"We are as gods and might as well get good at it. So far remotely done power and glory -- as via government, big business, formal education, church -- has succeeded to point where gross defects obscure actual gains. In response to this dilemma and to these gains a realm of intimate, personal power is developing -- power of the individual to conduct his own education, find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested. Tools that aid this process are sought and promoted by the WHOLE EARTH CATALOG."- Stewart Brand

Join a multidisciplinary conversation with faculty members in Biology, Chemistry, English, Philosophy, and Sociology on "The Last Whole Earth Catalog" from Salve Special Collections. This January 1971 issue of the counterculture magazine with the slogan "access to tools" featured product reviews, articles, and literature focusing on self-sufficiency, ecology, and holism. Our faculty will be covering topics like agriculture and hydroponics, tensions between embracing Earth and leaving it, textiles and weaving, food and survival and a responding text called the "New Woman's Survival Catalog."

Featuring:
Dr. Thomas Arruda, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry 
Dr. Jameson Chace, PhD, Professor, Biology and Biomedical Sciences 
Dr. Craig Condella, PhD, Professor, Philosophy 
Dr. Victoria Gonzalez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cultural, Environmental and Global Studies 
Dr. Jen McClanaghan, PhD, Associate Professor, English, Communications and Media 
Liza Tietjen, MLIS, University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, McKillop Library