The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research has announced the next offering in its lecture series on the environment. On Thursday, September 18, 2008, Mary Evelyn Tucker will give a presentation on The Environmental Crisis as a Moral and Spiritual Challenge to discuss the link between religion and the environmental issues we face today. Her presentation will focus on establishing spiritual values intended to generate a sense of environmental ownership by governments and citizens. An author, Ms. Tucker is presently a Senior Lecturer at Yale University and a Research Associate at Harvard University.

The presentation will begin at 1 pm in Hauck Auditorium at the University of Maine in Orono. The event is free and open to the public; tickets are required, however, and will be distributed on a first come basis. Please call (207) 581-3244 to reserve tickets.

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