Sustainability Speaker Series w. Peter H. Raven

Peter H. Raven, a leading botanist and advocate of biodiversity conservation, is President Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden and George Engelmann Professor of Botany Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis. In the mid-60’s, Dr. Raven recorded that rapid growth of the human population, consumption, and the spread of polluting technologies were threatening  biological diversity to a degree that had not been previously known. He became an outspoken advocate for conservation throughout the world and an articulate spokesperson for the cultural and economic as well as the environmental implications of shrinking biodiversity. Dr. Raven will be speaking on November 3 at the College Chapel at 7:00 pm.