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  • Monday, March 28, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Our Constitution’s Intelligent Design

    The Arnold Arboretum presents an exciting lecture series in 2011: the new Director’s Lecture Series at the Hunnewell Lecture Hall, 125 The Arborway in Boston. The lectures are free but advance registration is required. This particular lecture is for Arnold Arboretum Members Only – you may join online at www.arboretum.harvard.edu/membership, or call 617-384-5767.

    On Monday, March 28, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III will speak on Our Constitution’s Intelligent Design. In 2005 Judge John Jones presided over the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover, and thereafter rendered an opinion holding that it is unconstitutional to teach the concept of intelligent design as an alternative to the theory of evolution. In the aftermath of that ruling, Judge Jones, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, was subjected to intense criticism. Judge Jones will highlight some of the lessons he learned from these experiences, including the development of his passion for judicial independence, and a belief in the need for better civics education, particularly related to our three branches of government

    Recommended reading related to this talk:

    · Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (available online), Monkey Girl by Edward Humes,

    · 40 Days and 40 Nights by Matthew Chapman,

    · The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything by Gordy Slack

    · The Devil in Dover by Lauri Lebo.

    Contact Pamela Thompson, 617.384.5277. http://calendar.arboretum.harvard.edu/index.php

  • Monday, February 28, 6:30 – 8:30 pm – The Good, The Bad, and Occasionally the Dead: Humanity’s Relationship with Earth’s Nitrogen

    The Arnold Arboretum presents an exciting lecture series in 2011: the new Director’s Lecture Series at the Hunnewell Lecture Hall, 125 The Arborway in Boston. The lectures are free but advance registration is required.

    On Monday, February 28, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Alan Townsend of University of Colorado, Boulder, will discuss the occasionally odd, often dramatic history of humanity’s relationship with phosphorus and nitrogen. How do we live the lives we want while maintaining healthy ecosystems that can support future generations? These challenges will define the coming century, and one of them lies at the heart of the most fundamental of human needs: the need to eat, the good these chemical elements do and the harm they cause, and ultimately, the reasons to have hope for a better future.  NASA image below shows nitrogen dioxide concentration over China.

    Contact Pamela Thompson, 617.384.5277. http://calendar.arboretum.harvard.edu/index.php