“How to Love a Forest” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Ethan Tapper, Forester, Author of “How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World.”
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
How are governmental negotiations at UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties (COPs) shaped by generational gaps and questions about intersectionality? Former climate negotiator for the government of Mexico, Ivonne Maricarmen Serna ‘23, will speak about her experiences at UNFCCC COP-29 to the Middlebury community and broader public.
This presentation will examine the problem of improving Earth system prediction from the perspective of adding new mechanistic understanding of ecosystem processes. The difficulties of spatial scale and process resolution, and some solutions, are addressed through examples including the representation of coupled carbon and nutrient dynamics, prediction in the extreme environment of the Arctic tundra, and resolving the interface between land and ocean in coastal wetlands.
Join us for a conversation with Brian Donahue, scholar, farmer, forester, and author of the new book Slow Wood: Green Building from Local Forests, published by Yale University Press.
In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students currently enrolled in ENVS 0401 A Community-Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum with present work from their semester long community-engaged projects.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students currently enrolled in ENVS 0401 B Community-Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum with present work from their semester long community-engaged projects.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
“Sensory systems to self-driving cars: science at the intersection of mechanism, theory, and opportunity.”
“Bioinspiration” can be defined as the development of novel materials, devices, and strategies inspired by examples found in biological systems. In this presentation, Dr. Schweikert will tell stories about the little-known sensory capabilities of marine animals, how different senses permit survival in the marine world, and what we might stand to gain from their study.