Fall 2009 – Special Speaker Series
SUSTAINABLE EARTH, ENERGY, and ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
Developing a sustainable society while confronting global change is one of the leading
challenges facing our planet during the 21st century. This speaker series, co-sponsored by
the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the Cornell Center for a
Sustainable Future, features speakers from the Cornell research community addressing
some of the major threats, challenges, and hope for the future. (flyer)
TIME: Monday Nights 7:30-8:45pm LOCATION: Room 101 - Phillips Hall
| Date | Theme | Speaker | |
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| September |
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| 7 | WELCOME CLIMATE CHANGE The Science |
Frank DiSalvo Charles Greene |
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| 21 | CLIMATE CHANGE Potential Impacts on Land and Sea |
Christine Goodale and Drew Harvell |
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| October | |||
| 5 |
FOOD Environmental Impacts and The Future of Food |
Bob Howarth and Rebecca Nelson |
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| 19 | ENERGY End of Oil and Energy Alternatives |
Muawia Barazangi and Jefferson Tester |
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| November | |||
| 2 | WATER Impacts of Climate Change and Solutions |
Rebecca Schneider |
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| 16 | LOCAL SUCCESSES Cornell University and Ithaca College |
Lanny Joyce and Marian Brown |
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| 30 | RECLAIMING THE COMMONS Successes, Solutions, and Problem Solving |
The students of EAS 1420 |
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More Information: Louise P. McGarry (lpm3@cornell.edu or 607-342-0628)