Walkin’ Jim Stoltz in Cooks Forest during a visit to Moshannon County · Photo by Gary Thornbloom
Envinity Green Homes presentation at Schlow Library, Spring 2008 · Photo by Laura Piraino
Walkin’ Jim Stoltz brings his wilderness experiences to local schoolchildren courtesy of the Moshannon Group · Photo by Gary Thornbloom
Wild Pennsylvania presentation by Micheal Gadomsky · Photo by Gary Thormbloom
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Moshannon Group Events and Presentations
All events are open to the public as well as Moshannon Group members. For more information on any of these programs, or to contribute ideas for programs that would be of interest to our members, contact Moshannon Group Program Co-Chairs Kat Alden at MrsKatAlden@yahoo.com or Bill Torretti at btorretti@yahoo.com.
For information on the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival, contact Moshannon Group Film Festival Coordinator Ronn Brourman at ronnb@comcast.net or 814-867-0624. See our Banff page for deailed information about this year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival.
Upcoming Presentations
Thursday, November 19 • 7 p.m.
Sustainability Based on an Ethic of Caring
A presentation by Dr. Andy Lau
Dr. Andy Lau will give a presentation on sustainability based on an ethic of caring — for ourselves, for others, and for the world. The presentation will critically examine our modern world-view, picture a world-view that leads to sustainability, and show how to work to move in a sustainable direction. Examples from the solar energy field will be used. Discussion to follow.
Lau is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs at Penn State and the Associate Director of Education at the Center for Sustainability. Last year, he received his 25-year service award from Penn State. Lau has served as the lead mechanical systems and energy modeling advisor to the Penn State Solar Decathalon teams. His engineering interests include solar energy applications in buildings, sustainable design, green buildings, ethics, and energy efficiency. Recent projects include improving the energy efficiency at Otto's Brewery in State College, capturing food waste in the dinings halls for composting, and developing a curriculum to teach middle school students about Zero-Energy Home Design.
Of Interest...
Tuesday, December 1 • 7:30 p.m.
Rick Bass: Public Reading
Stukeman Family Building Jury Space (lobby),
Penn State Univeristy Park Campus
Rick Bass, the celebrated and prolific author of such recent works as The Wild Marsh: Four Seasons at Home in Montana (2009), Why I Came West: A Memoir (2009), The Diezmo: A Novel (2007), and The Lives of Rocks: Stories (2006), will present a public reading from his work on Tuesday, December 1, at 7:30, in the Jury Space in the lobby area of the Stukeman Family Building for the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
The reading is free and a book signing will follow. Best known for his nonfiction, notably The Book of Yaak (his passionate 1996 plea for permanent protection for wild areas in his beloved home, the Yaak Valley in northwestern Montana), Bass is also acclaimed as a writer of fiction, including two novels and several collections of short stories. The most recent of the latter, The Lives of Rocks, was described by the writer Thomas McGuane as a collection that “raises the level again on Bass’s already urgent and valuable work.” The novelist Ivan Doig said of Bass’s recently published journal, The Wild Marsh, that “Bass is a stirring companion on the trail that leads west from the Walden Pond of Henry David Thoreau and the Sand County of Aldo Leopold.”
Besides his more than 20 books, Bass has appeared with regularity in such magazines as Audubon, Orion, Sierra, and Sports Afield, as well as Esquire, The New Yorker, Outside, and The Paris Review.
Bass’s visit to Penn State is sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for American Literary Studies, the Weiss Endowment, the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, the Rolling Reading Series, the College of the Liberal Arts, and the Stukeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
About Moshannon Group Presentations
Our regular presentations feature speakers on important local conservation issues and outdoor adventures. Our presentations are usually held during the autumn, winter, and spring months.
Our preferred location is now the community room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 South Allen Street in downtown State College. We occasionally hold events in other locations.
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