Spring 2009 Speakers

Howard E. Woodin Colloquium Series
Schedule of Speakers
Spring 2009

Thursdays 12:30-1:20 p.m.
The Orchard, Room 103 on the first floor of
The Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest
Free and open to the public

CERTIFIED CARBON DIOXIDE OFFSETS WERE PURCHASED FROM
NATIVE ENERGY TO OFFSET THE CARBON
IMPACT OF SPEAKERS' TRAVEL

February 12	*Urban Sustainability-Can We Make Cities Sustainable?* Judith Layzer, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology View video
February 19	*Corporate Social Responsibility, From* *Vermont* to *China* Randy Kritkausky, Co-founder and President, ECOLOGIA View video
February 26	Core Panel Discussion: Contradictions on the Human-Nature Interface Don Mitchell, Lecturer in English and American Literatures and Film and Media Studies; Steve Trombulak, Mead Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies; Nick Muller, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College
March 5	*Residential Energy Efficiency in* *Vermont* Thomas Hand ’06 and Jamie Hand ‘08, Hand Energy Services View video
March 12	Hardwick, VT: Rebuilding a Healthy Food System Andrew Meyer, Vermont Soy, Vermont Natural Coatings, and Center for Agricultural Economy View video
March 19	*Saving the Environment through Alleviating Poverty* Jamee Field ’97.5, Senior Associate, Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors, and Member, Board of Trustees, Nature Conservancy of Illinois
March 26	*Spring Break*
April 2	The rural water resource in Vermont: Relationships between bedrock geology and naturally-occurring trace metals in groundwater Jon Kim, Geologist, Vermont Geological Survey and Peter Ryan, Associate Professor of Geology, Middlebury College View video
April 9	*Thin Places: the Cultural Dimensions of Sustainability* Ann Armbrecht, Anthropologist and author of Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home
April 16	*Early Spring: Climate Change in a* *New England* *Landscape* Amy Seidl, Consultant, LivingFuture Foundation, and author of Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World View video
April 23	*Archaeology, the Maritime Landscape, and Fishing the Ocean’s Past* John Jensen, Maritime Studies and Ocean Policy Faculty, Sea Education Association of Wood's Hole, Massachusetts View video
April 30	A Backyard Biological Survey: Success, Failures, and Fun Ed Kanze ‘78, Author, naturalist, wilderness guide, and photographer in the Adirondacks
May 7	ENVS 401 Senior Seminar Class Presentations

Howard E. Woodin ES Colloquium Series