SPRING SEMESTER 2008
Thursday, January 24
Lecture: "The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology" by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Rehm Library, 7:30 PM
Host: Judith Chubb, Barrett Committee for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Wednesday, January 30
Reception for Exhibit in Cantor Gallery “Zoologia Fantastica”
5:00 – 6:30 PM
Host: Cristi Rinklin
Wednesday, January 30
View a Webcast as part of Focus the Nation’s National Teach-in on Climate Change http://focusthenation.org
Hogan 519, 8:00 PM
Host: Melissa Ogonowski
Note: Free T-shirts to the first 75 people to attend the session. Free Clif Bars!
Thursday, January 31
Join artist Christine Baeumler in roundtable conversation with Karen Ober (Biology) and David Hummon (Sociology) on topic of Darwin, Evolution, and the Creative Process.
Stein 129, 4:30-5:30 PM
Host: Cristi Rinklin
Monday, February 4
Environmental Studies Lunch Seminar: Professor Shelby Weitzel will discuss her site visit to Costa Rica’s School for Field Studies.
Location to be determined
Time: Noon – 1:45 PM
Tuesday, February 5
Dr. Suzanne Simon lecture: “Taming the Climate Change Conversation: Social and Political Challenges to Wind Park Construction in Oaxaca, Mexico”
Rehm Library, 7:00 PM
Host: Anne Galvin (Anthropology)
Tuesday, February 12
Celebrate Charles Darwin’s 199th birthday with lunch, cake, and a lecture by Dr. Leon Clasessents
12:30-1:45 in O’Neil 101, co-sponsored with Biology Department - all are welcome!
Host: Rob Bellin
Wednesday, February 13
Environmental Studies Lunch Gallery Walk-Through: Professor Cristi Rinklin will introduce us to the exhibit ““Zoologia Fantastica”
Cantor Art Gallery 12:00 noon – 1:00 PM
Lunch provided outside of the gallery
Tuesday, February 19
Lecture: "Hearing Nature's Voice: The Possibilities of Ecological Democracy" by Roger Gottlieb, Professor of Philosophy at WPI
Rehm Library, 7:30 PM
Host: Judith Chubb), Barrett Committee for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Note: speaker available to meet with students
Tuesday, February 26
Lecture on Churches and Green Architecture by Michael J. Crosbie, Editor-in-Chief, Faith & Form
4:00 PM, Rehm Library (lunch at 12:15 with selected students in Smith 303, CREC seminar room and dinner at 6 PM with faculty)
Host: Virginia Ranguin
Lunch provided by the Environmental Studies Program
Wednesday, March 26
Environmental Studies Lunch Gallery Walk-Through: Professor Cristi Rinklin will introduce us to the exhibit ““Zoologia Fantastica”
Cantor Art Gallery 12:00 noon – 1:00 PM
Lunch provided outside of the gallery
Wednesday, March 26
Environmental Studies and the Massachusetts Chapter of the Society for Women Environmental Professionals will host a panel discussion on mentoring women in the environmental profession
Hogan 401; Doors open at 5:30, panel starts at 6:00 PM.
Tthis event is free for Holy Cross students, please attend!
Host: Catherine A. Roberts
Thursday, March 27
Environmental Studies Slow Food Dinner
Lower Kimball
Host: Kim Frederick
Environmental Studies will pay for the meals. Students, please use your card swipes if available.
Tuesday, April 15
Biology Department Seminar by Dr. Noah Snyder, a geomorphologist from Boston College
Topic: New England rivers and salmon habitat restoration
Location and time to be determined
Host: Sara Mitchell
Tuesday, April 22
Lecture on The Omnivore’s Dilemna: Searching for the Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World by Michael Pollan
http://www.michaelpollan.com/
Host: Mark Freeman
Environmental Studies will pay $2000
April, date to be determined
Presentation at the Holy Cross Academic Conference about the Climate Commitment and student projects related to this effort
Host: Jane van Doren
April, date to be determined
Field Trip to a local organic farm to learn about sustainable farming
Host: Kim Frederick
