Do we need a DARK green awakening to Save the Bay?

The Anacostia Watershed Society has been hosting a really interesting lecture series this fall. Thursday night's event, as listed below, really intrigues me.

I love the Bay, and my environmental heroes are those fighting to save it. Many of them have been fighting the good fight for decades, against all odds. Still, I look at the Save the Bay bumperstickers and think, wow, that same exact logo has also been around for decades. Do people even see it anymore, or has it become invisible to them?

What *will* it take to wake up people to the truth that we all need to do more to Save the Bay? Do we need a dark green awakening? What exactly is a dark green awakening?

I don't know yet myself. Should be an interesting lecture.

Here's the announcement from AWS:

The Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) invites you to attend a lecture series event at the George Washington House featuring professor and author Howard Ernst. Dr. Ernst is Associate Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Naval Academy and the author of several books, including his latest, Fight for the Bay: Why a Dark Green Environmental Awakening is Needed to Save the Chesapeake Bay.

His talk will focus on several themes covered in that work, including his evaluations of past and present programs aimed at restoring Bay ecology.

What: AWS Lecture Series Event featuring Dr. Howard Ernst

When: Thursday, November 12, 2009; 7:00PM to 8:30PM

Where:

The George Washington House

4302 Baltimore Avenue, Bladensburg, MD

RSVPs are required. To RSVP, please write to events@anacostiaws.org
or call 301-699-6204.

For more information about this event, please call 301-699-6204. For more information about Dr. Ernst or his book, visit http://www.howardernst.com/