A new day, another environmental speaker. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., author, outspoken advocate and co-founder of the watchdog Waterkeeper Alliance, is speaking Wednesday night at Goucher College.

Kennedy, supervising attorney at Pace University law school's environmental litigation clinic and co-host of a nationally syndicated show on Air America Radio, will talk on "Our Environmental Destiny: How to Get There in Troubled Economic Times." He will speak at 8 p.m. at Kraushaar Auditorium.

A member of the famous political family, Kennedy helped start the waterkeeper alliance in 1999, and it now has nearly 200 participating groups, including several in Maryland. He is the author of four books and numerous articles on the environment and politics. His talk is free and open to the public, but tickets must reserved in advance by calling Goucher College at 410-337-6333 or by e-mailing boxoffice@goucher.edu