BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240716 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240717 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:From DDT to the UAW: The Sustainability Movement Began in Michigan DESCRIPTION:July 16\, 2024: From DDT to the UAW: The Sustainability Movement Began in Michigan\n\n\n\n\nBy David Benac\, PhD\, Associate Professor of History\, Western Michigan University\n\nThe sustainability movement strives to meet cultural\, economic\, and environmental needs for the long term. Michigan demonstrated the power of this complex movement before the term existed. In the late 1960s\, Berrien County challenged the use of DDT when the insecticide threatened the culture and economy of Southwest Michigan. At the same time\, Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers (UAW) created the Black Lake Conference Center launching one of the most significant efforts in US history to connect environmental health\, civil rights\, and workers' rights into a single movement. This presentation explores the ways Michiganders created a blueprint for sustainability that we're still trying to match today.\n\nDavid Benac is an associate professor of history at Western Michigan University. He teaches and advises graduate students in environmental and public history\, including cultural resources management\, environmental movements\, heritage tourism\, historic preservation\, and oral history. His research investigates how individuals and communities develop cultural ties to environments (built\, natural\, and landscape) and how these connections emerge in grassroots activism. His current major work is a forthcoming book titled Voices of Ecological Truth Tellers: The Rainforest Action Network and Grassroots Organizing.\n\n \n\nPrograms are FREE and open to all!\n\nAll programs begin at 1:00 p.m. unless noted otherwise. This year's programs and concerts will be a hybrid of in-person (at the Scott Club unless noted otherwise) and online. Non-members/guests please send email to info@scottclub.org to request a Zoom link. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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July 16\, 2024: From DDT to the UAW: The Sustainability Movement Began in Michigan

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By David Benac\, PhD\, Associate Professor of History\, Western Michigan University

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The sustainability movement strives to meet cultural\, economic\, and environmental needs for the long term. Michigan demonstrated the power of this complex movement before the term existed. In the late 1960s\, Berrien County challenged the use of DDT when the insecticide threatened the culture and economy of Southwest Michigan. At the same time\, Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers (UAW) created the Black Lake Conference Center launching one of the most significant efforts in US history to connect environmental health\, civil rights\, and workers&rsquo\; rights into a single movement. This presentation explores the ways Michiganders created a blueprint for sustainability that we&rsquo\;re still trying to match today.

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David Benac is an associate professor of history at Western Michigan University. He teaches and advises graduate students in environmental and public history\, including cultural resources management\, environmental movements\, heritage tourism\, historic preservation\, and oral history. His research investigates how individuals and communities develop cultural ties to environments (built\, natural\, and landscape) and how these connections emerge in grassroots activism. His current major work is a forthcoming book titled Voices of Ecological Truth Tellers: The Rainforest Action Network and Grassroots Organizing.

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Programs are FREE and open to all!

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All programs begin at 1:00 p.m. unless noted otherwise. This year'\;s programs and concerts will be a hybrid of in-person (at the Scott Club unless noted otherwise) and online. Non-members/guests please send email to info@scottclub.org to request a Zoom link.

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\n LOCATION:South Haven Scott Club 652 Phoenix St\, South Haven\, MI 49090 UID:e.2015.8188 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260501T082446Z URL:https://www.southhavenmi.com/events/details/from-ddt-to-the-uaw-the-sustainability-movement-began-in-michigan-8188 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR