The Cullowhee Conference will be honored with a sneak preview showing of Part One: Time and Terrain of the much anticipated new PBS series Appalachia that will air nation-wide in early 2009.

This event and the entire series will amaze and enlighten you with the incredible natural and cultural history, rich contemporary diversity, and continuing new discoveries that are the Appalachian Mountains.

Jamie Ross, co-producer of the series, will present Part One: Time and Terrain on the evening of July 24. The  four part series is a production of the James Agee Film Project.

Tom Wessels: Keynote Speaker

“...I am taking my experience as educator, ecologist, and natural historian and applying it to an examination of our notion of progress. I hope that just as I have helped people to see and experience natural history in a new way, I can offer an alternative view of our current socioeconomic system.”

Tom Wessels is a professor of ecology and the founding director of the master’s degree program in Conservation Biology at Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, New Hampshire. His keynote address is titled “The Myth of Progress, Toward a Sustainable Future."

Field Trips and Workshops
The Conference  offers a rich diversity of lectures, field trips, workshops, and forums  designed for hands-on  experience, knowledge application, and active dialog.

And Much More

• Sales of the finest  native plants from outstanding growers
• A gala picnic with excellent live music and dancing
• Social  and professional networking second to none
• Philosophical and practical  inspiration that will continue long after the conference