Year of the environment Ventura College * 2007-08

One book One campus One Community

"I write to make a difference...to give pleasure and promote aesthetic bliss. To honor life and praise the divine beauty of the world. For the joy and exhultation of writing itself. To tell my story." Ed Abbey One Life at a Time, Please (1988)

"Down the River with Henry Thoreau" by Edward Abbey

a prepared reading by Gwendolyn Alley's English 1A & 1B students

with slides of Abbey country rivers & canyons of the southwest by Charles Slosberg, rafting guide For 25 years, Charles has been running rivers and traveling southwest deserts. He's worked as a biologist and taught environmental sciences, river running, and environmental ethics. When not in the wild with friends and family, he lives in Ojai.

730pm W. October 10

and

530pm W. October 17

Fireside Lounge<Free>Open to the Public, On the Ventura College Campus - in the Cafeteria Building (CSA)

For more information about these events, email host Gwendolyn Alley galley@vcccd.edu