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HNGR Symposium

Date: February 27, 2014 - February 28, 2014
Event Description The Human Needs and Global Resources (HNGR) program at Wheaton College presents the annual HNGR Symposium. Titled "From the Ground Up: Social Movements and Soil Improvement," this year's symposium focuses on the factors that start, spread, stifle, and transform initiatives to conserve and improve soils. The keynote speakers are Craig Sorley, an environmental missionary from Kenya who was named among TIME magazine's 2008 Heroes of the Environment; Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel, Executive Director of A Rocha Peru; and Norman Uphoff, professor of government from Cornell University. Additional speakers include representatives of HNGR partner programs from Latin America and a panel of growers including the Chicago urban farmers who grow food for Wheaton College's own cafeteria.


Event Location The events will be held in Coray Auditorium, located at 421 North Chase Street in Wheaton, IL 60187.
Date/Time Information The keynote addresses will be held at 7 p.m. on both February 27, 7pm ? February 28, 2014, 10pm Thursday and Friday evenings in Coray Auditorium. Symposium panels and workshops are scheduled for Friday afternoon.
Contact Information
For updates to the schedule, please check the HNGR website at wheaton.edu/hngr.
Fees/Admission
All HNGR Symposium events are free and open to the public.
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