News Release (February 27, 1974) TESC faculty member to give a public lecture on cultural causes of the environmental and energy crisis facing America
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News Release (February 27, 1974) TESC faculty member to give a public lecture on cultural causes of the environmental and energy crisis facing America
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27 February 1974
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NEWS
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington 98505
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 27, 1974
For Further Information
Judy Annis 866-6128
Cultural causes of the environmental and energy crisis facing America will be
examined in a March 4 public lecture by Dr. David G. Barry, a faculty member at
The Evergreen State College.
The lecture will begin at 10 a.m. in a second floor
study lounge (wing 2100) of the college library building.
Barry, a professor of biology and the history of science, who is also chairman of
the Washington Commission for the Humanities, will examine "The Crisis in the
Garden".
I'll explore the cultural factors in the history of Western Civilization which have
led to the separation of the arts, the humanities and the natural sciences,"
Barry says.
"It is my feeling that the present environmental crisis is a direct
result of this separation."
Barry notes that the environmental crisis has been developing in America for more
than 100 years and that it "is not a new phenomenon."
"It is a problem which we
have postponed from generation to generation, from migration to migration until
now it has reached global proportions and has involved us in a confrontation with
the international controls of oil and energy sources," he says.
Barry originally delivered the talk at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
as part of an Art and Science exhibit, which has since been shown throughout the
United States.
Some items from the original exhibit will be on display in the
Library the day of Barry's talk.
-30Dick
Nichols, Director
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