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The
mission is simple: To redefine "cool." We
The Planet (WTP), a national tour dedicated to sustainability,
will cultivate that message with Iowa Staters when the
tour appears at Stephens Auditorium at 8 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 28.
Musician
Tracy Chapman, activist and author Julia Butterfly Hill
and sustainable agriculture activist Howard Lyman will
lead a discussion on the most pressing environmental
issues facing the planet, the nation and its communities.
Following the discussion, Chapman will perform a short
acoustic set.
The
stage discussions will cover global issues directly
related to local communities and emphasize how attendees
can improve the world. As an example, the tour group
is traveling across the United States in a bus powered
entirely by vegetable oil and bio diesel.
Hill is WTP's founder, but perhaps best known for spending
more than two years in a California redwood tree in
the late 1990s to protest the destruction of the state's
redwoods. Since then, she has written books, lectured
at universities and lobbied Congress on a variety of
environmental issues.
Joining
Hill and Chapman will be Lyman, a fourth-generation
Montana farmer. He also is founder of Voice for a Viable
Future, a nonprofit educational organization promoting
organic family farming, biodiversity, vegetarianism,
environmentally friendly practices and enlightened trade.
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