Environmental Speaker Series 2016-17
See Also: This year's (current) Environmental Speaker Series Schedule
See Also: Other years, via the Environmental Speaker Series Archives
2016 Speakers
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9/29/16, 4pm |
Alfredo Prieto |
"The End of the Earth: Biodiversity, Conservation and Cultural Memory in Patagonia" |
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10/6/16, 4pm |
Julie Hirsch |
"Oystertopia: Stewards of the Salish Sea" (Video) |
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10/13/16, 4pm |
Timothy Ballew, Sr. |
"Five Generations of the Salish Sea" |
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10/20/16, 2:30pm |
Charles Marohn |
"Strong Towns: Curbside Chat" |
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10/20/16, 4pm |
Ted Carlson |
"Bellingham's Transportation Successes and Challenges" |
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10/27/16, 4pm |
Joel Swisher |
"Modern, Clean Energy: Entry to the 20th Century and Survival for the 21st Century" |
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11/3/16, 4pm |
"Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association's Salmon Recovery Efforts" |
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11/10/16, 4pm |
Lorna & Darrell Smith |
"Lions & Bears & Wolves: The Status of Large Charismatic Carnivores in Washington State" |
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11/17/16, 4pm |
Jim Meacham |
"Visualizing the Complexities of Wildlife Migration: Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Ungulates" |
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12/1/16, 4pm |
David Shull |
"Cycling of Carbon and Nutrients in the Bering Sea Sediments" |
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2017 Speakers
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1/12/17, 4pm |
Jenise Bauman |
"Interactions between beneficial ectomycorrhizal fungi and chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) on American chestnut (Castanea dentata) used in coal mine reclamation" |
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1/19/17, 4pm |
Chris Greacen |
"Renewable Energy Mini-Grids in Myanmar" |
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1/26/17, 4pm |
Denise DeLuca |
"Re-Aligning with Nature: Ecological Thinking for Radical Innovation" |
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2/2/17, 4pm |
Huxley Career Panel |
Derek Koellmann, Anchor QEA Christine Woodward, Samish Nation Tribal Government Rose Lathrop, Sustainable Connections Bill Way, The Watershed Company |
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2/9/17, 4pm |
Jim Lazar |
"Teaching the Duck to Fly: Ten Strategies to Enable A High Reliance on Wind and Solar Energy for Electricity" CANCELED due to Campus Closure |
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2/16/17, 4pm |
Christine Biermann |
"Securing Forests from the Scourge of Blight: Nature, Nation, and the American Chestnut" |
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Thursday, 2/23/17, 4pm |
Jon Riedel |
"Blue Ice: Photographic and Scientific Evidence of the Recent Loss of Glaciers in Washington's National Parks" |
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Tzeporah Berman |
This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge Keynote Speaker for Western Division Canadian Association of Geographers (WDCAG) Conference |
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Thursday, 3/9/17, 4pm |
Dana Wilson |
The Salish Sea (Traditional Territory of the Lummi Nation) Winter 2017 Salish Sea Speaker |
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Thursday, 4/6/17, 4pm |
Bill Moyer |
"Solutionary Rail: A People-Powered Campaign to Electrify America's Railroads and Open Corridors to a Clean Energy Future" |
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Thursday, 4/13/17, 4pm |
Peter Robinson |
The Future of Environmentalism |
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Thursday, 4/20/17, 4pm |
Mitch Thomashow |
The Future of Environmental Learning |
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Thursday, 4/27/17, 4pm |
George Lakey |
Climate Action and the Struggle for Economic Justice |
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Thursday, 5/4/17, 4pm |
Kate Troll |
The Great Unconformity |
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Thursday, 5/11/17, 12-2:00 pm |
Jay Julius (Salish Sea Speaker) | #TreatyWin: Reflections on Lummi Nation's Fight to Protect Xwe'ChieXen (Cherry Point) | Northwest Indian College Cultural Learning Center (Log Building #11) |
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Thursday, 5/11/17, 4pm |
Misty Peacock |
Blurred Lines: Multiple Freshwater and Marine Algal Toxins at the Land-Sea Interface |
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Thursday, 5/18/17, 4pm |
Denise Atwood & Ric Conner |
Conscious Connections Foundation: Earthquake Relief in Nepal |
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Thursday, 5/25/17, 4pm |
Kimberly Larson |
Climate Solutions (TBA) |
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Thursday, 6/1/17, 4pm |
Sylvia Yang |
WWU's SEA Discovery Center (TBA) |
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See Also: This year's (current) Speaker Series Schedule
See Also: Other years, via the Speaker Series Archives