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When:
Sunday,
October 21, 2007
3:30 p.m. Refreshments
4:00 p.m. Lecture and Q&A
Location:
The Center for Urban Horitculture
3501 NE 41st ST
Seattle, WA
(just south of University Village near the entrance to Laurelhurst)
Cost:
$20
per ticket for members of the SCW in Seattle,
$18 for supporting members of the Stanford Club of Washington (SCW) and their guests.
The cost covers beverages and seasonal food, access to the Center and Professor Montgomery's talk.
Become a supporting member now to take advantage of the supporting member rate for this event.
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RSVP
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Sign up now with the online registration Stanford link, or make alternative arrangements with Debera Harrell.
Questions?
Debera Harrell
DeberaHarrell @ earthlink.net
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Links:
Center for UrbanHorticulture at UW
...for directions and other info.
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Alumni and members of the Stanford Club of Washington:
An Afternoon with Professor David Montgomery
Please join us Sunday, October 21, for an intriguing lecture elucidating the role agricultural soil abuse plays in the decline of civilizations throughout history.
3:30 p.m. Check in and refreshments of Seasonal Food, Wine and Non-alcoholic Beverages.
4:00 p.m. Professor Montgomery lecture, Q&A following
All at The Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
More on Professor Montgomery, his book and talk:
We are fortunate to have the opportunity to have David Montgomery agree to give our Fall Lecture. Professor Montgomery, (Stanford/geology '84) and professor of earth and space sciences at the University of Washington, has been traveling the country discussing his latest book, "Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations," a timely and engaging read. Montgomery, a lively speaker who is passionate about his subject matter, is a geomorphologist who studies how landscapes change through time. Soil, he says, is humanity's most essential natural resource, essentially linked to the survival of modern and past civilizations. Yet he argues that land-use and agricultural policies that lead to erosion and "soil abuse" threaten our future. Praised by critics as a "rich mix of archeology, geology and history," Montgomery's book and lecture will trace the role of soil in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America and the U.S. The book comes at a time when citizens locally and nationally are paying more attention to food - how it is grown, where it comes from - as well as the increased popularity of home gardening, eating locally and organic farming.
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