An editor who has been called “the Al Gore of National Geographic” will deliver the annual Tom McCall lecture on the environment at Oregon State University on April 22, the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.
Dennis Dimick, National Geographic‘s award-winning environmental editor, takes the theme “Changing Planet: Where Energy and Climate Collide” for his Earth Day talk, which will take place at 7 p.m. at OSU’s LaSells Stewart Center. The lecture series, honoring the memory of the legendary Oregon governor and his commitment to public service, journalism and environmental protection, was established in 1985 and remains free and open to the public.
Dimick – a 1973 graduate of OSU – will lead the audience on a sweeping visual journey, based on his magazine’s reporting and recent scientific evidence, documenting the effects of climate change. He’ll also talk about what people can do to reverse some of those troubling trends. National Geographic has been among the world’s leading media outlets in documenting effects of climate change on the natural world. Dimick has shaped much of that coverage in concert with Editor-in-Chief Chris Johns, also an OSU graduate.
- Read more about the Earth Day event
- Read Dennis Dimicks’ blog, “Signs from Earth“
- Visit the National Geographic Web site
