Below is a list of additional events related to oil and water presented by partners for All-Consuming: Conversations on Oil and Water. If you have questions about the events below, please refer to the contact information listed with the event.

• Before the Wells Run Dry: Ensuring Sustainable Water Supplies for Illinois
  October 13 from 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 3700, Chicago (the offices of Drinker Biddle)
  Cost for MPC and Openlands donors: $15.00
  Cost for non-donors: $20.00
  
  Illinois' water supplies are finite, fragile and under pressure. Join the Metropolitan Planning Council and Openlands on October 13 for a discussion of the forthcoming "Before the Wells Run Dry," which recommends a series of strategies to protect our shared water resources.

• WATER: Sustaining Our Blue Planet
  Presented by the Gary C. Comer Family

  May 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM
  The Field Museum
  1400 S Lake Shore Dr
  Chicago
  Free. Open to the public.
  Pre-registration recommended. Call 312.665.7400.

  Join the Gary C. Comer Family & the Field Museum for a roundtable discussion on water, moderated by WGN radio host John Williams and featuring Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Peter Annin, author of The Great Lakes Water Wars. This forum will explore how water issues are related to health, poverty, globalization, and climate change on local, regional, and global levels. During our Q & A, engage with the speakers to discuss solutions to these critical issues.

• The Museum of Contemporary Art presents...
  Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe 

March 14 - June 21, 2009
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago

Philosopher. Forecaster. Designer. Poet. Inventor. Advocate of alternative energy. R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was one of the greatest American thinkers of the 20th century -- and a visionary for the 21st.

Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe is the first major US exhibition of Fuller's work in 35 years and a testament to his fascinating mix of utopian vision and organic pragmatism. A combination of models, sketches, and other artifacts -- many on view for the first time -- represent six decades of the artist's integrated approach to housing, transportation, communication, and cartography.

For more information on this exhibit and related events please visit mcachicago.org.

• The Metropolitan Planning Council presents...
  Liquid Assets: A film premiere, discussion, and reception

Monday, November 17, 2008
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 North State Street
Chicago

Free. Open to the public. Reservations required.
For more information, visit the Metropolitan Planning Council's website.