Our annual lecture series will take you into the controversy that surrounds the Cape Wind project on the shoals of Nantucket sound with Providence Journal editor, Robert Whitcomb. . .to the mysteries undersea creatures with award-winning cinematograher, Paul Erickson. . .and finally to the deepest rainforests of northern Peru with researcher Robert Williams.

April 10, 2008; 7:00 p.m.
The Cape Wind Project
Presented by Robert Whitcomb, Jr., Editor for The Providence Journal editorial page and co-author of Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound. Mr. Whitcomb will read from and discuss his book, a social and political history of the great Nantucket Sound wind-farm controversy. He will also take any questions concerning the book, the commentary pages of The Providence Journal. Mr. Whitcomb will be available after the lecture for a book signing.


   

April 24, 2008; 7:00 p.m.
Into the Wild Blue
Join diving photographer Paul Erickson, of Paul Erickson Studios, on a multimedia undersea journey to the Red Sea, the South Pacific, and back to Rhode Island. Explore how fossils from a half-billion-year-old sea floor in the Canadian Rockies gave rise to the varieties of life that you now see off the shores of New England. Learn about sharks, venomous fishes, sea snakes, Lobzilla the giant lobster, and many more strange and beautiful creatures from the depths of the sea. Bring the whole family!

May 8, 2008; 7:00 p.m.
Northern Peru - Megadiversity and Endemism
Presented by Robert Williams, Coordinator and Researcher for the Frankfurt Zoological Society's large-scale rainforest conservation project in southeast Peru. Since December 2005 Robert Williams has been working for the Frankfurt Zoological Society coordinat¬ing their large-scale rainforest conservation project in Peru. He has been focusing on the southeast Andes-Amazon wilderness area that encompasses the protected areas of Manu, Alto Purus, Tambopata, Bahuaja-Sonene, Amarakaeri and Megantoni. He continues to do field research and current studies include: White-winged Guans, Spectacled Bears, Andean Condors, Pampas and Andean Cats and a new species of Porcupine.