Sustainability Speaker Series
We are pleased to announce the Spring 2013 semester Sustainability Speaker Series. Please join us for the following events.
Upcoming Spring 2013 Events
The Sustainability Speaker Series is supported by a generous grant from the Homer Hayward Family.
Who Has the Biggest Environmental Footprint?
A grass-fed cattle rancher, a local fishmonger and a vegan walk into a restaurant... who has the biggest environmental footprint? Alan Lovewell (Local Catch Monterey), Mark Shelley (sustainable cattle rancher), and Jason Scorse (IEP Program Chair) discuss eating sustainably.
April 16, 2013
12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Irvine Auditorium
Food Justice Internationally and Locally
Eric Holt-Gimenez (Food First), Lindsay Coate (Ag Against Hunger) and Kaley Grimland (Mecado Popular) discuss food systems here and abroad.
April 16, 2013
1:00-2:00 PM
Location: Irvine Auditorium
Monterey Peninsula Water Management
Jason Burnett, Mayor of Carmel-By-The-Sea and managing partner at Clean Fund
April 18, 2013
6:00-7:30 PM
Room: McGowan 100
Changing Course on Climate: A Practitioner's View
Dr. Jim Williams, Monterey Institute Professor and Chief Scientist at Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.
May 1, 2013
6:00-7:30 PM
Location: Irvine Auditorium
The Economic and Policy Implications of Removing the San Clemente Dam
Sam Schuchat, Executive Officer of the California Coastal Conservancy and Secretary of the California Ocean Protection Council
May 2, 2013
6:00-7:30 PM
Room: McGowan 100
Navigating the Politics of Climate Change
David Roberts, one of the nations leading environmental authors and staff writer for Grist
May 7, 2013
6:00-7:30 PM
Location: McGowan 102
