PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT


"POPULATION BOMB" AUTHOR PAUL EHRLICH TO SPEAK APRIL 17

	Paul Ehrlich, professor of population studies at Stanford
University and author of the classic book, "The Population Bomb,"
will make two public talks at the University of Virginia on
Wednesday, April 17.  From 11 a.m. to noon in the Rotunda, he will
present a "Declaration of Interdependence," the latest in a
continuing series of environmental declarations sponsored by U.Va.
architecture dean William McDonough. 

	From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Ehrlich will lecture in McDonough's
"Environmental Choices" class in Old Cabell Hall Auditorium. 

	His Declaration of Interdependence will focus on "Seeking
Environmental Security." 
Ehrlich will show how human population growth, patterns of
consumption, uses of technology,the world food problem, global
epidemic disease crisis, and military security are interrelated and
suggest directions that must be taken to solve the predicament. 

	In his Environmental Choices lecture he will speak on
"Population and Carrying Capacity."  Ehrlich will summarize the
current population situation, relate it to the carrying capacity of
Earth for human beings, and outline measures that he believes will
be necessary to prevent problems. 

	For more information on Declarations of Interdependence and
Environmental Choices please contact Joe Rinkevich at (804) 924-3715
or rink@virginia.edu or visit the Environmental Choices Website at:
http://darwin.clas.virginia.edu/~jpr7e/choices/intro.html

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April 12, 1996

START DATE:  Immediate
KILL DATE:     April 18, 1996