Mother Earth, Father Sky
Perspectives on the Environment of the American West






Monday Evenings at 6 p.m. at Hotel Santa Fe
1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Call (505) 466-2775 for information


Offered as a Benefit for The New Mexico Environmental Law Center
	



October 21	Dr. Kirt Kempter
Special date	Vulcanologist, Geologist, former Fulbright Scholar, and Instructor, 
Wednesday	Santa Fe Community College Community Services Division, RENESAN, 	and Elderhostel; 
                        New Mexico geologic mapping, U.S. Geological Survey 
		Georgia’s Geology: Shaping the Abiquiu Landscape Through Time

October 26	Wayne Ranney
		Geology Educator, Grand Canyon Field Institute and Author, 
		Carving the Grand Canyon, Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau
		 Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau

November 2    Stephen R. Fox
		Independent Historian and Author, John Muir and His Legacy: 
		The American Conservation Movement
		Aldo Leopold and the Southwest: One Hundred Years Later

November 9	Mollie S. Toll 
		Archaebotanist, Office of Archaeological Studies
		Museum of New Mexico
		New Mexican Cuisine: Exploring Biological & Cultural Roots of Our Regional Tradition

November 16	Dr. Ted Goebel and Dr. Kelly Graf
		Paleo-archaeologists and Professors, Texas A&M University
		Associate Director Center for the Study of First Americans
		Paleo-Indian Environment of the Great Basin: Bonneville Rockshelter	
	
November 23	Mike Landis 
		Hydrologist
		El Paso, Texas
		Salt Cedars, Willow Flycatchers, and Strange Bedfellows:
		Riparian Restoration Below Elephant Butte
		
November 30 	Dr. Paul Minnis
		Professor of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma and Co-Author (with 	Michael E. Whalen), 
                        The Neighbors of Casas Grandes: 
                        Excavating Medio Period Communities of Northwest Chihuahua, Mexico 
		Political Ecology of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua Mexico

December 7    Jeff Boyer 
		Archaeologist, Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico
	 	Small Pueblo Social Organization in the Northern Rio Grande
			
December 14	Connie Eichstaedt
		Director, Southwest Seminars, Instructor, Elderhostel-Santa Fe; 
		Simply Santa Fe; Director, Ceramics Department, Colorado Mountain College;
		Ceramic Artist and founder, Apache Canyon Pottery
		Connie’s Casa: An Owner Built Passive Solar Adobe Home




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