Author to Talk about Sustainability in Chatham Campus Lecture

Development doesn’t work as it should.  We spend more than $100 billion a year on development aid but . . .

Those words on the website of Dr. Edward R. Carr give you a hint of what he will be talking about Friday when he lectures at Chatham University's Eden Hall Campus.

"Delivering Development: What the Global Poor Can Teach Us About a Sustainable Future" is the topic of his 2:30 p.m. lecture that is free and open to the public. 

Carr will be available for book signings and sales, and for discussions before and after the talk at Chatham's Fridays @ The Farm lecture series. 

The University of South Carolina associate professor of geography is the author of Delivering Development: Globalization’s Shoreline and the Road to a Sustainable Future.

The 2011 book draws upon his experiences in rural Ghana to challenge assumptions about globalization, food access and climate change, that drive development policy.

Carr serves as a climate science adviser in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The event is sponsored by Chatham's food studies program, School of Sustainability and Environment, Student Activities, and the Office of Student Affairs.