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Forestry & Environmental Studies Centennial |
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5 October -- 8 October 2000
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: All F& ES School graduates, current students, former and current faculty and staff, as well as descendants of Gifford Pinchot, Aldo Leopold, and Teddy Roosevelt are being invited to attend this gala centennial weekend.
In the afternoon, Klaus Toepfer, UNEP Administrator and 2000 Timothy B. Atkeson Visiting Environmental Practitioner in Residence at Yale Law School will speak.
On October 6th, several outdoor field trips will kick off the alumni/ae reunion to celebrate the School's Centennial year!
The morning of October 7th opens with a plenary session featuring Professor Robin Winks speaking on F&ES history, followed by a panel of distinguished alumni/ae and friends reflecting on the future of environmental professions. In the afternoon, there will be a slate of concurrent panels on the U.S. Forest Service (featuring the current and former Chiefs of the Service); the Non-Governmental Sector in Conservation; and Trade, Environment, and Development. That evening, Dr. Stephan Schmidheiny, founder of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, will deliver the keynote address, "Forests and Globalization: A Business Perspective." This will be followed by a formal reception, banquet, and dance in Commons.
The morning of October 8th will begin with a hike up Aldo Leopold's Juniper Hill in East Rock Park, followed by a flapjack breakfast under the tent on Marsh Lawn. A ceremonial tree planting and readings from Aldo Leopold's works will take the gathering to its close at noon.
Globalization and the Environment
[Lectures]
24 October 2000
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Throughout the Tercentennial, the School, plans a series of conversations among practitioners, students, and faculty. Jose Goldemberg, former President of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and former Minister of Science and Technology in Brazil, addresses "Who Creates the Problems and Who Can Solve Them?"
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall 205 Prospect 4:45 pm
Globalization and the Environment
[Lectures]
2 November 2000
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Maurice Strong, former secretary-general of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, addresses "The Rise of Global Environmental Governance."
Globalization and the Environment
[Lectures]
16 November 2000
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Jane Lubchenco, former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, speaks on "The Environment Goes Global: Critical Issues for the 21st Century."
Luce Hall Auditorium 34 Hillhouse 4:45 pm
Globalization and the Environment: The Rise of Environmental Governance
[Lectures]
25 January 2001
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Yolanda Kakabadse, president of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, discusses "The Rise of Environmental Governance."
5:00pm Bowers Auditorium Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street
5:00pm, Medical History Library, 333 Cedar Street
Globalization and the Environment: The Rise of Environmental Governance
[Lectures]
25 January 2001
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Yolanda Kakabadse, president of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, discusses "The Rise of Environmental Governance."
5:00pm Bowers Auditorium Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street
5:00pm, Medical History Library, 333 Cedar Street
Globalization and the Environment: Does Globalization Help or Hurt?
[Lectures]
1 February 2001
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Vandana Shiva, director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and ecology in New Delhi, speaks on "Does Globalization Help or Hurt?"
5:00 pm Bowers Auditorium Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street
Globalization and the Environment: The Problem of Global Public Goods
[Lectures]
21 February 2001
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies: William Nordhaus, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics and former member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, speaks on "The Problem of Global Public Goods."
Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY
Science, Technology and Politics
[Lectures]
22 March 2001
Engineering Department: Dr. D. Allan Bromley, Sterling Professor of the Sciences and Former Dean of Engineering will be visiting the Faculty of Engineering as a Sheffield Fellow. His talk is entitled "Science, Technology and Politics."
D. Allan Bromley is the first Sterling professor of the Sciences at Yale University and from 1989 to 1993 was the Assistant to the President of the United States for Science and Technology; from 1994 to 2000 he was Dean of Engineering at Yale. A member of the Yale faculty since 1960, he is the founder of the Nuclear Structure Laboratory that from 1963 to 1989 graduated more nuclear scientists than any other institution world wide. He has served as President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and of the American Physical Society. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and in 1988 was awarded the US National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor, by President Regan. Free and open to the public.
Globalization and the Environment: The Nexus and the Neem Tree
[Lectures]
22 March 2001
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Robert Kates, former Professor at Brown University, speaks on "The Nexus and the Neem Tree." Free and open to the public.
5:00 pm Bowers Auditorium, 205 Prospect Street
Globalization and the Environment: Globalization: Impacts on Environmental and Social Goals
[Lectures]
10 April 2001
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: Jerry Mander speaks on "Globalization: Impacts on Environmental and Social Goals." Jerry Mander is a senior fellow at the non profit Public Center in San Francisco and is program director of the Foundation for Deep Ecology. He is co-foundre and chair of the International Forum on Globalization, an international organization of activists opposed to the global economy. He is the author of Four arguments for the elimination of Television; In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian nations; and The Case Against the Global Economy and For a Turn Toward the Local.
Bowers Auditorium Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street 5:00 pm
