Environmental author and activist Sandra Steingraber ’81 will return to Bloomington-Normal this month to help promote a new documentary based on her book, Living Downstream. Several events are planned on the IWU campus and around the community:

• Before Steingraber’s visit, Illinois Wesleyan will preview the documentary for students, faculty and staff at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Beckman Auditorium of The Ames Library. The preview is free.

• Steingraber and the film’s director, Chanda Chevannes, will be on hand for a screening of the documentary and a question and answer session at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17 at The Normal Theater. Tickets for the event are $8 and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/126321.

• Local non-profit The Land Connection will co-host a Healthy Harvest Celebration in Uptown Normal, with culinary creations by Epiphany Farms, as a fund-raiser before the public screening. Learn more.

• Steingraber will speak at Hansen Student Center from 12-1 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 18. The event is free and open to the public.