The Jonah Center for Earth and Art and The Rockfall
Foundation invite the public to an evening with Wesleyan Physics Professor
Brian Stewart on Monday, May 20, 7 – 8:30 p.m. in the deKoven House at 27
Washington Street, in Middletown. The talk is titled, “Tipping Points in the
Climate, Nature, Society, and Ourselves.”
A tipping point is a watershed moment in space or time,
beyond which things play out differently from before; a point of
inevitability. The climax of a
narrative, the moment your tires begin to slip on an icy road, the chain of
runaway business and bank failures started on Black Monday -- these are all
examples of tipping points.
Of great importance to us right now are ecosystem tipping
points, climate tipping points, social tipping points, political tipping
points, and personal tipping points. How are they interrelated? Do we control any of them? Professor Stewart will examine the interplay
of these tipping points in the context of our unique moment in world history.
Co-sponsoring the event are Artfarm, Ecoin, and the Middletown Garden Club. For more information, contact
John Hall at 860-398-3771 or Amanda Kenyon at 860-347-0340.
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