Lecture & Scholars Series
Scholars Series 09-10
Smashing the Green Ceiling
, 9/21/09, noon, Perry Hall
Nancy Schultz
Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc.
Have you ever wondered what it takes to achieve a "super green" building with zero non-renewable energy usage, zero carbon emissions, and zero waste? Using the UW Fox Valley’s New Communication Arts Center example, we will cover what we did to incorporate sustainable design strategies into this project and how we used "stretch goals" to achieve the most sustainable building possible. You will learn how the US Green Building Council and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system influenced the design, why LEED® and other environmental auditing systems are important, how energy conservation was engineered, the importance of water efficiency and storm water management, how solar and sustainable forests were incorporated, and much more.
Farmer's Markets and Local Economies, 10/19/09, noon
, Perry Hall
Kathleen Bubinas
UW-Waukesha
Kathleen Bubinas is Associate Professor of Anthropology at UW-Waukesha. She is currently investigating whether farmers’ markets aid in the economic revitalization of cities’ hit by deindustrialization and the loss of jobs and population. She has conducted fieldwork on farmers’ markets in Wisconsin and New Orleans, South Asian communities in Chicago and women’s groups in India and Japan.
Antarctica: Climate Change and Preserving the Last Pristine Wilderness on Earth, 11/16/09, noon, Perry Hall
Gil Reavill
Author
Gil Reavill is an author, screenwriter and ghostwriter who has published numerous books, including his collaboration with polar traveler Robert Swan, Antarctica 2041.
Present-day fossil-fuel-based industrial civilization is burning the candle at both ends, burning the planet at both Poles. The effects of climate change show up disproportionately in the environmentally fragile Polar Regions. My talk focuses on the beauty and challenge of the Antarctic wilderness, as well as on the impact global warming has upon the most spectacular and remote landscape on earth.
Sturgeon Conservation, 12/7/09, noon, Baehman Theatre
Dr. Ron Bruch
Resources
Dr. Ronald Bruch, a Senior Fisheries Biologist/Work Unit Supervisor with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, is featured as one of the main interviewees and characters in "Mysteries of the Great Lakes". When Ron first held a sturgeon as a child, it was love at first sight. From that moment, he knew that he wanted to make the protection of sturgeon his life’s work. He continues to be a passionate advocate for the conservation of this ancient species of fish. Ron, who holds a doctorate and master's degree in zoology and a bachelor's degree in biology, serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Ichthyology and is a member of several sturgeon conservation groups including the World Sturgeon Conservation Society. He has written numerous scientific publications regarding the health of sturgeon populations in the Great Lakes region.
Conservation of Wild Mustangs, 2/15/10, noon, Baehman Theatre
Jody Marriot Bar-Lev
Author
Jody Marriott Bar-Lev is Head of The Academy of the Fox Cities—an international Pre-K through 12th grade school, the first primary through high school in the US to be accredited for University of Cambridge International Examinations, UK. Jody is also Vice President of the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros (ISPMB), and has assisted in the rescue and relocation of herds of wild mustangs that would have otherwise gone to slaughter. Born in San Diego, Jody grew up in the UK and USA, and has worked extensively in both the fields of education and animal welfare. Her graduate work, through the Institute of Education, University of London, is in the area of education research.
Ms. Marriott Bar-Lev will talk about current work with Lakota educators to create a Lakota school incorporating the Cambridge curriculum that will combine international standard academics and the Lakota culture and will serve the residents of Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River Reservations in South Dakota. The rescued wild mustangs, now relocated to the ISPMB sanctuary in South Dakota, are an integral part of this program.
Genocide Prevention, 3/15/10, noon, Baehman Theatre
Khalil Dokhanchi
UW-Superior
Dr. Khalil "Haji" Dokhanchi, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, is one of 20 people nationwide chosen to receive a Carl Wilkens Fellowship from the Genocide Intervention Network. The Genocide Intervention
Network is a non-partisan organization working to create a national constituency of educated and empowered Americans who will hold elected officials responsible for their actions to prevent and stop genocide. The Carl Wilkens Fellowship Program trains emerging leaders to organize grassroots anti-genocide constituencies in their communities. Dokhanchi will spend two weekends in Washington, D.C., to learn more about genocide and undergo training in community organizing. "I want to promote this issue so people have access to information, and to energize people to contact their elected representatives as events arise to make sure the voice of the people is heard on this issue," Dokhanchi said. "Part of what we want to do is make sure our elected officials are well informed on where their constituency stands on stopping genocide." (Posted Feb. 2, 2009)
Local food, food insecurity, and sustainable communities, 4/19/10, noon, Baehman Theatre
Greg Peter, Associate Professor of Sociology
UW-Fox Valley
Greg is an environmental and rural sociologist with specialties in food systems, agriculture, and the environment as well as community studies and development. He earned a BA in East Asian Studies with an Environmental Studies minor at UW-Madison, an MS in Rural Sociology and PhD in Sociology at Iowa State University. He is a co-author of a book, two book chapters, several articles, and dozens of research presentations on rural sociology, sustainable food systems, and the interface between the environment and society. His ongoing research project in the Fox Valley includes working with community agencies to help resolve issues of natural resource management, community planning, and growth issues. He also encourages his UW-Fox students to do field research with him.
Environmental Health Issues, 5/10/10, noon, Baehman Theatre
Nancy Langston, Professor, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
UW-Madison
I am an environmental historian, examining the shared history of people and the environment. I focus on two research fields: forest history and environmental health. My environmental health research examines the history of endocrine disruptors, regulation, and the precautionary principle in the United States. My forest history research currently examines the history of the north woods, asking how and why northern forests have changed over time, how people have used and altered the forests, how our perceptions of forests have evolved, and how societies have struggled to establish policies governing forests. You can read more about my current forest history project on boreal forests here: http://sites.google.com/site/nancylangstonresearch/Home