This spring 2019 series of lectures is organized in conjunction with an undergraduate class ([ESE 311], titled “Environmental Issues Today) and open to the public. Lectures will take place from 3:30 – 4:50 p.m. in Room 1306, Everitt Lab, 1406 West Green Street in Urbana.
Links to readings on the topics will be posted as they are available. If any talks need to be cancelled or rescheduled information will be posted here as soon as it is received.
Questions? email to rkanter@illinois.edu
–Rob Kanter
January 24
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Speaker: Eric Freyfogel, Swanlund Chair and Professor of Law Emeritus
Topic: An ethical framework for exploring issues |
January 31
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Speaker: Jim Angel, climate scientist
Topic: Potential impacts of climate change on the system |
February 7
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Speaker: Laura Elizabeth Christianson, Department of Crop Sciences
Topic: Water quality and nutrient loss reduction in agriculture |
February 14
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Speaker: Suzanne Smith, Edgewood Farm
Topic: Production agriculture and environmental stewardship |
February 21
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Speaker: Jeremy Tiemann, Associate Aquatic Ecologist, Illinois Natural History Survey
Topic: Reintroduction of two federally-endangered mussels in Illinois |
February 28
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Speaker: David Bane, Bane Family Meats
Topic: Diversified livestock farming: Healthy, Humane, and Regenerative |
March 28
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Speaker: Andrew Rehn, Water Resources Engineer, Prairie Rivers Network; Pam and Lan Richart, Eco-Justice Collaborative (?)
Topic: Coal ash as a threat to Middle Fork of the Vermilion |
April 4
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Speaker: C. Eliana Brown, Stormwater Specialist, Illinois Extension ANR/Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Topic: Rethinking stormwater management for healthy rivers |
April 11
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Speaker: Rob Kanter, School of Earth, Society, and Environment
Topic: Wildlife in the system |
April 18
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Speaker: Cindy Shepherd, Central Illinois Outreach Director, Faith in Place
Topic: Environmental activism with a religious foundation |