Environmental Speaker Series 2014-15

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2014-15 Schedule

Fall Quarter 2014

  Date/Time Speaker Talk Title Archive

10/2/14, 4pm

David Patrick

"The Quest for Affordable Solar Energy"

 

10/9/14, 4pm

Jennie Stephens

"Power Struggles in Energy System Transition"

 

10/16/14, 4pm

Bill Shaw

"The Retreat of Antarctica’s Glaciers"

 

10/23/14, 4pm

Bob Ferris & Todd Wilkinson

The Two Talking Wolves Tour

 

10/30/14, 4pm

Charles F. Wilkinson

"Stewards of the Land"

Video

11/6/14, 4pm

WWU & NWIC faculty

Panel discussion: "Freeing the Elwha"

 

11/13/14, 4pm

John Gussman

Film: Return of the River, plus Q&A with director

 

11/20/14, 4pm

Bill Hurley

"Deep Water Offshore Wind Energy in Europe"

Video

12/4/14, 4pm

Alex Ramel

"Aligning Economic Development and Clean Energy Sector Growth"

Video

 

Winter Quarter 2015

  Date/Time Speaker Talk Title Archive

1/15/15, 4pm

Joel Swisher

"Next-Generation Energy Systems for a Low-Carbon Campus and Economy"

Video

1/22/15, 4pm

Tom Loranger

"Western Water Laws and Resource Management"

Video

1/29/15, 4pm

Thomas Webler

"The German Energy Transition: Can we do the same here?"

Video

2/5/15, 4pm

Jerry Ek

"Resilience Theory and the Classic Maya Collapse"

 

2/12/15, 4pm

Robert K. Johnston

"Monitoring and Modeling Pollution Runoff in Puget Sound Inlets"

 

2/19/15, 4pm

Julann Spromberg

"Murky Water: Coho salmon and urban stormwater runoff"

Video

2/26/15, 4pm

David Kaplan

"The Role of Information Technology in a Clean Energy Future"

 

3/5/15, 4pm

Jim Conca

"The GeoPolitics of Energy: Achieving a Just and Sustainable Energy Distribution by 2040"

Video

3/12/15, 4pm

Chance Asher

"The Critical Role of Science in Environmental Law and Policy Making

 

Spring Quarter 2015

  Date/Time Speaker Talk Title Archive

4/9/15, 4pm

Erika McPhee-

Shaw

"Life on the Edge of the Pacific"

 

4/16/15, 4pm

Timothy

W. Miller
"Battling Invasive Wildland Weeds:  How we plan & conduct management trials"

 

4/23/15, 4pm

 Panel discussion "Enviro Job-Hunting Basics" - NCI, Sustainable Connections, ForestEthics, and RE Sources

 

4/30/15, 4pm

Brenna Forester** "Genomics and Conservation; or, Salamanders vs. Climate Change"

 

5/7/15, 4pm

Stu

Weiss**
"Climate, Nitrogen Deposition, and the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly"

 

5/14/15, 4pm

Steve

Wright**
"Salmon Restoration and Energy Planning in the Columbia River Basin"

 

5/21/15, 4pm Amanda Graham** "Reflections on Ecological Literacy in the Anthropocene"

 

5/28/15, 4pm

Adriana Martinez "Environmental & Social Impacts of the US-Mexico Border Fence"

 

6/4/15, 4pm Crina

Hoyer**
"Offensive Remarks: Building public insistence and a bias for action"

 

** = Alaskan Airlines sponsored speaker

 

See Also: This year's (current) Speaker Series Schedule

See Also: Other year's lectures, via the Speaker Series Archives