NewsPress Release - 2/28/2000
MARLBORO, VT - The Marlboro College lecture series, "El
Medio Ambiente: Cultural and Environmental Landscapes of Latin America,"
continues this semester with a presentation by Judith Kimerling
entitled "Amazon Crude, Amazon Sued," at 7 p.m. Monday,
March 27, in the Whittemore Theatre.
Kimerling's slide presentation focuses on the environmental impact
of oil development in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador, and a lawsuit
in U.S. courts against Texaco on behalf of Ecuadorian indigenous
peoples and settlers affected by the company's operations there.
As well as being an internationally recognized expert and a leader
in efforts to protect the world's remaining rainforest and the indigenous
peoples who inhabit them, Kimerling is an attorney, author, and
assistant professor of law and political science at the City University
of New York Queens College Law School.
Described by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as "one of the heroes
of the environmental movement," Kimerling is a graduate of
the University of Michigan and Yale Law School. In addition to her
book, Amazon Crude (published in English in 1991), Kimerling has
authored numerous articles and has appeared on NBC Dateline, the
CBS Nightly News, CNN, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's
"Man Alive" series.
The lecture series, made possible in part by a Department of Education
Title VI grant, is intended to enhance students and faculty expertise
in international aspects of environmental issues. The event is free
and open to the public. The Whittemore Theater is fully accessible.
For more information, please call (802) 257-4333. The Marlboro College
events calendar can be found on-line at www.marlboro.edu/calendar/calendar.html.
