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'What a Tangled Web We Weave' - Dr. Abigail Jahiel, Illinois Wesleyan University

Presented by Belmont University

September 18, 2009

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As Americans we are accustomed to thinking of our country's military, political, economic, and cultural influence throughout the world. As much as we might also try to consider the implications of American policies and lifestyles for peoples and ecosystems elsewhere, the web we weave is indeed a tangled one, both geographically and temporally, and the strands that compose it are often invisible. Focusing on the US and China, this talk aims to unravel the global web of consumption, production, and destruction, and reveal the ecological and social interdependencies and trans-boundary implications that lie within it. Abigail Jahiel, Illinois Wesleyan University, is Director of Environmental Studies and Associate Professor of Environmental and International Studies. A political scientist and China specialist by training, Dr. Jahiel has published several articles on environmental issues in China in such journals as The China Quarterly, China Rights Forum, and Environmental Politics. Over the past decade, she has also devoted her energies to developing environmental studies curricula; promoting campus sustainability, and organizing workshops on integrating environmental sustainability throughout higher education. Her early sustainability work was published in the edited volume Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change (2004).

This event is part of Belmont University's Eighth Annual Humanities Symposium, which this year is centered on the concept Nature and the Human Spirit. Be sure to check out the long program schedule and short program schedule.