BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 RDATE:20130310T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 RDATE:20131103T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131015 LOCATION:Templeton Campus Center GEO:45.44918;-122.670969 SUMMARY:Environmental Affairs Symposium DESCRIPTION:This year's symposium focuses on modifications of our biophys ical surroundings that are considered "unnatural." Certain activities\, s uch as species restoration and biomimicry\, are uncritically embraced whi le others\, like genetic modification and cloning\, can be seen as monstr ous and perverse. What shapes these ethical and aesthetic preferences and how can we analyze them in a constructive way? Do unexamined ideologies foreclose opportunities for positive environmental change? \;We will look into complex issues such as genetically modified organisms\, specie s resurrection\, rewilding\, ecological restoration\, artificial intellig ence and the ethics of "messing with creation". \; Get more inform ation at:college.lclark.edu/programs/environmental_studies/symposium/ 0\; (https://college.lclark.edu/programs/environmental_studies/symposium/ ) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This year's symposium focuses on modifi cations of our biophysical surroundings that are considered "unnatural." Certain activities\, such as species restoration and biomimicry\, are unc ritically embraced while others\, like genetic modification and cloning\, can be seen as monstrous and perverse. What shapes these ethical and aes thetic preferences and how can we analyze them in a constructive way? Do unexamined ideologies foreclose opportunities for positive environmental change? \;We will look into complex issues such as genetically modif ied organisms\, species resurrection\, rewilding\, ecological restoration \, artificial intelligence and the ethics of "messing with creation".
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college.lclark. edu/programs/environmental_studies/symposium/ \;
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