[Peace] Heather Rogers at Allen Hall 2/22-2/26

[Laura Haber]

Environmentalist writer, journalist, and filmmaker Heather Rogers will be a Unit One/Allen Hall Guest-in-Residence 2/22-2/26. She will be speaking each night of her residency. All programs are open to the public and take place in the South Rec Room of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana. See below for her full schedule.
 
Heather Rogers is a writer, journalist, and filmmaker. She has written on the environmental effects of mass consumption for the New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Utne and Architecture. Her first book Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage traces the history and politics of household garbage in the United States. It was named an Editor’s Choice by the New York Times Book Review and a nonfiction choice by The Guardian. Her documentary film, also titled Gone Tomorrow screened in festivals around the globe. Her forthcoming book considers the realities of the emerging “green” marketplace.
 
Sunday, February 22
7:00pm – Opening Program- Here From There: Living and Working as a Writer
 
Monday, February 23
7:00pm - The Hidden Life of Garbage
 
Tuesday, February 24
7:00pm - Growing Disaster? Organic Farming and Sustainability
 
Wednesday, February 25
7:00pm - Backfire: Green Cars, Biofuels and Carbon Offsets
 
Thursday, February 26
7:00pm - The Greenhouse Effect: Ecological Architecture in High Capitalism
 
 
Laura Haber
Program Director of Unit One
68 Allen Hall 
MC-050
1005 W. Gregory drive
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-2317
lhaber at illinois.edu
 
 
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