Seminar Schedule - Fall Semester 1997

18 September

Dr. Yaakov Garb of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, "The Trans-Israel Highway: Using Yesterday's Technologies to Plan Israel's Tomorrow."

25 September

Dr. Rolf Pendall of the University of Rhode Island," Property Rights and Property Culture: State "Wise Use" Legislation and the Legislators Who Support It."

2 October

Kristen Cammarata, graduate student, "Barriers to Aquaculture in Rhode Island."

9 October

William Shutkin of Alternatives for Community and Environment at Boston College, "From the Ground Up: A Look at the New Environmentalism."

16 October

Valerie Colas, graduate student, "The Transfer of Development Rights as a Mechanism to Preserve Rural Land."

23 October

Courtney Reckord, undergraduate student, "Ethnobotany of Native Rhode Island Wetlands Plants and Prospects for Conservation."

30 October

Dr. Norman Myers, "The Growing Role of Scientific Uncertainty in Environmental Policy."

6 November

Rebecca Taylor, undergraduate student, "Are Herring and Great Black-Backed Gulls Pests?"

13 November

Jessica Brown, Atlantic Center for the Environment, "Protecting Land in Times of Transition: Stewardship in Central Europe."

20 November

Lisa Schipper, undergraduate student, "Reducing Methane Emissions from Cattle in the United States: Will It Help Reduce Greenhouse Gases?"

4 December

Professor John Thomas, Brown University History Department, "Holding the Middle Ground: Urban and Regional Planning."