Good food, great conversation in this Thursday’s Green Ethics Salon

Environmentally conscious? Intellectually curious? Enjoy a good conversation over dinner?

It’s not too late to sign up for the Green Ethics Salons! Funded by the CNMI Humanities Council and coordinated by the Isla Conservation Alliance, the Green Ethics Salons are a monthly series of intellectually stimulating, socially enjoyable gatherings to explore selected topics in environmental ethics.

The first Salon, held on Aug. 18, 2005 at Coffee Care Restaurant, was An Introduction to Environmental Ethics & Values. Participants discussed the nature and meaning of ethics; ethical relationships with the environment; and whether or not the environment carries intrinsic value. The second Salon, held on Sept. 15 at the Taste of India, covered Ethics & the Global Environment. Participants in this Salon discussed ethical responses to global environmental issues that included overpopulation, fossil fuel consumption, and global warming.

The next Salon, Social Justice & the Environment, is scheduled for this Thursday, Oct. 20 at Neo-Remington’s in Garapan. Participants will examine the ties between political power, economic development, and environmental degradation. This Thursday’s Salon will be facilitated by Laura Williams and Tina Sablan.

Although the Oct. 20 Salon is now full, there are still a few slots available for the final two Salons in this series. Dates, venues, and central topics for the last two Salons are as follows:

* Nov. 17: Green Business Ethics & the Ethics of Consumerism, AJ’s Restaurant

* Dec. 15: Practicing Environmental Ethics in the CNMI, Abyss

Conversations begin at 7pm and last approximately 2 hours; dinner is provided. Participation in the Salons is free of charge and open to the public. Space is limited, however: each Salon will comprise no more than 10 people, including facilitators.

To sign up for the remaining Salons, interested individuals must fill out and submit an entry form. Information provided on the entry form will be used to coordinate the participant lists for each Salon. Entry forms are available at the office of the CNMI Humanities Council in Dandan, and may be submitted to the same office. Entry forms may also be downloaded at http://www.cnmihumanities.org.mp/; click on the “Council Projects” link, then go to “Ethics Projects.” For more information about the Green Ethics Salons, call the Humanities Council at 235-4785 or email Tina Sablan at tinasablan@gmail.com. (PR)