Sustainability Roundtable

Please join UofL's Sustainability Council as we relaunch the Sustainability Roundtable for Fall 2016! The format will be a 30-40 minute presentation followed by 20-30 minute open discussion. Please feel free to bring your lunch!

Fall 2016 Sustainability Roundtable Schedule:

11am-noon every other Friday, Life Sciences Building, Room 133

Sept. 2nd - Dr. Daniel DeCaro, Departments of Urban & Public Affairs, Psychological & Brain Sciences: “Legal and Institutional Foundations of Adaptive Environmental Governance.”

Sept. 16th - Dr. Margaret Carreiro, Department of Biology, “Incorporating Native Species in Urban and Suburban Landscapes”

Sept. 30th - Allison Smith, Brownfields Program Manager, Louisville Metro Government, "Brownfields and their potential for collaborative research"     

Oct. 14th - Russ Barnett, Director, UofL's Kentucky Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development,"Air Toxics and Indoor Air Quality"

Oct. 28th - Dr. Paul Salmon, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, “Mindfulness and Sustainability”

Nov. 11th - Dr. John Gilderbloom, Department of Urban & Public Affairs "Ten Commandments of Urban Regeneration: Creating Healthy, Safe, Affordable, Sustainable, and Just Neighborhoods"

Dec. 2nd - Dr. Justin Mog, Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives, “The Myth of Environmental Sustainability and the Reality of Campus as a Living Laboratory for Sustainability”

Format: 30-40 minute presentation followed by 20-30 minute open discussion. Please reserve comments until after the speaker has finished the presentation. (Projector available in the room). Please feel free to bring your lunch!

Topics: Any and all topics related to sustainability are welcome! We also welcome projects or ideas in any stage of development (e.g., dissertations ideas, exploratory projects, and working manuscripts).

Everyone Welcome: Anyone with an interest in sustainability (or social-ecological resilience) can give talks at the speaker series and participate in the audience, including faculty, staff, students, practitioners, teachers, government officials, and members of the public. If you would like to give a presentation, or would like to hear a particular speaker, please contact Daniel DeCaro.

Friday, December 2, 2016 at 11:00am to 12:00pm

Life Sciences Building, 133
214 W. Barbee Street Walk , Louisville, Kentucky, 40208

Event Type

Social, Talk, Meetings, Academic

Audience

Students, Faculty/staff, Alumni, Public

Departments

Provost

Website

http://louisville.edu/sustainability/...

Cost

free

Keywords/Tags

sustainability; research

Contact Name

Daniel DeCaro

Contact Phone Number

502-852-2927

Contact Email

daniel.decaro@louisville.edu

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