Friday, November 14
2-5 p.m.
Outside Le Gourmet
(on McAlister Drive in between Butler and Mayer Residence Halls).
Feauturing music, food off the grill, and an opportunity meet campus organizations and offices working to enhance sustainability in our community. A portion of the proceeds from food sales will benefit Green Light New Orleans, a local non-profit that installs energy saving compact fluorescent bulbs in New Orleans homes. Free bike repair instruction will be available.
Organizations present will include the Clinton Global Initiative University, A Studio in the Woods, Dining Services, Environmental Law Clinic, Facilities Services, Green Club, IN Exchange, Juggling Club, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Paris Parker, Public Health Undergraduate degree program, Tulane Recycling, TEAL, The Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives, TIDES and the Tulane City Center, and the Office of Environmental Affairs.
Environmental Orientation
Monday
August 25, 2008
2-3 p.m.
301 Alcee Fortier Hall
This introduction to environmental opportunities in and out of the classroom features faculty from the Environmental Studies Program, student leaders from the Green Club, and staff from university sustainability programs.
It will be an easy opportunity to learn about the Environmental Studies major, environmental courses, campus recycling, and opportunities for trips and service through the Green Club.
For more information, contact Liz Davey at 865-5145.
August 25, 2008
2-3 p.m.
301 Alcee Fortier Hall
This introduction to environmental opportunities in and out of the classroom features faculty from the Environmental Studies Program, student leaders from the Green Club, and staff from university sustainability programs.
It will be an easy opportunity to learn about the Environmental Studies major, environmental courses, campus recycling, and opportunities for trips and service through the Green Club.
For more information, contact Liz Davey at 865-5145.
Tulane Law School's 13th Annual Environmental Conference
Tulane Law School's Environmental Conference on Law, Science & the Public Interest
April 4-5, 2008
The overarching theme this year is "Climate Change: In the Community and the Courtroom."
The Conference will feature panel discussions given by attorneys, professors, scientists, activists, and industry & agency representatives on topics including: water impacts of climate change, coal in the post-Mass v. EPA world, a biofuels debate, impacts of climate change on forests, sustainable civil planning, sea level rise & coastal risk, the Morganza Project, recent climate change litigation, impacts on various endangered species, Kyoto implementation, ocean acidification impacts of CO2 emissions, and impacts of climate change on indigenous communities.
Keynoting the Conference will be world-famous ethnobiologist, Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, who co-founded the Amazon Conservation Team; Jerome Ringo, Chair of the National Wildlife Federation and President of the Apollo Alliance; and Dr. Devra Davis, author of "The Secret History of the War on Cancer," who will be speaking about environmental impacts on human diseases.
Registration is free for Tulane students and faculty.
http://www.tulanelawenviro.org/
Or go straight to the event's remarkable program:
http://envirolaw.vesana.com/images/fliers/envconf13.pdf
April 4-5, 2008
The overarching theme this year is "Climate Change: In the Community and the Courtroom."
The Conference will feature panel discussions given by attorneys, professors, scientists, activists, and industry & agency representatives on topics including: water impacts of climate change, coal in the post-Mass v. EPA world, a biofuels debate, impacts of climate change on forests, sustainable civil planning, sea level rise & coastal risk, the Morganza Project, recent climate change litigation, impacts on various endangered species, Kyoto implementation, ocean acidification impacts of CO2 emissions, and impacts of climate change on indigenous communities.
Keynoting the Conference will be world-famous ethnobiologist, Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, who co-founded the Amazon Conservation Team; Jerome Ringo, Chair of the National Wildlife Federation and President of the Apollo Alliance; and Dr. Devra Davis, author of "The Secret History of the War on Cancer," who will be speaking about environmental impacts on human diseases.
Registration is free for Tulane students and faculty.
http://www.tulanelawenviro.org/
Or go straight to the event's remarkable program:
http://envirolaw.vesana.com/images/fliers/envconf13.pdf
RecycleMania on now until April 5
2008 is the second year that Tulane is competing in RecycleMania, a ten-week nationwide recycling competition among universities. Last year RecycleMania gave our campus recycling program a tremendous boost, as our recycling in 2007 nearly doubled and is now back at pre-Katrina levels.
Once again, Tulane will host an on-campus recycling competition between student teams, sponsored by the Office of University Services. The teams that collect and weigh-in the largest amount of recyclables will win prizes. This year's competition features prizes for small, medium and large teams of up to 50 students. Visit the Tulane RecycleMania Competition website to learn about the prizes and enroll your team.
RecycleMania measures how much we recycle and how much we waste. Watch for special Tulane reusable cups in the LBC. To learn more about the national event, visit the RecycleMania website. To volunteer help to Tulane's efforts, contact the Student Recycling Coordinators at recycle@tulane.edu.
Once again, Tulane will host an on-campus recycling competition between student teams, sponsored by the Office of University Services. The teams that collect and weigh-in the largest amount of recyclables will win prizes. This year's competition features prizes for small, medium and large teams of up to 50 students. Visit the Tulane RecycleMania Competition website to learn about the prizes and enroll your team.
RecycleMania measures how much we recycle and how much we waste. Watch for special Tulane reusable cups in the LBC. To learn more about the national event, visit the RecycleMania website. To volunteer help to Tulane's efforts, contact the Student Recycling Coordinators at recycle@tulane.edu.
Dr. David Campbell to speak on Biodiversity & Maya Gardens
On Thursday, February 14th from 12 noon to 1:15 p.m. on the third floor of Alcee Fortier, Dr. David Campbell of Grinnell College will be presenting a lecture entitled “The Ontogeny of a Feral Forest: Maya Domestic Gardens as Biodiversity Hotspots.”
We are honored to welcome Dr. Campbell, a professor of Biology, Henry R. Luce Professor in Nations and the Global Environment, and Chair of Environmental Studies at Grinnell, who received his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. He specializes in the ecology and species composition of tropical and subtropical forests. His work has taken him throughout the world with study sites in Belize, Southern China and the Brazilian Amazon with extensive research on the Maya Civilization.
Dr. Campbell is the acclaimed author of The Ephemeral Islands, The Crystal Desert, Islands in Space in Time, and A Land of Ghosts. His accomplishments have been merited with a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Burroughs Medal, the PEN Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction, the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award, and the 2005 Lannan Award for Nonfiction.
We are honored to welcome Dr. Campbell, a professor of Biology, Henry R. Luce Professor in Nations and the Global Environment, and Chair of Environmental Studies at Grinnell, who received his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. He specializes in the ecology and species composition of tropical and subtropical forests. His work has taken him throughout the world with study sites in Belize, Southern China and the Brazilian Amazon with extensive research on the Maya Civilization.
Dr. Campbell is the acclaimed author of The Ephemeral Islands, The Crystal Desert, Islands in Space in Time, and A Land of Ghosts. His accomplishments have been merited with a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Burroughs Medal, the PEN Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction, the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award, and the 2005 Lannan Award for Nonfiction.
Focus the Nation: a campus-wide conversation about climate change
January 30 & 31, 2008
focus.tulane.edu
In parallel with over 1000 universities and schools across the country, on Wednesday & Thursday, January 30 & 31, Tulane University will focus on the challenges of climate change. This interdisciplinary symposium on global warming will feature faculty and students speakers from across the disciplines; sessions on January 31 will follow the Thursday class schedule so faculty can bring their classes to participate.
On Wednesday, January 30, 2008, author and New Orleanian Chris Mooney will give a lecture entitled “Science at High Speeds: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming” at 5:00 p.m. in the Kendall Cram Room of the LBC. Mooney has covered the science linking global warming with more intense hurricanes. He will discuss the emerging science and the political and social contexts that shape the science. The winners of the Fall 2007 Reading Project Essay Contest will be presented immediately before Mr. Mooney’s lecture.
His lecture will be followed at 7:00 p.m. by a screening of “The 2% Solution.” This national web-cast looks at reducing the carbon emissions of the developed world by 2% each year for the next 40 years.
On Thursday, January 31, in the morning faculty members Torbjörn Törnqvist, Jeff Chambers, and William Balée will review the physical, biological and human dimensions of climate change, while afternoon breakout sessions will focus the diverse expertise of Tulane’s faculty and students on global warming, its implications and possible solutions.
Visit the website http://focus.tulane.edu for complete details & program schedule.
focus.tulane.edu
In parallel with over 1000 universities and schools across the country, on Wednesday & Thursday, January 30 & 31, Tulane University will focus on the challenges of climate change. This interdisciplinary symposium on global warming will feature faculty and students speakers from across the disciplines; sessions on January 31 will follow the Thursday class schedule so faculty can bring their classes to participate.
On Wednesday, January 30, 2008, author and New Orleanian Chris Mooney will give a lecture entitled “Science at High Speeds: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming” at 5:00 p.m. in the Kendall Cram Room of the LBC. Mooney has covered the science linking global warming with more intense hurricanes. He will discuss the emerging science and the political and social contexts that shape the science. The winners of the Fall 2007 Reading Project Essay Contest will be presented immediately before Mr. Mooney’s lecture.
His lecture will be followed at 7:00 p.m. by a screening of “The 2% Solution.” This national web-cast looks at reducing the carbon emissions of the developed world by 2% each year for the next 40 years.
On Thursday, January 31, in the morning faculty members Torbjörn Törnqvist, Jeff Chambers, and William Balée will review the physical, biological and human dimensions of climate change, while afternoon breakout sessions will focus the diverse expertise of Tulane’s faculty and students on global warming, its implications and possible solutions.
Visit the website http://focus.tulane.edu for complete details & program schedule.
SUSTAINAMANIA at Bruff Commons
SUSTAINAMANIA
January 22, 2008
11am-3pm
Bruff Commons Dining Room
This event will feature organic menu items, educational references regarding how to conserve the environment, measuring the waste of food from the lunch period and having it available for dinner for all to see, vendor participation showcasing their sustainable new products and samplings. This event will feature organic menu items, educational references regarding how to
conserve the environment, measuring the waste of food from the lunch period and having it available for dinner for all to see, vendor participation showcasing their sustainable new products and samplings.
January 22, 2008
11am-3pm
Bruff Commons Dining Room
This event will feature organic menu items, educational references regarding how to conserve the environment, measuring the waste of food from the lunch period and having it available for dinner for all to see, vendor participation showcasing their sustainable new products and samplings. This event will feature organic menu items, educational references regarding how to
conserve the environment, measuring the waste of food from the lunch period and having it available for dinner for all to see, vendor participation showcasing their sustainable new products and samplings.
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