About this Event
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁!
Our speaker series continues into year two with a conversation dedicated to:
𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧: 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘
As data centers become an increasingly important issue in our local community, we’ll feature three local(ish) authors exploring our community’s relationship to green space—and how emerging technologies like AI and the rapid growth of data centers are complicating and threatening that relationship.
Join us for a thoughtful conversation about technology, the environment, and what these changes mean for the places we call home.
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𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦
𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 (@pfinian)
An environmental attorney and author of the award-winning science fiction novel Ice’s End, Patrick projects a hundred years into the future, where water scarcity and capitalism collide.
𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝗹𝗲 (@jdalewrites | @thirtywestph )
A local author and editor-in-chief of Thirty West Publishing House, Josh will explore AI and the ethical and environmental questions emerging within publishing.
𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 (@robert.ficociello)
Our headlining speaker, Robert is an author and professor of English whose academic work, American Disaster Culture, examines our cultural relationship with natural disasters. His new children’s book, Lucia and Marcus Go to Space, features female scientists at the forefront.
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𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧
• Three featured author presentations
• A timely discussion of data centers, AI, technology, and the environment
• Audience Q&A and open conversation
• Books available for purchase
• Time to connect with speakers and community
• Refreshments following the presentations
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𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦
🎟 FREE and open to the community
Join us as we explore one of the most pressing conversations happening in our community right now.
A Zoom option if you prefer to attend virtually:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84295308841?pwd=KIlEVLRaPQvKhDtXLYHxDhSFX2Izy5.1
Passcode: 021113
#UpliftingVoicesProject #DataCenters #TechnologyAndTheEnvironment #ArtificialIntelligence #Environment #LocalAuthors #PottstownPA
Event venue & nearby stays
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown, 1565 S. Keim Street, Pottstown, United States
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