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SUMMARY:VV co-sponsors a David Montgomery Lecture at UBC and LIVE on t
 he web:  You Don’t Know Dirt: A lecture on the importance of our agr
 icultural systems in supporting a sustainable civilization (free)
DESCRIPTION:140 people attended. Watch an 8 minute hightlight film her
 e:\nWATCH THIS EVENT LIVE ON THE WEB BY CLICKING HERE AT NOON ON THURS
 DAY (http://www.livestream.com/chatterboxfilms).\nor register for the 
 event at: http://ubcreadssustainability.eventbrite.com/\n \nProf. Da
 vid Montgomery has discovered that the roughly 3 foot-deep skin of our
  planet is being slowly eroded away, and we are in danger of suffering
  the same fate as the fallen empires of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, a
 nd Rome.\nMontgomery is the author of 'Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizati
 ons,' which makes the case that we are using up Earth's soil. Once bar
 e of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain through agricu
 lture, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, faster than they can be natu
 rally replenished. The erosion is slow enough to be ignored in a singl
 e lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civ
 ilizations. In this engaging lecture, Montgomery traces the role of so
 il use and abuse in the history of societies, from Mesopotamia to Euro
 pean colonialism and the American push westward. He explores how soil 
 has shaped us and we have shaped soil.\nSoil erosion should be seen as
  a threat to our planet as serious as climate change, contends Montgom
 ery. Civilizations don't disappear overnight. They don't choose to fai
 l. More often they falter and then decline as their soil disappears ov
 er generations. Although historians are prone to credit the end of civ
 ilizations to discrete events like climate changes, wars, or natural d
 isasters, the effects of soil erosion on ancient societies were profou
 nd. Happily, the recent rise of organic and no-till farming brings hop
 e for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate 
 of previous civilizations.This event builds on the UBC Reads Sustainab
 ility Series which has hosted authors such as Stewart Brand and David 
 Korten.\nVV & our new Transition UBC village are among the co-sponsors
 , and we'll be livestreaming the event.\nPart of the UBC Reads Sustain
 ability Series.\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouver.
 org/events/vv-cosponsors-a-david
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CATEGORIES:ubc, endowment, lecture, ecology, farming
LOCATION:University of British Columbia - Victoria Learning Theatre  -
  Irving K Barber Library
WEBSITE:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Irving+K+Barber+Learning+Centre&
 sll=49.248523,-123.1088&sspn=0.116608,0.256119&ie=UTF8&hl=en&view=map&
 f=d&daddr=1961+East+Mall+UBC,+Canada&geocode=CRUsB5KwtxdCFcLD7wIddFGn-
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URL:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Irving+K+Barber+Learning+Centre&sll=
 49.248523,-123.1088&sspn=0.116608,0.256119&ie=UTF8&hl=en&view=map&f=d&
 daddr=1961+East+Mall+UBC,+Canada&geocode=CRUsB5KwtxdCFcLD7wIddFGn-CF3t
 euGtq9ptA&ll=49.267314,-123.251817&spn=0.002618,0.006078&t=h&z=18&iwlo
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CONTACT:emailjustinritchie@gmail.com
ORGANIZER:Justin Ritchie, Transition UBC
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 atterjee":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RandyChatterjee
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ross Mos
 ter":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RossMoster
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Karen E
 laine Gilchrist":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/KarenElaineGilchr
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Geoffre
 y Colpitts":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/GeoffreyColpitts
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