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Momentum's event series brings top environmental visionaries to the Twin Cities for a night filled with engaging ideas and entertainment. Presenters will open your eyes and enrich your mind as they move the conversation forward from global problems to game-changing solutions.
Encompassing science, arts, social entrepreneurship and more, the Momentum series will inspire new ways of looking at the world and our place in it.
2012 Presenters
From Pole to Pole: Diary of a National Geographic Photojournalist
April 5, 2012 | 7:30 PM
National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen uses his camera to reveal the nature of a changing world from Antarctica and the Arctic to the rainforests of British Columbia and beyond.
Featured performance: Mu Daiko Drumming; Host: Paul Douglas
Awakening the Environmental Movement
May 10, 2012 | 7:30 PM
M. Sanjayan is a leading visionary for The Nature Conservancy, where he specializes in human well-being, Africa, wildlife ecology, media outreach and public speaking on conservation issues.
Featured performance: Zorongo Flamenco Dance Company; Host: Jonathan Foley
Creation or Ecosystems?
May 23, 2012 | 7:30 PM
Martin Palmer is secretary general of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), a secular, non-governmental organization working with major world religions and organizations to develop environmental initiatives.
Featured performance: In the Heart of the Beast; Host: Karen Hanson
2011 Presenters
You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One
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Majora Carter simultaneously takes on public health, poverty and climate change adaptation as one of the nation’s pioneers of environment-centered urban renewal and green-collar job training and placement. Featured performance by Ananya Dance Theatre; Hosted by Don Shelby
A Fact-Based World View
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International health guru Hans Rosling is known worldwide for using animations of global trends to brings statistics to life as he lectures about past and contemporary economic, social and environmental changes in the world.
Featured performance by comedian Cy Amundson; Hosted by Kerri Miller
Sustainable Seas: The Vision, the Reality
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Oceanographer and deep-sea diver Sylvia Earle is a National Geographic explorer in residence and author. Featured performance by musician Mason Jennings; Hosted by Robyne Robinson
PHOTOS: Majora Carter courtesy of Majora Carter Group; Hans Rosling by Elisabeth Toll; Sylvia Earle by Kris Krug
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[Photo by Patrick O'Leary]
Ted Mann Concert Hall
2128 Fourth Street South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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