Fall Semester 2011 Update

The Case for Nuclear Guardianship at Rocky Flats
A presentation by LeRoy Moore with Christopher Hormel
Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 12noon to 1pm
Naropa University main campus Student Lounge (basement of Administrative bldg.)

Nuclear Guardianship combines art, science and remembrance to address the seemingly intractable human-caused problem of nuclear contamination with insight and creativity. By building commitment and community, the project will explore and encourage implementation of Nuclear Guardianship at the site of the defunct Rocky Flats nuclear bomb plant, where for 37 years the fissile plutonium pits for all warheads in the U.S. nuclear arsenal were produced. Tiny plutonium particles remaining in the soil make the site a hazard essentially forever. Nuclear Guardianship is a powerful manifestation of a cultural shift away from secrecy and denial towards ecological responsibility. It will provide a model for long-term environmental caretaking at other radioactively contaminated sites. But first we must challenge the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service plan to manage most of the Rocky Flats site as a wildlife refuge open for public recreation. Nuclear Guardianship is a commitment for the millennia - a pledge to our children's children's children.

Since 1979, LeRoy Moore has been engaged with issues related to the now defunct Rocky Flats Nuclear bomb plant 8 miles south of Boulder. His presentation will describe Nuclear Guardianship, an ethic for responsible long-term care of the nuclear legacy bequeathed to future generations by human actions in the 20th century. He will show that applying Nuclear Guardianship at Rocky Flats is necessary due to the toxicity of radioactive plutonium, the inadequacy of the Superfund "cleanup" done at the Rocky Flats site, and why official standards for permissible exposure to radiation are flawed.

Christopher Hormel has been an advocate for sane nuclear policy since the early 1990s. He served on the board of directors of the Snake River Alliance - Idaho's nuclear watchdog - from 2000 to 2007. He is now a member of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, volunteering with the nuclear nexus, and promoting Nuclear Guardianship at the Rocky Flats site. He is also a Naropa University Trustee.

Our Life in the Arts
An evening with Naropa’s Performing Arts Faculty

Music, Movement and Theater Presentations
Followed by a panel discussion on the role of the arts at Naropa

Sunday November 6, 7:00 p.m.
Naropa Performing Arts Center
Free

• Barbara Dilley reads from her new book
• Cara Reeser performs current work from her performance project class
• Mark Miller and Patrick Mueller music and movement
• Wendell Beavers reads from published and unpublished work, ‘The Pratyekabuddha Path of the Western Artist’ and movement material from ‘Somatic Thoughts and Dreams’

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