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Past Sustainability-related Events
(reverse chronological order)
Green Business: Separating the Green from Business Talk: Dr. Lotsmart Fonjung, Univ. of Buea, Cameroon CMWPE Speaker Series in Sustainable Construction and Renewable Materials Next Generation Design Charrette Open House at the EcoHouse! Bioenergy & Bioproducts Seminar Book Launch: Global Warming Solutions Public Lecture: Can We Change More than the Climate? Chris Palmer, Wildlife Filmmaker and Environmentalist Engineers Without Borders Thursday Meeting Janine Benyus "The Greening of Risk Management" - Speaker Series on Sustainable Construction & Renewable Materials SUNY SPARE - PV Installer Course Presentation by William Sunderlin Paper Science and Paper Engineering Student Paper Machine Run 7th Annual Green Building Conference Advances in Bioprocessing: Cultivating Economic Growth Fourth Annual ESF International Student Awards Banquet C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Lecture Catching Rain: Green Infrastructure in Central New York Paper Science and Paper Engineering Student Paper Machine Run Guest lecture: Global Climate Change and the Arctic Ecosystem Fifth Annual Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century 2009 Energy Symposium SUNY SPARE - Basic PV Installer Course Campus Sustainability Plan Presentation Film: Global Warming: The Signs and the Science Focus the Nation Sustainability Showcase Lunchtime Learning: True Cost of Food A Conservation Plan for Three Falls Woods, Manlius, New York Clothing Swap Green Campus Initiative Waste Audit CANCELLED Engineering Design Projects - Oral Presentations - Green Designs The Bridge: Campus to Community Connection Revolution Green: Movie Screening with Guster Revolution Green Screening with Guster's Adam Gardner Presentation by Robert Spiegelman A Community Conversation: Building Central New York's Construction Work Force Green Business: Separating the Green from Business If you are someone who defines strategic goals for your business and how to "be green" and stay lean is confounding, you should come. Introduction to Green Entrepreneurship Information Night Thanh Vo Dinh's Capstone Presentation SUNY SPARE - Basic PV Installer Course Introduction to Green Entrepreneurship (ERE 296) SUNY ESF Environmental Science Summer Institute for Teachers Governor's Forum: Municipal Finance SUNY SPARE - Advanced PV Installer Course Talk: "Ecosystem Services in Mexico City" Lunchtime Learning Seminar: Paul Otteson - Nepal under Pressure The Status and Characteristics of Biological Diversity in Yunnan Province, China Seminar: Research in Environmental Resources Engineering Talk: "US Climate Politics and What They Mean for Copenhagen" International Conference on Biorefinery (ICB 09) Presentation by Dr. Zhang Pijing Nobel Laureate & U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu to Visit ESF NYS Assembly and NYS Senate Round Table on Energy Delfin Ganapin Lecture Adaptive Peaks Seminar 2nd International Biophysical Economics Conference Panel: "Climate Change Communications" "Biophysical economics and the collapse of complex societies" Documentary Night: "Trashed" Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions: Arlene Blum '350' Photo on the Quad for upcoming Climate Action Day The 2009-2010 Speaker Series on Sustainable Construction and Renewable Materials: The Greening of ESF--Sustainable Construction on the ESF Campus Seminar: Department of Forest & Natural Resources Management Presentation by Peter Moon of O2 Compost SURE: Putting Renewable Technology to Work Public Lecture: "Policy Challenges of Global Climate Negotiations" SAGE09: Sustainable and Green Entrepreneurship Seminar Department of FNRM Seminar MDA Student Business Idea Competition Information Session MDA Business Idea Competition Faculty/Staff Information Session State of Our Planet Forum
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Craftsman Business Conference Center, 7300 East Genesee St., Fayetteville, NY 13066.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF | Contact: M. Wakefield, x6888/x6817Tuesday, November 25, 2008
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm. 110 Moon Library. "Challenges to Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Cameroon"
Sponsor: Dept. of Environmental Studies/ Pack Environmental Institute | Contact: D. Sonnenfeld, x6636Tuesday, December 02, 2008
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm. 408 Baker. | Contact: S. Anagnost, x6837/x6880Monday, January 12, 2009
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Marshall Hall, Alumni Lounge (Nifkin). Talks and brainstorming sessions on sustainability and design for
students in design fields (landscape arch., industrial and interior
design)"
Sponsor: EnSPIRE Office of Environment and Society | Contact: Rachel Mau, 443-9726Saturday, January 31, 2009
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. 821 Comstock Avenue, a hub for students interested in eco-friendly living. Why wait to live an eco-friendly lifestyle when you could be doing it now?
Bring your ideas to add to this list:
- Eco-living, conservation, and sustainability
- Reducing carbon footprint
- Advocacy and education
- Networking with other organizations
- Community gardening
- Community service opportunities
- Savoring the beauty of the earth
- Decision making for future generations
Housing is available for next year at 821 Comstock Ave and the Dorset House, or network with us from your own apartment or dormitory.
Food, conversation, networking, and tour concluding by 3pm. | Contact: Brad DeFrees, 315-558-8046Wednesday, February 04, 2009
2:50 pm - 4:00 pm. 145 Baker Lab. Seminar presentation on Renewable Energy/Bioproducts in Eastern Ontario, Canada by Brian Barkley, General Manager, Eastern Ontario Model Forest, Kemptville, ON
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF/Forestry | Contact: Ed White, 470-6732Thursday, February 05, 2009
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. 110 Moon Library. Book release reception with readings by the author, Oliver Clubb. "Global Warming Solutions: A Concerned Citizen’s Guide to Climate Protection." Please join the author and friends in celebrating the release of this new book. Light refreshments will be served.
Sponsor: Department of Environmental Studies | Contact: Chris Crysler, 470-6636Thursday, February 12, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm. 408 Baker Hall. Kirk Emerson, the Department of Environmental Studies William J. Donlon visiting scholar for Spring, 2009, will give a public lecture entitled, "Collaborative Governance and Global Warming: Can We Change More than the Climate?" | Contact: Chris Crysler, 6636Wednesday, February 18, 2009
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Marshall Hall Auditorium. Chris Palmer an Emmy Award winning wildlife filmmaker will be giving the audience an inside look at wildlife filmmaking and preservation. This will include a breakdown of the trouble and ethical dilemmas faced in trying to gather certain types of entertaining footage. He will also touch upon the importance of action in helping to preserve our environment.
Sponsor: National Grid and Green Campus Initiative | Contact: Michael Kelleher, 470-4934Thursday, February 19, 2009
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm. Moon Conference Room (110 Moon). An Engineers Without Borders weekly Meeting. Come learn about our work in Honduras and local projects!
Sponsor: Engineers Without Borders | Contact: Eben PendletonTuesday, March 03, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Hendricks Chapel. Janine Benyus is a pioneer in biomimicry, an emerging discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature's designs and processes. Through a multimedia presentation, Benyus will teach us what we can learn from the genius that surrounds us. Sponsored in cooperation with the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems.""
Sponsor: Syracuse University Lecture Series | Contact: Leah Flynn, 470-4865Thursday, March 05, 2009
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm. 145 Baker Laboratory. Seminar Title: The Greening of Risk Management: The Pros and Cons of Sustainable Buildings from a Risk Standpoint
Speaker: Eileen Clinton, Vice President of Risk Management Services, Brown and Brown Empire State, Syracuse, NY
Sponsor: Department of Construction Management and Wood Products Engineering | Contact: Judy Barton, 470-6880Monday, March 09, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm. SUNY Morrisville. SUNY SPARE Photovoltaic Installer Courses are offered by SUNY-ESF in collaboration with SUNY Morrisville. Basic and advanced PV courses are instructed by well-known physicist and entrepreneur Dr. Gay Canough! Complete this course and also meet a requirement for certification through NABCEP as a PV installer.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF Outreach in partnership with SUNY Morrisville | Contact: BrandiLee Schafran, 470-4898Monday, March 16, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm. 408 Baker Lab. Dr. Sunderlin is Senior Researcher for the Rights and Resources Group in Washington D.C. and Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Bogor, Indonesia. The title of his presentation is "Global Forest Tenure, Rights and Resources."
Sponsor: Environmental Studies Department and the Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute | Contact: Chris Crysler, 470-6636Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Walters Hall. Students will run paper making projects on the Walters Hall paper making machine. The best time to observe is between 10:30 am and 11:30 am.
Sponsor: Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering | Contact: Ray Appleby, 470-6527Thursday, March 19, 2009
Oncenter Complex, 800 South State Street, Syracuse, NY 13202. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry partners with the U.S. Green Building Council New York Upstate Chapter to host the Annual Green Building conference on Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20, 2009, at the Oncenter Complex.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF and USGBC | Contact: M. Wakefield, x6888/x6817Sunday, March 22, 2009
Oncenter Complex, 800 South State Street, Syracuse, NY 13202.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF | Contact: M. Wakefield, x6888/x6817Sunday, March 29, 2009
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Nifkin Lounge. A Celebration of International Excellence and Awards to Outstanding Students. Keynote Speaker: Dr. John McPeak, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University - "Helping Markets to Assist Rural Producers in Developing Economies: Some Examples from Ongoing Work in Kenya and Mali." Tickets Free - reservation required from Multicultural Affairs Office, 24 Bray Hall.
| Contact: Raydora S. Drummer Francis, 470-4815Thursday, April 02, 2009
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm. 146 Baker. Guest Lecture presented by Dr. William Bentley (FNRM Professor Emeritus); "From Global to Local - Perspectives on Forest Sustainability, Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change"
Sponsor: Dept. of Forest and Natural Resources Management | Contact: Tari Pittenger, 6536Tuesday, April 07, 2009
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Museum of Science and Tecnology (MOST). Please join us for this educational session, some light refreshments, the company of your community leaders and neighbors, and a chance to discuss your role and needs in waste water reduction efforts. Refreshments provided!
Sponsor: Depat. of Envi. Studies & Environmental Finance Center | Contact: Khris Dodson, 470-6564Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Walters Hall. Students will run paper making projects on the Walters Hall paper making machine. The best time to observe is between 10:30 am and 11:30 am.
Sponsor: Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering | Contact: Ray Appleby, 470-6527Thursday, April 16, 2009
9:30 am - 10:45 am. 315 Bray Hall. This lecture will be given by Dr. Donald Moore, an alumnus of ESF who works at the National Zoo and with the Smithsonian Institution. He has been studying polar bears in the Arctic and has observed changes in the ecosystem due to climate change. This will be a fascinating presentation.
Sponsor: Justin Culkowski, Instructor, Meteorolgy/Climate Change Course | Contact: Justin Culkowski, 315-470-6632Friday, April 17, 2009
7:30 am - 2:00 pm. Cazenovia College, Schneeweiss Athletic Complex. Smart Growth & Transportation
Solutions & Options for Energy Conservation
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF | Contact: Rhea Jezer, 315.727.0123
7:30 am - 5:00 pm. Cazenovia College. Smart Growth in Transportation: Solutions and Options for Energy Conservation for Large and Small Communities
Sponsor: Cazenovia College, The Gifford Foundation, Syracuse COE, Environmental Finance Center at SU | Contact: Maureen Fellows, 315-470-6621Monday, April 20, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm. SUNY Morrisville. SUNY SPARE Photovoltaic Installer Courses are offered by SUNY-ESF in collaboration with SUNY Morrisville. Basic and advanced PV courses are instructed by well-known physicist and entrepreneur Dr. Gay Canough! Complete this course and also meet a requirement for certification through NABCEP as a PV installer.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF Outreach in partnership with SUNY Morrisville | Contact: BrandiLee Schafran, 470-4898
2:30 pm. Nifkin Lounge. Mike Kelleher, Director of Renewable Resources, presents on changes coming to the campus.
Sponsor: Earth Week Event
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Moon Library, Room 110. Narrated by Alanis Morisette. Viewing and discussion moderated by Dr. Richard Smardon. Also, hear about Prof. Ollie Clubb's new book, Global Warming Solutions. Available for free download HERE.
Sponsor: Focus the Nation Teach-In on Global WarmingTuesday, April 21, 2009
11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Syracuse Campus- Life Sciences Building. SU and ESF faculty lead discussions on technological, scientific, economic, social, and ethical approaches to addressing the climate crisis. Multiple events -- visit Focus the Nation website for more information.
11:00 am - 1:00 pm. 105 Life Sciences, SU. Students in design fields, engineering, and sustainable enterprise present their innovative sustainable designs and life cycle research.
Sponsor: Earth Week Event | Contact: Dr. Rachel May, 315-443-9726
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. 011 Life Sciences, SU. ESF grad students lead discussion of ways our daily food choices affect the climate. Lunch provided. Space is limited - registration required.
Sponsor: Earth Week Event | Contact: Dr. Rachel May, 315-443-9726Wednesday, April 22, 2009
1:30 pm. 110 Moon LIbrary. Students enrolled in Senior Synthesis in Conservation Biology will present the results of their semester-long project that focused on the conservation of a 175-acre forest in Manlius. This forest, known locally as Three Falls Woods due to the presence of three seasonally-flowing waterfalls, is currently threatened by development. Working in support of a local grassroots organization, the class compiled comprehensive information about the site and developed recommendations for protecting and managing the area in the future. Refreshments provided.
Sponsor: Earth Week Event
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm. Activities Fair . Bring your old rags and switch them up for some new ones! A Clothing Swap will be happening at the Green Campus Initiative table during the Activities Fair. Come on out with old clothes you don't want anymore, and swap for something new. Green Campus Initiative will also be selling their recycled notebooks and seed paper bookmarks! Anything that isn't "swapped" or you don't want will be donated to Reverb on Sunday April 26th in the EcoVillage.
Sponsor: Green Campus Initiative | Contact: Julie Houde, 3014615816Thursday, April 23, 2009
10:00 am - 1:00 pm. ESF Quad.
Sponsor: Green Campus Initiative | Contact: Portia Osborne
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Marshall Hall, Alumni Lounge (Nifkin).
Sponsor: Dept. Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering | Contact: Doug Daley, 470-4760
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST). The meeting was inspired by talks among members campus organizations and students wanting more engagement with the community. Our intent is to create stronger links for faculty between outreach and teaching/research, streamline and focus our efforts to the benefit of the community, and give students service learning opportunities backed by faculty participation. Participants will learn what community groups are doing, what they would like to do, and how the university might support their efforts.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF Center for Urban Environment | Contact: Myrna Hall, 470-4741Sunday, April 26, 2009
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm. Marshall Auditurium . As part of Reverb's Campus Climate Consciousness Tour, Reverb will be sponsoring a screening of their film, Revolution Green with follow up questions with Adam Gardner and a panel of guests from Reverb. If you attend, you will be entered in a contest to win a meet and greet with the band through Reverb. Doors will open at 12:30pm and the movie will start at 1pm.
Sponsor: Reverb | Contact: Ben Schott, 5853291277
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm. Marshall Auditorium. Reverb & the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance have joined forces to present a free screening of this award-winning documentary. Post-screening Q&A will follow with representatives from Guster, Reverb, and the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance.
Win a pair of Meet & Greet passes with the entire band after the concert!
Sponsor: Reverb and the Campus Consciousness Tour & The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance | Contact: Ben Schott, 585-329-1277Tuesday, April 28, 2009
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. 146 Baker. "Cooling Mother Earth: New York's Footprint in Nature, Then and Now" Are New Yorkers stewards or lords of nature? Dr. Spiegelman unearths the roots of conflicting views of nature, development and civilization- then and now.
Sponsor: Department of Environmental Studies | Contact: Jack Manno, 470-6816Thursday, April 30, 2009
7:30 am - 11:30 am. Welch Allyn Room, Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Syracuse, NY. Panel presentation and roundtable discussions about the near and long-term challenges associated with construction workforce development in CNY and the development of a public response and partnerships with various sectors involved in the construction field.
Sponsor: ESF Outreach, ABC, J2J, MDA, OCM Boces, OCC | Contact: Maura Harling Stefl, 315-470-6817Friday, May 08, 2009
8:00 am - 4:00 pm. Millennium UN Plaza Hotel New York, One United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF | Contact: M. Wakefield, x6888/x6817Tuesday, May 12, 2009
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Marshall Hall, Alumni Lounge (Nifkin) . Information night for rising high school seniors or recent (2009) high school graduates and their parents/guardians who are interested in taking the Introduction to Green Entrepreneurship (ERE296) Course at SUNY ESF the week of July 27-31, 2009. Students will be able to register for the course this evening. Call Maura Harling Stefl at 315-470-6889 or email to RSVP.
Sponsor: Outreach | Contact: Maura Harling Stefl, 315-470-6889Friday, June 05, 2009
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. 105 Marshall Hall. Ph.D. Candidate, Jack Manno, major professor, Environmental & Natural Resources Policy area-of-study. "Local Knowledge, Institutions, Livelihoods and Coastal Resources in Tam Giang Cau Hai Lagoon System Under Context of Institutional and Global Climate Change.
Sponsor: Graduate Program in Environmental Science | Contact: Patti Gibeault, X-6528Monday, July 13, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm. SUNY Morrisville. SUNY SPARE Photovoltaic Installer Courses are offered by SUNY-ESF in collaboration with SUNY Morrisville. Basic and advanced PV courses are instructed by well-known physicist and entrepreneur Dr. Gay Canough! Complete this course and also meet a requirement for certification through NABCEP as a PV installer.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF Outreach in partnership with SUNY Morrisville | Contact: BrandiLee Schafran, 470-4898Monday, July 27, 2009
ESF Campus, Syracuse. Introduction to Green Entrepreneurship is a one-week 3 credit college course for rising high school seniors or recent (2009) high school graduates.
Sponsor: Outreach Office | Contact: Maura Harling Stefl, 315-470-6889Sunday, August 09, 2009
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm. ESF Ranger School in Wanakena. 4 day Institute for teachers.
Sponsor: ESF Outreach | Contact: R. Beal, x4867/x6817Tuesday, September 01, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Marshall Hall, Alumni Lounge (Nifkin), SUNY ESF campus, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210. The Governor's Forum is a series of informational sessions held around the state. The Municipal Finance session, with presentations from the Environmental Facilities Corporation and the Dormitory Authority, will focus on capital projects for municipalities.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF, Environmental Facilities Corp and Dormitory Authority | Contact: Julie Baldwin, 315-428-4337Monday, September 14, 2009
8:00 am - 5:00 pm. SUNY Morrisville. SUNY SPARE Photovoltaic Installer Courses are offered by SUNY-ESF in collaboration with SUNY Morrisville. Basic and advanced PV courses are instructed by well-known physicist and entrepreneur Dr. Gay Canough! Complete this course and also meet a requirement for certification through NABCEP as a PV installer.
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF Outreach in partnership with SUNY Morrisville | Contact: BrandiLee Schafran, 470-4898Thursday, September 17, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm. 408 Baker. Talk by Professor Lucía Oralia Almeida Leñero, Dept. of Ecology and Natural Resources, National University of Mexico (UNAM), on "Ecosystem Services Related to Water Provision in the Borough of Magdalena Contreras, Mexico City."
Sponsor: Dept. of Environmental Studies | Contact: Myrna Hall, 315.470.4741Wednesday, September 23, 2009
11:45 am - 1:00 pm. Alumni Lounge - Marshall Hall. Through travel images and observations, Paul Otteson will offer an impressionistic look at Nepal from the lowlands of the Terai to the high ridges of the Himalaya. Special image sets will reveal the land and culture in and around Kathmandu, Chitwan National Park and Langtang National Park. The discussion will focus on the challenge to habitat and ecosystems presented by population growth, poverty and primitive agricultural practices, all in the recent context of a government in turmoil.
Sponsor: Multicultural Affairs | Contact: Eileen Baldassarre, 470-4895Thursday, September 24, 2009
12:45 pm. 110 Moon Library. Two very prominent conservation biologists from Southwest Forestry University in Yunnan, China -- Dr. Yang Yuming, Vice President, and Dr. Tian Kun, Professor -- will discuss some of their work in this very biologically diverse part of China.
Sponsor: Office of Instruction and Graduate Studies and the ESF Office of International Education | Contact: OIGS, 470-6599Wednesday, September 30, 2009
11:40 am - 12:35 pm. 432 Baker Labs. Each Wednesday at 11:40 - 12:35 between September 30 and November 18, the Department of Environmental Resources Engineering will present a seminar on faculty and graduate student research. Bring your lunch, settle in, and learn more about our engineering work in water resources, geospatial, and ecological sciences!
Sponsor: Department of ERFEG | Contact: Ted Endreny, 470-6565Thursday, October 01, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm. 408 Baker. Dr. Dana R. Fisher is Associate Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Her publications include "National Governance and the Global Climate Change Regime" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004) and "Activism, Inc." (Stanford, 2006). All welcome...
Sponsor: Dept. of Environmental Studies | Contact: Chris Crysler, 315.470.6636Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Doubletree Hotel Syracuse, 6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse, NY 13057. Scientists, faculty and graduate students in biofuels and biomass, Stakeholders in this fast evolving area of the sustainably resourcing chemical industry and new forest based materials, Global Business leaders interested in biomass production systems
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF | Contact: M. Wakefield, x6888/x6817Thursday, October 08, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm. 105 Marshall Hall. This talk will focus on why there are different kinds of Environmental Kuznets Curves (EKCs). It will discuss the possibility of a better trajectory of EKC in different economic periods. China's intensified efforts to reduce the pace of the polluting emissions in recent years both nationally and locally leads to the expectation of better EKCs.
Sponsor: Environmental Studies Department | Contact: Chris Crysler, 470-6636Friday, October 09, 2009
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm. Tour of Campus, Bray Hall meeting. Congressman Daniel B. Maffei and ESF President Neil Murphy welcome Nobel
Laureate and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu at ESF on Friday,
10/9, for a press event at the SUNY-ESF Campus. The event
will begin at approximately 2:45 pm and will be held in the first floor
rotunda in Bray Hall. This offers an opportunity to showcase the research and development
being conducted by the faculty and students of ESF. | Contact: ESF Communications, 470-6644Thursday, October 15, 2009
11:00 am - 4:00 pm. Marshall Hall, Alumni Lounge (Nifkin), SUNY ESF campus, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210. The NYS Assembly and NYS Senate will hold a round table hearing on Energy.
Sponsor: SUNY ESF and Assembly standing committees on: Energy, Economic Development and Corporations | Contact: Maureen Wakefield, 315-470-6888
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Room 110 Moon Library. Delfin Ganapin is the global manager of the GEF Small Grants Program. His talk will focus on "Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change," a new initiative that UNEP is developing globally. The initiative focuses on how climate change adaptation can be made known to, designed by and implemented by poor and vulnerable communities. Dr. Ganapin is Richard Smardon's first Ph.D. student at SUNY-ESF (1987).
Sponsor: Environmental Studies Department and the Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute | Contact: Chris Crysler, 470-6636
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Illick 5. Dave Stahle, Distinguished Professor and Director of the University of Arkansas Tree Ring Laboratory, will give a presentation on using dendrochronology to evaluate global climate change.
Sponsor: Environmental and Forest Biology | Contact: Melissa Fierke, 470-6809Friday, October 16, 2009
Moon Library Conference Room & Marshall Auditorium. Biophysical economics is a new approach that asks why economics should be entirely a social science when real economies are about physical and biological realities, including energy. A number of world leaders in conceptualizing these issues will speak, including Gail Tverberg, Nate Hagans, Hannes Kunz, Joseph Tainter and others. Registration required. | Contact: Charles Hall, 315-470-6870
10:30 am - 11:45 am. 220 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University. Featuring Mark Meisner, Environmental Studies; Karen Akerlof, Climate Change Communication Center; Michael Oko, NRDC. Part of the Public Diplomacy Symposium.
Sponsor: Environmental Studies/ Assn. of Public Diplomacy Scholars | Contact: Katherine Avgerinos, 203.613.2295
4:00 pm - 6:00 am. 146 Baker. Presenting the lecture will be Dr. Joseph Tainter, Professor, Department of Environment and Society, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University.
Sponsor: ESf- Environmental Studies, Forest Biology, and Syracuse Univer. Depart. of Anthropology | Contact: Joanne Rappleyea, 470-6761Tuesday, October 20, 2009
7:00 pm - 10:30 pm. Nifkin Lounge. Come watch a fantastic documentary about TRASH!
“Trashed” is a provocative investigation of one of the fastest growing industries in North America. The garbage business. The film examines a fundamental element of modern American culture…the disposal of what our society defines as “waste.” It is an issue influenced by every American, most of whom never consider the consequences. Nor, it seems, the implications to our biosphere. At times humorous, but deeply poignant, “Trashed” examines the American waste stream fast approaching a half billion tons annually.
Sponsor: Green Campus Initiative and SEAC | Contact: Hannah K. Morgan, 5185888640Wednesday, October 21, 2009
4:00 pm. 146 Baker Lab. Green Science Policy Institute’s Executive Director will open series with “Breaking Trail: Peaks, Public Health and Policy.” Blum’s biophysical chemistry research contributed to the regulation of cancer-causing flame retardants in children’s sleepwear. She also led the first American ascent of Annapurna I.
Sponsor: ESF Women's Caucus and SU Women in Science and Engineering | Contact: Heather Engelman, 315-470-4868Thursday, October 22, 2009
12:30 pm. Quad. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in forming the number "350" on the
Quad in support of the movement to avoid exceeding the 350 parts-per-million concentration level of CO2, and in association with the upcoming (10/24) Day of Climate
Action. You are asked to bring an umbrella (to make the picture creative!). This picture will then
be sent to www.350.org to be posted on their
website!Tuesday, October 27, 2009
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm. 145 Baker Lab. Seminar on "The Rehabilitation of Baker Laboratory: Sustainable Aspects of Design & Construction" presented by Matthew Klucznik, Associate Partner, QPK Design, Syracuse, NY
Sponsor: Department of Construction Management and Wood Products Engineering | Contact: Judy Barton, 470-6880Wednesday, October 28, 2009
10:35 am - 11:30 am. 314 Bray Hall. "ESF's Climate Action Plan and the Gateway Building Energy System," Michael Kelleher, Director of Renewable Energy Systems at ESF.
Sponsor: Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management | Contact: Steve Stehman, 470-6692Thursday, October 29, 2009
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. 146 Baker Laboratory. Peter Moon of O2 Compost, along with Greg Gelewski of the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, will give a presentation about OCRRA's food waste pilot project. This presentation will provide a project summary explaining the innovative food waste composting process at OCRRA's Amboy Compost Site in Camillus. It will also cover environmental policy goals, technical elements and financial models for a full-scale operation.
Sponsor: Outreach/Communications | Contact: Claire Dunn, x6650Thursday, November 05, 2009
Alumni Lounge. This program will provide you the opportunity to learn about the renewable energy technologies at work in Central New York along with current technology and business applications or renewable energy systems including solar, wind power, biomass, and biofuels.
Sponsor: ESF Outreach & the Sustainable Enterprise Partnership | Contact: Emily Gillis, 315-470-4882
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm. 146 Baker. Dr. David O'Connor is Chief of the Policy Analysis and Networks Branch, Division of Sustainable Development, United Nations, New York. He has been heavily involved in both climate change policy discussions and in responding to the global food (and fuels) crisis.
Sponsor: Dept. of Environmental Studies | Contact: Chris Crysler, 315-470-6636Wednesday, November 11, 2009
8:30 am - 3:30 pm. Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Community Room. Do you want to be a science millionaire? All day event for high school students and teachers to learn about the opportunities and ventures in profit and non-profit contexts with the goal of developing a green and sustainable business idea to enter into the MDA of CNY & Syracuse Business Idea Competition. Program will look at the science of environmental challenges, entrepreneurial thinking and the role they play in these challenges. FREE event. Must pre-register. Limited space.
Sponsor: ESF Outreach | Contact: Maura Harling Stefl, 470-6889
10:35 am - 11:30 am. 314 Bray Hall. "Maximin Utility with Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources," Dr. Jon Conrad, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Sponsor: FNRM | Contact: Steve Stehman, 470-6692Tuesday, November 17, 2009
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm. Marshall Hall, Alumni Lounge (Nifkin) . Information session for the Metropolitan Development Association CNY Business Idea competition for college and high school students. Come meet a representative from the MDA and learn about how you can enter an idea for this $5,000 prize competition. No registration required, just show up!
Sponsor: Outreach Office | Contact: Maura Harling Stefl, x6889
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm. Marshall Hall, Alumni Lounge (Nifkin), SUNY ESF campus, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210. Information session for FACULTY and STAFF who would like to get more information at the Metropolitan Development Association of CNY's Business Idea Competition which has a first place prize of $200,000. There is also a $15,000 agri-business competition. Come meet a representative from the MDA and learn about this unique opportunity!
Sponsor: Outreach Office | Contact: Maura Harling Stefl, x6889
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Nifkin Lounge. Green Campus Initiative is holding a forum to discuss the state of our planet. We submitted five questions to five ESF professors and invited them to share their responses with the college community. Come here what they have to say and voice your own thoughts, Tueday Nov. 17th 5-8pm in Nifkin Lounge. There will be lots of food and great discussions! This is a zero waste event, so bring a tupperware and your mug!
Sponsor: Green Campus Initiative | Contact: Hannah K. Morgan, 5185888640
