ES
SPRING Colloquia 2009
Environmental
Studies Lunchtime Colloquia
SPRING
2009
February 11
“Mellon Interns Share Their Jan Plan Experiences”
Lewis Seton ‘09, Courtney Chilcote ‘09, Drew Hill ’09, Sarah Stevens ‘09, Leah Gourlie ‘09
February 25
“Importance of Pursuing Policy Change at the State and Local Level:
A Case Study of Maine’s Efforts to Ban Certain Toxins”
Hannah Pingree, Maine Speaker of the House
March 4
“Wasted Energy: The Global Importance of Overlooked Details in Homes and Buildings
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Charlie Holly, Owner of Kennebec Home Performance
March 18
“Greener Rulemakings: The Obama Administration”
Cindy Skrzycki, Bloomberg News columnist and Lovejoy Visiting Journalist
April 8
‘Energy Efficiency in Climate Change Policy: RGGI and Maine’s Energy and Carbon Savings Trust ”
Tom Tietenberg, Mitchell Family Professor of Economics, Emeritus
April 15
‘A Face, A Place, A Taste: What a Local, Organic Food System Can Be”
Russell Libby, Executive Director, MOFGA
Evening
Lectures on the following Tuesdays at 7:00 pm in Olin 1
February 17
"Rethinking the Way We Address Complex Risks to Human Health and Ecosystems"
Joel A. Tickner, ‘89 Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Sustainability University of Massachusetts Lowell
March 10
“Denmark’s Renewable Energy Island”
Soren Hermansen, Director of the Samso Energy Academy, Denmark
March 31
“Diesel and Health in America: The Lingering Threat”
Bruce Hill, Senior Scientist, Clean Air Task Force
April 21
“Chico Mendes: Twenty Years Later”
Christine Halvorson, ’89 Program Director, Rainforest Foundation US
April 28
“The Business Implications of Climate Change”
Andrew Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan