HOUSTON, Dec. 18, 1998 - Human population and sustainability is the topic
of the seventh annual Rice Environmental Conference, which will be held
February 6, 1999, in the Rice Memorial Center on campus.
The conference, "How Many is Too Many? Human Population and the
Sustainability of Our Planet," is free and open to the public.
Conference events include keynote speaker Judith Jacobsen, a U.S.
delegate to the 1994 United Nations Conference on Population in Cairo, and
three panel discussions debating different facets of overpopulation. Panel
topics include women and population, religion and population, and
population as an environmental issue.
The conference will open with remarks by Nobel laureate and Rice
chemist Richard Smalley. The day's events will also feature the winners of a student paper competition and a career fair and expo.
The conference goal is to inform Houston citizens and spark debate
in the environmental community. The conference strives to encourage
open-minded debate, and as such, the Rice students who organize and manage
the conference are committed to presenting as many diverse viewpoints on
each topic to conference attendees as possible.
In years past the student-run conference has hosted speakers such
as "Ishmael" author Dan Quinn and Texas land commissioner Garry Mauro.
Conference events for students only begin on the afternoon of Feb.
5, as the culmination of "Get Trashed Week," a weeklong function on the
Rice campus to raise environmental awareness. For example, students are
asked to save all the non-recyclable waste that they generate for a contest
to see which student can use the least amount of trash, with the weigh-in
occurring that afternoon.
10 a.m. Opening Remarks - Richard Smalley, Nobel laureate and Gene
and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and of physics at Rice University
10:30 a.m. Panel: Women and Population
11:30 a.m. Panel: Religion and Population
12:30 a.m. Paper Contest presentations
1 p.m. Lunch and career fair and expo
2 p.m. Keynote Speaker - Judith Jacobsen, U.S. delegate to the
1994 United Nations Conference on Population in
Cairo
3 p.m. Panel: Population as an Environmental Issue
4 p.m. Future Studies Presentation
4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
For more information or to register, contact student organizers
Jessica Cohen at (713) 790-9752, fethrhed@rice.edu; or Alex Bain at (713)
630-8128.
д╨/ер=жзиайак o
j LINK="#FF0000" ALINK="#666600">
j Х ┤ ╢ ■ u [ ] n o ├ ╟ Y Ц ▐ ! k ╢ C m ╢ = И ╠
`
Ф
▐
) t ╝ P Ъ ╣ ║ ╛ ┬ · .
2
}
╨
№
+ W ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь - ■ ■
■ ▄еh cр e j ┤ i
j j j j j j j ╝ д ╝ ╝ ╝ ╝
╞ ╝ ъ 1 ╓ ╓ ╓ ╓ ╓ ╓ ╓ ╓ и к к к A ы ╘ ┐ ╘ У X s A ▒ 9 j ╓
╓ ╓ ╓ ╓ ▒ x j j ╓ ╓ D o c u m e n t S u m m a r y I n f o r m a t i o n 8
▄ W К Л ╙ ) i Щ ╛ ╟ Q [ j ╡ ╢ ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ └!ь ■ ■ └!ь ■ └!ь K @ё Normal a " A@Є б " Default Paragraph Font i
j Й i
m Z
i
└!ь └!ь └!ь ╢ W ╢
) 0 = > B c o q З ╧ ╫ у Ї Ў P ^ ` t n ~ Y a ┼ ╠ 2 6 8 : с ш ї · " $ & в к ┤ ╢ [
b
И
С
А Д Е З │ ╗ ╣ ╗ ╛ └ ┬ ─
'
8
B
F
k
0 Authorized User C:\TEMP\pressrelease.html.doc @Canon Bubble-Jet BJ-200e LPT1: CANON800 Canon Bubble-Jet BJ-200e Canon Bubble-Jet BJ-200e Ф @ f yy h h @ MSUDCanon Bubble-Jet BJ-200e А d Canon Bubble-Jet BJ-200e Ф @ f yy h h @ MSUDCanon Bubble-Jet BJ-200e А d А n n n l @ M l n h
i
@ A Х @ ┤ @ o @ i 1 Р Times New Roman Р Symbol &Р Arial " AИ ╨ h у╦1&ы╦1& Ё Г ╘ A