By Daily Press staff
SMC is hosting a fall “Environmental Issues Lecture Series” featuring a wide range of topics from electric vehicles to environmental films.
The series begins Wednesday, Sept. 6 with the lecture, “Sustainable Works for You Again!” The lecture will show audience members how to be more resource efficient at home, school and work.
The series is sponsored by SMC’s Center for Environmental and Urban Studies. The center, which is open to the public, features displays, a library and information center, video collection, native garden, and other services and activities related to environmental and urban studies. SMC has been offering courses in environmental and urban studies since fall 2001.
The lineup for the remainder of the fall semester is: * Sept. 20: “Media that Matters: Can Environmental Films Help Save the World?” * Oct. 11: “The Case for Electric Vehicles” * Oct. 18: “Water Quality Monitoring: Testing Our Way to Cleaner Water” * Nov. 8: “Making Santa Monica Bay Beaches Safe for Swimming and Surfing” * Nov. 29: “Smart Cities are Efficient Cities” All lectures are at 6:30 p.m. in room 123 of SMC’s Bundy Campus, 3171 S. Bundy Dr., adjacent to Santa Monica Airport. They are free and seating is on a first-arrival basis. For information, call (310) 434-4743 or go to http://events.smc.edu/environmental.html.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 28, 2006. Read the original PDF.