Sustainability Speaker Series

Spring 2012 Events

The Sustainability Speaker Series is supported by a generous grant from the Homer Hayward Family.

Measuring Environmental Impacts of Coastal Development

Wednesday February 29, 4:30-6:00 pm, Casa Fuente 452

Panel discussion: Gary Griggs, Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences Director, Institute of Marine Sciences Coastal Processes and Geologic Hazards at UCSC

Melissa Miller, Director California Fish and Wildlife Strategic Vision Project, California Department of Fish and Game

Sustainability as a Corporate Growth Strategy: European Perspectives

Monday March 12, 6-7:30 pm, Morse B105

Speaker: Prof Tareq Emtairah, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics University of Lund, Sweden

The Round Table on Sustainable Bio-Fuels: Ups and Downs of a Multi-Stakeholder Partnership

Monday March 26, 6-7:30 pm, Morse B206

Speaker:Kevin Fingerman, Energy and Resources Group UC Berkeley

Decommissioning California's Oil Rigs: The science and policy.

Wednesday April 4, 4:00-6:00PM, Casa Fuente 452

Speakers: Surya Swamy, Consulting Decision Analyst at Lumina Systems (makers of Analytica software) and Emily Knight, Project Manager at California Ocean Science Trust

Politics and Policy of Climate Change

Wednesday April 4, 6:00 pm, Morse B104

Speaker: David Roberts, one of the nations leading environmental authors and staff writer for Grist

Film screening "The Next Best West"

April 10, 2012, 6:00-8:00PM, MG 100

The Next, Best West,documentary produced by two MIIS alumni, explores how the conventional concept of progress has influenced the exploitation of our natural resources, and how our collective understanding of progress is coming full circle with the promise of a brighter future. 

Conservation Incentive Agreements in the South Pacific

Wednesday April 11, 4:00-6:00PM, Casa Fuente 452

Speaker: Chris LaFranchi, Founder of OneReef

Earth Summit 2012: Can Rio+20 Deliver "The Future we Want"?

Monday April 16, 6 - 8:00 pm, Morse B105

Speaker: Prof. Stephen Stec is an adviser to UNEP on Rio Principle 10- which is in connection with the Earth Summit 2012 Rio+20 Conference (www.earthsummit2012.org).  He is a fellow of the Institute for East European Law and Russian Studies at Leiden University (Netherlands) and an Adjunct Professor at Central European University (Budapest). He also works as a consultant for international organizations, including UNEP, UNECE, OSCE, OECD and the European Commission.

Climate Change: Science vs. Denial

Tuesday May 1, at 7:00 pm, Irvine Auditorium

Speaker: Dr. Peter Joseph, serves as the Northern California Regional Manager and speaker for Gore's The Climate Reality Project. Dr. Joseph is also a highly experienced emergency physician, and founder of the Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Maritime Industries - Governance and Innovation

Wednesday, May 9, 6 p.m., Morse B105

Dr. Kristin Wallevik works as a Senior Researcher at Agder Research in Norway. She has her Masters Degree from MIIS and her PhD from Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. She has been working for several years in the industry and has worked as Controller and CFO in Aker Solutions, which is a large equipment supplier to the oil and gas industry. She has also worked with R&D and innovation processes in the same company. Her main research interests are corporate governance and innovation, with a special focus on the maritime sector.

Film screening "Oceans"

May 16, 2012, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Irvine Auditorium

Come celebrate the oceans with a screening of the 2009 film Oceans by Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzad, which contains perhaps the greatest nature footage of all time.