Pecha Kucha Night Presenters
Join us for Pecha Kucha Night Pittsboro – On Tour in DURHAM!
Current presenters & topics below. Get info about the current event or check out our presentation guidelines if you’re interested in being a future presenter!
Beth Turner and Tami Schwerin
A History and Anthology of Glitter
Lyle Estill
Crunch, an examination of…
Jim Jubelirer
Why the Unstoppable Forces of Democracy Will Win the Fight Against Climate Change
Half of the world’s population is under the age of 25. Women, and girls in particular, are especially vulnerable to the impact of climate change. A flat world, enabled by instantaneous global communication and facilitated by human and electronic social networks, is creating an unstoppable rise of democratic desires. De-centralized power, both political, intellectual, and in the forms of energy we use, make it harder for established ideologies to hold power and suppress people. Climate change demands a response for all players in society: businesses, governments (yes, even the US!), civil society, and youth are all mobilizing to respond to the crisis that rising global temperature is causing. Don’t let the media’s shallow reporting of the Copenhagen climate talks get you down – COP15 was a historic success and I’ll tell you why in 6 minutes and 40 seconds!
geoffrey neal
local tarot
assembling an abbreviated major arcana without going more than fifty feet from the center of my garage
Alex Gibson
I am Ironman
Stephen Hren
The Current State of Eco-Art
That is: artists that use natural elements in their art or whose art is ecologically focused. Stephen Hren is a restoration carpenter, writer, and sustainability nut living in downtown Durham.
Ron Veitel
Ecological Pharmacology: Insight into the Medicinal Value of Local Food
Throughout the millenia humans have had a history of recurrent interactions with their local ecological systems, which has created an interwoven nature between the human organism and its environment. In such a relationship there is always an exchange of information from both the environment to the human and the human to the environment. One such information exchange occurs on the level of food consumption interacting with the biochemistry and physiology of the human and thus influencing the overall health and well-being of the human organism.
Jennifer Walker & Amelia Lindsey
The Yum Yum Supper Club is a community celebration of the cultural and edible diversity of Durham.
Kathie Russell
Social Distortion: Media Perversion of Our Perceptions of Self and Others
“Erase my gut and lift my butt,
Give me a latte and a bag by Prada
And we’ll all be richer in the morning”
David Harper
The Local Land for Local Food
Land is a Commonwealth that has been commodified. As western industrial culture continues its overconsumption of Earth’s bounty, the climate gets weirder, and our population soars toward 8 billion by 2025, the stakes for control of land are getting higher. Some communities are winners, while many are losers. Innovative examples from around the country show us that communities can achieve food security by securing land as a Commonwealth.
