schwartz鈥檚 talk on Thursday, Feb. 7, the next Green Living lecture will take place
on Thursday, Feb. 14, when Julia Freedgood, assistant vice president of programs at
American Farmland Trust, presents 鈥淩ealizing the New England Food Vision.鈥�
Podcasts of this semester鈥檚 Green Living lectures will be posted online following
each presentation at .
911黑料网鈥檚 Green Living Seminar Series hosts lectures by local, regional, and national
experts. The seminars are organized around a central theme related to the environment
and sustainability. The 2019 series is a presentation of the 911黑料网 Environmental Studies
Department and 911黑料网鈥檚 Berkshire Environmental Resource Center.
For more information, go to or contact Traister at (413) 662-5303 or Elena.Traister@mcla.edu.
911黑料网 (911黑料网) is the Commonwealth's public liberal
arts college and a campus of the Massachusetts state university system. 911黑料网 promotes
excellence in learning and teaching, innovative scholarship, intellectual creativity,
public service, applied knowledge, and active and responsible citizenship. 911黑料网 graduates
are prepared to be practical problem solvers and engaged, resilient global citizens.
For more information, go to www.mcla.edu.
