Seminar Schedule - Fall Semester 1998

September 24th:

William Leighty of Alaska Applied Sciences, Inc.
  "Global Energy, Global Climate Change"

October 1st:

Stephanie Polluck of Conservation Law Foundation of Southern New England:
"Smart Growth, Not Sprawl."

October 8th:

Steven Hamburg, Ittleson Associate professor of Environmental Studies, Asscoaite professor of Biology and Research Director of HHPE at the Wattson Institute for International Studies:
"Operationalizing the Kyoto Protocol - a report from a recent IPCC meeting"

October 15th:

Anthony Janetos from NASA, deals with land-use and climate change.

October 22nd:

Rick Wetzler, Professor at Tufts University:
"Field Releases, Modeling Predictions and International Policy Implications of Transgenic Microbe and Crop Interactions."

October 29th:

Ann Platt McGinn, Worldwatch Institute Asst. Researcher
"Moving Towards Sustainable Fisheries."

November 5th:

Steve Young, director of The Center for Northern Studies:
"The University of the Arctic: Building a circumpolar University without walls."

November 12th:

Karl Jacoby:
"Rethinking Conservation from the Bottom Up: The Havasupai People against the Grand Canyon National Park"

December 3rd:

Perry Sheffield:
"Pathogens vs. Chlorine: Balancing disinfection policy at Providence's Field's Point Sewage Treatment Facility."

November 19th:

Ela Abrams:
"Investigation of a Rare New England Plant's Decline: A Plan for Conservation."

December 3rd:

Perry Sheffield:
"Pathogens vs. Chlorine: Balancing disinfection policy at Providence's Field's Point Sewage Treatment Facility."