GAIA Book and Video Discussion Series

Brill Science Library, King Library Hold GAIA “Amazing Read” Film and Book Discussion Group
Between November 2007 and April 2008, Miami University’s Brill Science Library and King Library will hold the GAIA “Amazing Read” Film and Book Discussion Group, a four-session series looking at films and books related to global climate change.
The discussion group complements an open house held on October 5, 2007 at Brill Science Library. During this event, participants explored several different “microclimates” devoted to research, information and literature about global climate change that helped them make their own informed decisions about the topic.
The first session of the discussion group will take place on Tuesday, November 13, 2007. During this session, participants will watch portions of the BBC series “Planet Earth,” narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
On Tuesday, January 22, 2008, the discussion group will view “Dimming the Sun,” the NOVA program that investigates the discovery that the sunlight reaching Earth has been growing dimmer.
Participants will gather on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 to talk about Michael Crichton’s State of Fear, a novel that takes an adventurous look at global climate change.
The series concludes on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 with a discussion of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. In this book, Barbara Kingsolver shares her family’s experience relocating from Arizona to Appalachia to live among a community of local organic growers.
All sessions begin at 7:00 pm in room 320 of King Library, on Miami University’s Oxford campus. For more information, contact Eric Resnis (513-529-7205) or Betsy Butler (513-529-1698).