Environmental Speaker Series 2013-14
See Also: This year's (current) Environmental Speaker Series Schedule
See Also: Other years, via the Environmental Speaker Series Archives.
For 2013,the theme for the Speaker Series was water: resource management, climate change, conservation strategies, pollution prevention, and economics, to name a few of the specific topics our speakers addressed.
Huxley also partnered with the Western Reads program, which hosted Nancy Lord, author of Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North, on February 6th, 2014. Environmentalist Bill McKibben also spoke on campus in a separate Western Reads/Huxley College event on May 17, 2014.
2013-14 Schedule
Fall Quarter 2013
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10/3/13, 4pm | Hart Hodges, WWU |
“Issues in Water Resource Management” |
CF 105 |
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10/10/13, 4pm |
Chuck Antholt, WWU |
“Food and Water: Around the World, in the US, and in Whatcom County” |
CF 105 |
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10/17/13, 4pm |
Gabor Zovanyi, EWU |
“The No Growth Imperative: Creating Sustainable Communities Under Ecological Limits to Growth” |
CF 105 |
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10/24/13, 4pm |
Lee First, RE Sources |
“Our Water: Exploring the Streams, Rivers, and Marine Shorelines of Whatcom and Skagit Counties” |
CF 105 |
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10/31/13, 4pm |
David Roberts, Kulshan Services |
"Modern Marine Management: The Challenge of Meeting Conflicting Needs" |
CF 105 |
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11/7/13, 4pm |
Robyn du Pres, NSMCF |
“Citizen Engagement in Marine Conservation” |
CF 105 |
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11/14/13, 4pm |
Rob Peña, U-W |
“The Integrated Design Lab: On the Bullitt Center” | AW 204 |
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11/21/13, 4pm |
Robin Matthews, WWU |
"Lake Whatcom Water Quality: What's Happening in My Lake?" |
CF 105 |
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12/5/13, 4pm |
Jean Melious, WWU | "Water and Growth in Whatcom County" |
CF 105 |
Winter Quarter 2014
| Date/Time | Speaker | Talk Title | Location | |
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1/16/14, 4pm |
Jill MacIntyre Witt |
"Climate Reality and Divestment" |
CF 125 |
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1/22/14, 5pm |
David Maisel |
"Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime" |
AW 210 |
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1/23/14, 4pm |
Emma Norman |
"Indigenous Coalition Building and Transboundary Water Governance" |
CF 125 |
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1/30/14, 4pm |
“The Stand-Up Economist: How Carbon Taxes Can Save the World” |
CF 125 |
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2/6/14, 4pm |
Terrance Meyer |
"The Story of the Spectacular Failure of Wind Power in Whatcom County" |
CF 110 |
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2/20/14, 4pm |
Fuzhan Nasiri |
"Integrating Renewable Heat into Non-Domestic Buildings: The Case of Biomass Boilers" |
CF 125 |
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2/27/14, 4pm |
Alex Ramel |
"Achieving Massive Energy Efficiency" |
CF 125 |
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3/6/14, 4pm |
Mike Warner |
"Projected Changes in North American Atmospheric Rivers Due to Climate Change" |
CF 125 |
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3/13/14, 4pm |
John Rybczyk |
"Ecosystem restoration and rising seas: Lessons from the Red Queen" |
CF 125 |
Spring Quarter 2014
| Date/Time | Speaker | Talk Title | Location | |
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4/3/14, 4pm |
M. Schneider-Mayerson |
"Taking Energy and Environmental Crises Seriously" |
ES 100 |
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4/10/14, 4pm |
James Meadows |
"Designing Buildings toward a Healthier Indoor Microbiome" |
ES 100 |
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4/17/14, 4pm |
Naomi Oreskes |
Western Reads: Author of Merchant of Doubt |
VU MPR |
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4/24/14, 4pm |
Dr. Bernie Housen |
"Magnetic Properties of Tree Leaves Reveal Pollution Patterns in Bellingham" |
ES 100 |
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5/1/14, 4pm |
Vicki Robin |
"The Structure of Belonging: Building a Relational Food Web" |
ES 100 |
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5/8/14, 4pm |
Carl Weimer |
"Keystone and Other Pipelines You've Never Heard of--How Safe is Safe?" |
ES 100 |
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5/15/14, 4pm |
Gregory Fiske |
"Extreme Home Efficiency and the Economized Ranch House" |
ES 100 |
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5/22/14, 4pm |
Lee First |
"Bellingham Bay Cleanup Sites: History, Contamination, and Opportunities for Involvement" |
ES 100 |
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5/29/14, 4pm |
Darby Cowles |
"Community Engagement in the Downtown Plan" |
ES 100 |
See Also: This year's (current) Speaker Series Schedule
See Also: Other years, via the Speaker Series Archives.