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 Brattleboro, VT – (March 4, 2010) – Marlboro College Graduate School will host a free, public lecture by Dr. Chris Martenson at 5:30 pm on Friday, March 26 as part of its MBA in Managing for Sustainability Featured Speaker Series.
The talk, entitled Convergence: Can the Economy As We Know It Survive Resource Depletion? will explore why and how a financial system dependent on infinite growth will continue to create disastrous friction with the resources and ecosystems of a finite planet. He will argue that in order to build toward a future of sustainable prosperity, we need to understand how the macro trends of our economy, energy structure and environment are inextricably linked and break apart the myths we tell ourselves as a society.
Dr. Chris Martenson is an independent economist and author of a popular website, ChrisMartenson.com. Chris earned a PhD in neurotoxicology from Duke University, and an MBA from Cornell University. A fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, Chris's work has appeared on PBS and been cited by the Washington Post. He is a contributor to SeekingAlpha.com and FinancialSense.com.
Recently, Dr. Martenson has presented public talks at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco and the United Nations. During a February 2010 trip to the United Kingdom, he presented before the All Parliamentary Party Group on Peak Oil and Gas, the Department for International Development, the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, and Essential Edinburgh business leaders.
Under the guidance of program director Ralph Meima, the Marlboro MBA in Managing for Sustainability is taught in person and online, with students and faculty coming together for three days each month at the downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, campus of the Marlboro College Graduate Center. Over the course of two years, MBA students earn 60 credits in classes, internships and independent research.
The Marlboro College Graduate Center is located at 28 Vernon Street in Brattleboro, Vermont. For more information, contact the Marlboro College Public Relations department at 802-251-7644 or pr@marlboro.edu.
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