The Linfield College Office of Sustainability will present “The Good Life,” a community-wide sustainability conference Oct. 10-11 at Linfield.
The conference will include keynote speakers, workshops and forums. View the full schedule at www.linfield.edu/thegoodlife.
John de Graaf, executive director of the Take Back Your Time organization, will present “Happiness, Time and Sustainability: Make the Connections” Friday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in 201 Riley. As executive director of Take Back Your Time, de Graaf works to fight overwork in America. He is also the co-author of “Affluenza,” “What’s the Economy for, Anyway?” and “Take Back Your Time.” He has been a documentary television producer for PBS for more than 30 years, with 15 national PBS specials and more than 100 filmmaking awards. The John de Graaf Environmental Filmmaking Award, named for him, is presented annually at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in California.
Charles Eisenstein will present a lecture “The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful” on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 12:30 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall. Eisenstein is a speaker and writer focusing on themes of human culture and identity. He is the author of several books, most recently “Sacred Economics” and “The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible.”
The purpose of The Good Life conference is to connect Linfield with McMinnville and Yamhill County to address the increasingly prevalent issues of environmental, social and personal sustainability. The primary goal is to provide the opportunity for the community to gain awareness and education about these issues and develop the tools to find and implement solutions.
Registration deadline is Friday, Oct. 3. The event is sponsored by the Linfield Office of Sustainability. For more information, contact sustainability@linfield.edu, 503-883-2738.
