Noted physician and author Dr. Helen Caldicott spoke last night at UVM, spoke Tuesday at Middlebury College, and will be speaking tonight in Montpelier and tomorrow night in Brattleboro.

Hear Dr. Caldicott tonight:  April 9 5:30pm

The Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, 36 College St, Montpelier, VT

I was lucky enough to have lunch with Dr. Caldicott yesterday and to be part of a panel discussion with her that was hosted by Margaret Harrington on CCTV Burlington yesterday afternoon.  More about both those items in a later post.

Dr. Caldicott co-founded Physicians for Social Responsibility, an organization

of 32,400 medical professionals committed to educating their colleagues to the

dangers of nuclear power and nuclear weapons. The international umbrella

organization, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, won

the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.

If you miss tonight’s lecture, head to Brattleboro tomorrow, April 10 @ 7:00pm

Latchis 4, Latchis Theatre, 50 Main St., Brattleboro, VT (one door down from the main entrance)

Dr. Caldicott has spent 35 years as an advocate of citizen awareness regarding the world’s nuclear and environmental crisis. Her international campaign strives to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the necessary changes in human behavior needed to prevent environmental destruction.  

Trained as a physician and thoroughly versed in the science of nuclear energy, Dr. Caldicott is a knowledgeable and inspiring speaker. During the 1970’s Dr. Caldicott was an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and served

on the staff of the Children’s Hospital Medical Center. One of the most influential women of the 20th century, she has received many awards for her

work. She is the author of seven books, including War in Heaven, (published in March 2007), Nuclear Power is Not the Answer (2006), If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth (1992), and Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do (1979). She

has also been the focus of several films, including Eight Minutes to Midnight, nominated for an Academy Award in 1981, and If You Love This Planet, which won The Academy Award for best documentary in 1982.

Dr. Caldicott’s lectures are free and open to the public.

Trained as a physician and thoroughly versed in the science of nuclear energy,

Dr. Caldicott is a knowledgeable and inspiring speaker. During the 1970’s Dr. Caldicott was an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and served on the staff of the Children’s Hospital Medical Center. One of the most influential women of the 20th century, she has received many awards for her work. She is the author of seven books, including War in Heaven, (published in March 2007), Nuclear Power is Not the Answer (2006), If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth (1992), and Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do (1979). She has also been the focus of several films, including Eight Minutes to Midnight, nominated for an Academy Award in 1981, and If You Love This Planet, which won the Academy Award for best documentary in 1982.

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