The Harvard University Center for the Environment and Bank of America presents Green Conversations with: Paul Ehrlich Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University "The Population Bomb: Where We Stand Now" Joined by: Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment Wednesday, March 18 4:00 pm Harvard University Science Center, Lecture Hall D One Oxford St. Cambridge, MA In 1968, Paul Ehrlich wrote The Population Bomb which explored the limits of overpopulation on development and sustainability. Now, 40 years later, Ehrlich discusses the current state of the world and how issues of population intersect with environmental challenges. Ehrlich has been a pioneer in alerting the public to the problems of overpopulation, and the importance of natural ecosystems to human society. Professor Ehrlich has received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship, the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (given in lieu of a Nobel Prize in areas where the Nobel is not given), in 1993 the Volvo Environmental Prize, in 1994 the United Nations' Sasakawa Environment Prize, in 1995 the Heinz Award for the Environment, in 1998 the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement and the Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, in 1999 the Blue Planet Prize, in 2001 the Eminent Ecologist Award of the Ecological Society of America and the Distinguished Scientist Award of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Green Conversations are sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of these events are free and open to the public. --- Contact: Lisa Matthews Events Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu p. 617-495-8883 f. 617-496-0425 ============================================== You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list: http://harvard.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&… Our mailing address is: Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor Cambridge, MA 02138 Our telephone: (617) 495-0368 Forward this email to a friend: http://forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=3de… Update your profile: http://harvard.list-manage.com/profile?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=5…