Lecture: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate.

University of Nevada, Reno College of Liberal Arts presents “An Evening with Naomi Klein”

The Forum for Excellence brings internationally recognized figures to the University campus in hopes of inspiring, teaching and giving knowledge to the community. Naomi Klein's presentation is open to the University and Reno community as she discusses the connection between global warming and capitalism.  

 

Topic:  This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate

Date:  Thursday, February 11, 2016

Time:  7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location:  Nightingale Concert Hall, (Church Fine Arts Building at UNR, 1335 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV)

 

Award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and best-selling New York Times author Naomi Klein discusses her critically acclaimed new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate. This Changes Everything is the 2014 winner of the prestigious Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction and was an instant bestseller when published in September 2014. It debuted at No. 5 on The New York Times list and was named to multiple Best of 2014 lists, including The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014. In addition, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, was also shortlisted for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards in the nonfiction category.