[Peakoil-announce] conference to honour Philip Adams on October 9

[Jenny Goldie]

The Future of Homo sapiens

(The emphasis seems to be on climate change rather than peak oil but, given the overlap, I'm sure it will be of interest to those on this list. Jenny Goldie)
A Manning Clark House conference in honor of Phillip Adams

8:30 - 20.30, Tuesday, 9th October, 2012; Lower Ground Floor

National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T. 

Bookings : info at manningclark.org.au Ph. 61 (02) 6295 1808 

Adult $55, MCH member $45, Students $7


Keynote address by Phillip Adams:  Homo sapiens: where-to now? 

 Talks by leading scientists, public intellectuals, philosophers, theologians, economists, politicians and lawyers on the following themes:


The biological origins and evolution of the Genus Homo. 

Microbes and Humans: a Darwinian struggle. 

Fire and human evolution: Homo sapiens' entropy blueprint

Global warming and future climate change projections. 

Global change and the future of Homo sapiens.

What kind of humans in the Anthropocene? 

The sociology and politics of climate change.

The spiritual dimension of global change. 

The rise and fall of civilizations and their music. 

The metaphysics of human survival. 

Implications of global climate change for Australia. 

Climate change economics in Australia. 

Crimes against the Earth.