ENVS Colloquium Series 2009
Restoring the Earth: no easy answers
one scientist
one humanist
one policy expert
one topic...
not your ordinary talk.
Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
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Environmental problems are interdisciplinary by nature. They jump fences. They cross boundaries. They don’t respect borders. So what does happen when you mix three scholars from different backgrounds and ask them to comment on one topic? Join us and see. Refreshments starting at 3 pm. |
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October 19, 2009
Climate Geoengineering: The Governance Dilemma
Steve Rayner, James Martin Professor of Science and Civilization, University of Oxford
Commentators: Ben Hale ENVS/Philosophy CU Boulder and TBD
Location: UMC 285 (Aspen Rooms), 3:30 - 5:00 pm |
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September 30, 2009
Bugs and bugaboos: Mountain pine beetles, fire and ecological restoration
Tania Schoennagel, CU INSTAAR and Geography
Commentators: Dan Sturgis, Philosophy, CU Eric Gordon, ENVS Graduate Student
Location: Duane G125, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
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April 20, 2009
The Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - Doubt and Restoration: Coastal Louisiana
Eugene Turner, Coastal Ecology Institute at Louisiana State University
Commentators: Michael Zimmerman, PHIL and ENVS and Shali Mohleji, ENVS
Location: CIRES Auditorium (Room 338 CIRES/Ekeley), 3:30 - 5:00 pm
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April 1, 2009
Food Politics: Cultivation or Conservation? Competing Imperatives for Land Use
Steve Vanderheiden, CU Political Science
Commentators: Alan Townsend, EBIO/ENVS and Lorine Giangola, ENVS
Location: CIRES Auditorium (Room 338 CIRES/Ekeley), 3:30 - 5:00 pm
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February 16, 2009
Dam Removal: Advocacy, Resistance, & Feasibility
William Lewis, CIRES Center for Limnology
Commentators: Mark Squillace, CU Law School and Caitlin Crouch, ENVS
Location: Humanities 1B50, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
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