Brooklyn, N.Y. - "Wealth, Water and Waste" is the subject
of a panel discussion that will be held at Long Island University's
Brooklyn Campus on Wednesday, April 24 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the
Library Learning Center, Room 122. Sponsored by the departments of
economics, physics and chemistry, the event will explore how the global
circulation of wealth (international exchange of goods, currency),
water (glaciers, rivers, rain and oceans) and waste (nuclear radiation,
sewerage systems) and their interrelationships affect our lives. It
is free and open to the public.
"Water is the commodity of the 21st century, just like oil has
been," said professor Wally Glickman of the physics department.
"The nuclear arms race between two economic systems has led to
nuclear and industrial wastes seeping into our water, polluting and
heating our atmosphere. At the panel discussion, we will approach
the current problems free of interdisciplinary cubbyholes."
Eric Posmentier, professor of physics and math, will discuss the global
and local circulation of water. Glen Lawrence, professor of chemistry,
will talk about waste circulation and the global circulation of carbon
dioxide and nuclear radiation. Ranbir Varma, professor of economics,
will define wealth, its disparity, and its circulation effects in
New York City, in a third-world nation and in an industrial nation.
Glickman will read his poem on wealth, water and waste.
A question–and–discussion session follows, and refreshments will be
served.
For more information, call Wally Glickman at (718) 488-4165.
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