On Tuesday, Nov. 29, Michael Shellenberger, founder and president of Environmental Progress, co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition, and former candidate for governor of California, gave a lecture and discussion at Colgate University titled “Climate Change and Sustainable Energy: How Practical is Renewable Energy?” The talk was sponsored by the Center.
The Center for Freedom and Western Civilization hosted “Has American Capitalism Gone Woke?” on Wednesday, Oct. 18, a debate on the merits of environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies by corporations specifically, investment management companies. Opposing their use and in favor of absolute free-market decisions by investors and firms was Anson Frericks, who co-founded.
On March 30, conservative political analyst and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat hosted a lecture in Persson Hall at Colgate University. His talk, “Religious Faith in a Secular Age: What Do Young People Believe?,” discussed the role of religion in modern society, especially within younger generations, and what specific movements and events have caused.