Events Calendar
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Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture - David R. Montgomery
23 Sep 2013 08:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - David R. Montgomery is a professor of geology at the University of Washington, a MacArthur "Genius" Award recipient, and the author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. He will discuss solutions to the problem of global soil erosion. Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture
Norman E. Borlaug Lecture - Presented by the 2013 World Food Prize Laureate
14 Oct 2013 08:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - World Food Prize Laureate to be announced in June.
Satellites & Butterflies: Climate Change and Species Conservation in North America - Jeremy Kerr
22 Oct 2013 07:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - University of Ottawa biologist Jeremy Kerr studies how biodiversity is changing as a consequence of climate change. His lab recently launched the eButterfly Project, allowing scientists and the public across North America to monitor the numbers and migratory paths of butterflies, which are often viewed as indicators of environmental change. Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture
Jane Jacobs and Rachel Carson: How They Changed Our World - Robert Fishman
23 Oct 2013 07:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert Fishman is an expert in the areas of urban history and urban policy and planning. He will discuss the impact of Jane Jacobs and Rachel Carson, two women who revolutionized the fields of urbanism and environmentalism as well as changed the way we think about sustainability.
