Angeles Chapter partners with Pando Populus to sponsor ecological conference in June

Pando Populus is a platform for people who care about big ideas and the Earth. The organization aims to create an ecological civilization by serving as a forum from which to challenge basic assumptions of the modern industrial world and propose smart, green alternatives.

The Sierra Club is partnering with Pando Populous on an environmental conference from June 4 to 7 at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.

"Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization” focuses on the big ideas that matter for a thriving ecosphere, featuring some 700 presenters and more than 80 areas of specialty. Plenary speakers include Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva, Sheri Liao, Wes Jackson, Herman Daly and John B. Cobb Jr.

You can attend the four-day conference for $300, which gives you access to all events and forums. Or you can tend a free 9 a.m. plenary on June 6 (Saturday) and you can sample others sessions for $29.

The event is a first for Pando Populus and is organized by the Center for Process Studies. The conference is centered around the idea that there is an alternative to the modern industrial way of life we now have established over almost all of the globe.

Of course, for many years pockets of activity have organized to reduce climate change, save endangered species, limit ocean acidification, curb poverty, cap the influence of financial markets, bring about democratic accountability, reduce militarism, and so on.

But to survive catastrophic conditions, we must seize an alternative way of thinking and living. The alternative is best described as an ecological worldview.

Find out more about "Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization.”