Kingsborough Community College is hosting the third annual symposium and festival that provides a unique opportunity for students, faculty, and members of the community to gather together, under a common banner, to engage in a dialogue centered on the environmental problems and challenges we face at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

The Eco-Festival mission is:

• To raise ecological literacy
• To foster global citizenship
• To promote meaningful dialogue about environmental issues
• To inspire environmental action and stewardship

Our planet is in crisis. Climate disruption, deforestation, habitat destruction, a cascade of species extinctions – these dramatic changes demand dramatic responses. Kingsborough’s Eco-Festival 2008 provides a forum where students, teachers, and concerned citizens may explore the issues of poverty, health, and sustainable development in a global context. The symposium is designed to educate, motivate, and inspire meaningful action.

Eco-Festival 2008 will be constituted by students and faculty from many disciplines, community leaders, and environmental activists, writers, and artists. It will feature keynote speakers, films, lectures, workshops, and other events and activities. Students and teachers from the larger educational community are invited to attend. The event will be free and open to the public. Eco-Festival is under the umbrella of the Kingsborough Coordinated Undergraduate Education (CUE) Initiative and is co-sponsored by the Student World Assembly.

Confirmed keynote speakers for the Opening Ceremony on April 8 are Dr. Lisa Rainwater of Riverkeeper and Reverend Patricia Ackerman of the Over the Rainbow Institute for Living Ethics. Prof. Tria Case of the Center for Sustainable Energy at Bronx Community College is the keynote speaker for Day 2. Mr. Daniel Hendrick of the of the New York League of Conservation Voters is the keynote speaker for Day 3.

For the 2008 Eco-Festival Program, click here...

For a press release on the 2008 Eco-Festival, click here...