Feb 1 Sustainable Agriculture & Watershed Protection Series |
Viewing of the film King Corn
SXSW Film Festival selection; HOT DOCS Film Festival selection
*12:00-1:30 PM, Room 1107, Van Munching Hall |
Feb 8
Sustainable Agriculture & Watershed Protection Series |
Sajal Sthapit, EcoAgriculture Partners
"An Overview of Ecoagriculture" (presentation available) |
Feb 15 Sustainable Agriculture & Watershed Protection Series |
Rawleston Moore, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
"Climate Change Adaptation under the UNFCCC" |
Feb 22 Sustainable Agriculture & Watershed Protection Series |
Viewing of the film Black Gold
Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro, London, Sundance and Cinema film festival selections |
Feb 29
Sustainable Agriculture & Watershed Protection Series |
Glenn Moglen, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, University of Maryland
"Impervious Surfaces and Ecological Integrity: Threshold-based Policies, Data Limitations, and Unintended Consequences" (presentation available) |
March 7
Bioenergy Series |
César Izaurralde, Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Maryland
with opening remarks by Jay S. Gregg, JGCRI, Department of Geography, University of Maryland
"Current Trends in U.S. Ethanol Production and Development of a Sustainable Bioenergy Economy" (presentation available) |
March 14
Bioenergy Series |
Viewing of the film The Charcoal People
Sundance film festival selection |
March 21
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Spring break |
March 28
Bioenergy Series |
Richard V. Pouyat, USDA Forest Service, and Ecological Society of America
"The Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels Workshop: A Summary of Ecological Society of America's Conference and Workshop" |
April 4
Bioenergy Series |
Michelle Perez, Environmental Working Group (EWG), Environmental Policy Ph.D. Program (University of Maryland)
"Reflections on the Politics of Farm Bill Policy" |
April 11
Bioenergy Series |
Bill Kovarik, Department of Media Studies, Radford University
"Biofuels: History, Public Debate and Climate Change" (presentation available) |
April 18
Energy Series |
Steve Fetter, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
"The Role of Nuclear Power in Reducing Carbon Emissions" |
April 25
Energy Series |
Steven J. Smith, Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Maryland
"Long-Term Scenarios of Renewable Electricity Generation" |
May 2
Energy Series
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Alan Loeb, Legal-institutional advisory services on environmental law and regulatory policy (clients have included World Bank, USAID and Asian Development Bank)
"The Choice of Internal Combustion: How it Happened, and Why it is Relevant Today" (key findings available) |
May 9
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Seminar Evaluations and Plans |
