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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>The Planetwalker’s Newest Call<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><st1:date Year="2008" Day="14" Month="5"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wednesday, May 14, 2008</SPAN></B></st1:date><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></B><st1:time Minute="30" Hour="19"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:30 pm</SPAN></B></st1:time><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">What can a man who gave up motorized transportation for 22 years tell us about saving the earth? <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">John Francis</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> simultaneously took a 17 year vow of silence and began an environmental pilgrimage <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">for peace after witnessing an oil spill in </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">S.F.</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Bay</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> in 1971.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Known world-wide as the Planetwalker, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">he earned three academic degrees, including a PhD in Land Resources at the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">University</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> of </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Wisconsin</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Madison</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> during his silent period.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How does his unique combination of scientific expertise and spiritual<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">understanding help contemporary Americans change their relationship with the earth?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Having walked <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the length of </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">South America</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> and also been designated as a UN Goodwill Ambassador to the World’s<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Grassroots Communities, what is the environmental crisis faced by indigenous people?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">John Francis</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">—the Planetwalker—is now the author of a new book from National Geographic. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Arguing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">that the current environmental crisis is a reflection of world-wide social and economic inequity and that <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">any attempt to resolve the crisis must not only address the scientific issues, such a climate-change and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">deforestation, but also the humanitarian issues. From peace and justice to everyday civility, Dr. Francis<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">contends that our connection to the earth as well as each other is at the heart of the environmental crisis.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">He presents his call to action at Cambridge Forum on Wednesday, May 14 at </SPAN><st1:time Minute="30" Hour="19"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">7:30 pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> at First Parish<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(Unitarian Universalist) in </SPAN><st1:address><st1:Street><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Harvard Square</SPAN></st1:Street><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, </SPAN><st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Cambridge</SPAN></st1:City></st1:address><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE>
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