Ecologist speaks Saturday at Knox

Friday, April 22, 2005

GALESBURG - Ecologist Sandra Steingraber will give a lecture, "Environmental Justice," at 7 p.m. Saturday in Kresge Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, Knox College. The event is free and open to the public.

Steingraber, who grew up in Pekin, has written extensively about environmental topics, including the books "Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment" and "Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood." She has taught at Cornell University and Columbia College, and served on President Clinton's National Action Plan on Breast Cancer. She is currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Ithaca College.

The talk is presented as part of Earth Day activities at Knox College.