UW-Stevens Point news release University Relations & Communications, Stevens Point WI  54481-3897 Phone: 715-346-3046 Fax: 715-346-2042 E-mail: news@uwsp.edu  www.uwsp.edu/news Back to News releases | News release archive | UWSP Home Released: Sept. 22, 2006 Contact: Winter will be in Stevens Point beginning Sept. 28. To arrange an interview in advance of the lecture, please contact Ron Tschida, GEM Communications Coordinator, (715) 346-4266 or Ron.Tschida@uwsp.edu or contact Victor Phillips, GEM Director, (715) 346-4935 or Victor.Phillips@uwsp.edu.

 MEDIA ADVISORY: GEM Critical Issues International Seminar Series begins third season at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Who: Kevin Winter, lecturer and researcher at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. Winter is the lead researcher in the Integrated Urban Water Management Research Center at UCT. He has extensive experience working with community groups and says the key to improving living conditions is in dialog and interaction between communities. In South Africa, building sustainable communities now focuses on addressing legacies of injustice and inequality while strengthening democracy and building trust.

What: GEM Critical Issues International Seminar Series third season begins with lecture, "Helping Citizens Build Sustainable Communities in South Africa."

Background information on GEM (the Global Environmental Management Education Center at UWSP) and the GEM Critical Issues International Seminar Series is online at www.uwsp.edu/cnr/gem.

Where: Ballroom (salons E and F), Country Springs Hotel and Conference Center, 1501 North Point Drive, Stevens Point

When: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3

The lecture is free and open to the public.

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