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Environmental Coalition brings hope to campus

By Kristina Boyer '05
April 18, 2005

Making the St. Olaf campus more hopeful, not just "greener," is a new mission for the student run Environmental Coalition. A four-part Hope Lecture Series, presented each Wednesday night during the month of April, is how the Coalition will strive to bring hopeful messages to the student body and Northfield community.

Living in the world today, we are confronted with doomsday prophecies, terror, war, injustice, and environmental degradation. Yet even in the face of this nearly stifling quantity of bad news, many people remain hopeful. What is it that fills the lives of these individuals with hope and how do they continually recommit to living hopefully in the world? The Hope Lecture Series aims to counter this feeling by featuring the combined voices of distinguished faculty and students who actively and consciously choose to lead lives of hope.

"The purpose of the lecture series is to provide a vision of a hopeful future that we can work towards,' says Chris Mueller '05, an organizer of the event. "It is important to have a hopeful goal, and these lectures will help define that goal."

The last lecture, "Telling Stories of Hope" will be presented Wednesday, April 20, by Milena Klimek '05 and Professor of Political Science Sheri Breen at 7:30 p.m. in Holland Hall 501. For more information, contact Chris Mueller (mueller@stolaf.edu).

Contact Carole Engblom at 507-646-3271 or leigh@stolaf.edu.