The Emperor's New Energy Sunday, March 26, Cedar Rapids Kamyar Enshayan, UNI Center for Energy and Environmental Education and community activist, presents "The Emperor's New Energy." What are the questions we, as ordinary citizens, ought to ask of any proposed "new" energy source that is claimed to solve our energy problems? As oil supplies dwindle, marketers are selling all sorts of things as "renewable" energy. How do we sort through them? Dr. Enshayan, an agricultural engineer, is also a member of the Cedar Falls City Council and active in local food networks. His latest book, about renewable energy options, is "Living Within Our Means." This presentation and discussion will take place on Sunday, Mar 26, at 2:00 p.m., at Indian Creek Nature Center, 6665 Otis Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids (just south of Mt. Vernon Rd. SE and west of Hwy. 13). Free Will Offering. For more information, go to www.indiancreeknaturecenter.org / 319.362.0664. ======================================= Live Well, Live Wild Conference April 24-25, Iowa City An Iowa Conference on the Wild, "Live Well, Live Wild: A Community Concourse on Undomesticating and Rewilding," will be held on April 24-25, in the Richey Ballroom, Iowa Memorial Union, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Keynoters are Bill McKibben and Stephanie Mills. The human relationship with the wild comprises a complex of positions and actions: attitudes, values, assumptions, interests, worshippings, uses, abuses, domination, reverence, exploitation, stewardship. This "concourse" will ask attendees to confront themselves, each other, and our society in general regarding how we have lost the "wild" in Iowa specifically and our society in generally, and how we can bring it back into our imaginations, our values, our actions, and our land. An e-mail discussion list will help begin the conversation before the conference, and all are invited to participate. For complete conference information, please visit www.uiowa.edu/~ipops/conferenceonthewild. Inquiries may be directed to [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp