"Green Fire" Screening

Join us September 20th at the University Center of Lake County for a screening of Green Fire. See the first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and his environmental legacy. Green Fire shares highlights from his extraordinary career, explaining how he shaped conservation and the modern environmental movement. It also illustrates how Leopold's vision of a community that cares about both people and land continues to inform and inspire people across the country and around the world, highlighting modern projects that put Leopold’s land ethic in action in a multitude of ways.

 Following the film, NEIU Associate Professor Daniel Milsky will lead a discussion of the ethics that Aldo Leopold evolved over his lifetime and their connection to today.  Dr. Milsky developed a conception of ecosystem health that is useful in assessing the success and value of ecosystem restorations.  His current research involves a critical assessment of local wilderness restoration projects in the Chicago area.   He will be joined by NEIU graduate student Anja Claus, organizational coordinator of the Center for Humans and Nature, and by Trisha Steele, who has been an advocate of ecosystem restoration and a volunteer with Volo Bog and the Sierra Club Outings Group. We hope that a lively discussion will conclude the evening.

 This event is being co-sponsored by University Center of Lake County together with Northeastern Illinois University’s Departments of Political Science and Philosophy.