A leading environmental journalist from France will speak about his bestselling book at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 in Cline Library Assembly Hall.<\/p>\n
Herve Kempf<\/strong>, environmental editor for one France’s leading newspapers,\u00a0Le Monde<\/em>, will discuss his recent book\u00a0How the Rich are Destroying the Earth<\/em>. His book now appears in its first English edition, translated by Flagstaff resident Leslie Thatcher.<\/p>\n Founder and editor of Reporterre, a web site devoted to the environment and social justice, Kempf has interviewed such leading figures as Al Gore and James Lovelock, documented environmental issues on five continents and worked as a journalist for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n Kempf’s book is a primer on the link between global ecology and global economy.<\/p>\n “We cannot understand the entwined ecological and social crises, if we can’t see them as two sides of the same disaster,” Kempf said.<\/p>\n This lecture is part of the One Community Sustainable Living Lecture Series. For information contact the Master of Arts in Sustainable Communities at (928) 523-9359.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"