This interdisciplinary speaker series is intended to stimulate cross disciplinary discussion, debate, and collaboration around issues related to energy, the environment, and society. The series is sponsored by SERC and the Environment & Community Graduate Program.
September 16
Lynn Jungwirth and Nick Goulette of Watershed Research and Training Center will speak about community forestry in the United States.
September 23
"Integrating Renewable Resources: Making the "Smart Grid" Work"
Sascha von Meier is a professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Planning at Sonoma State University, where she directs the Energy Management & Design program and teaches courses on energy technology and society, thermal and electrical energy management, small-scale energy sources, passive solar design, and quantitative methods. Her research has addressed both engineering and cultural dimensions of diverse aspects of energy technology, including electric power distribution, grid-connected photovoltaics, electric demand response, nuclear power plant operation, nuclear materials management, and green building performance.
October 7
“Is Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District’s water system sustainable? Is California’s water use sustainable?”
Aldaron Laird is a Director and Vice-President of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District. Aldaron is also the Vice-Chair of the north coast regional board of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) and represents the north coast region on the state board of ACWA. Before joining the water district, Aldaron served for ten years on the City of Arcata’s Planning Commission. Aldaron is a professional environmental planner in private practice for twenty years who specializes in regulatory compliance for projects involving California’s waters and wetlands.Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District.
October 28
"Big Box Stores and Global Environmental Governance”
Peter Dauvergne is Professor of Political Science, Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Politics, and Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. He is also the founding and past editor (2001-2008) of the journal Global Environmental Politics. His book, The Shadows of Consumption (The MIT Press), won the 2009 Gerald L. Young Award, presented by the Society of Human Ecology for the best book authored in 2008 in the field of human ecology. His ninth book, Timber (co-authored with Jane Lister), is forthcoming with Polity Press in March 2011.
December 2
"Humboldt County's Renewable Energy Futures: Preliminary Results from a Renewable Energy Secure Communities (RESCO) Study"
Humboldt County is uniquely positioned to achieve high levels of renewable energy development, meeting a large fraction of our energy needs with local resources. The RESCO study is exploring Humboldt County's possible energy futures in 2030, incorporating renewable energy resource assessments, economic impact analysis, and policy development to form a cohesive picture of the potential. This talk is the first in a two-part RESCO results series and presents preliminary results from the renewable energy resource and technology assessment. We discuss how a diverse set of emerging and existing energy technologies can meet our local energy needs while developing the capacity for Humboldt County to be an exporter of renewable electricity. Additionally, we examine the potential for Humboldt to serve as a test bed for emerging solutions like energy storage and demand response. The second talk in the RESCO series will occur in Spring 2011, and will focus on the economic impacts of renewable energy development in the County and policy pathways for encouraging smart energy development.
Peter Alstone and Colin Sheppard are Research Engineers at the Schatz Energy Research Center. They are both alumni of the HSU Environmental Resources Engineering Masters Program and have served as instructors in the Engineering Department.
Kim Berry,"Disowning Dependence: Single Women's Collective Struggle for Land Rights in Northwestern India"
Garvin Heath, “Environmental Impacts of Energy Technologies: A Life Cycle Perspective”
Cynthia Chandler, "Democracy Across Prison Walls"
Timothy Lipman, “Low Carbon Vehicle Research at UC Berkeley's Transportation Sustainability Research Center”
Omar Masera, “Efficient Cookstoves - Mitigating Climate Change While Advancing Sustainable Development Priorities: The Case of Efficient Cookstoves”
Jane Nielsen and Howard Wilshire, "The American West at Risk: Science, Myths, and Politics of Land Abuse and Recovery"
Andrea Tuttle, "After Copenhagen, What Next for Forests? An Update of COP 15, the Copenhagen Accord, and Tropical Deforestation"
Sandra Steingraber, "Environmental Health: A New Civil Rights Movement"
Jerry Moles and Karen Brisbane, "LandCare In Australia and the USA"
Arne Jacobson, "Energy and the Environment at HSU"
Riki Ott, "The Impacts of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Ecology and Community"
Llyn Smith," "A Just Peace? The Sri Lankan Civil War and Minority Politics in the Sinhalese Buddhist State"
Stephen Most, "Fixing the World: Conflict and Consensus in the Klamath Basin"
Jamie Levin, "The Future of Public Transport - In Pursuit of Zero Emissions"
Richard L. Corsi, "Smog and Lemons: American Homes as Chemical Reactors and the Role of Energy Conservation in Reactor ‘Design’”
Heidi Ballard, "Environmental Learning and Participatory Research in Community-Based Forestry"
Dustin Poppendieck and Arne Jacobson, "Kerosene Lamps, Solid-State Lighting, and Possibilities to Improve Public Health in Kenya"
Adam R. Brandt, “Avoiding High Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Future Transportation Fuels: The Case of Oil Shale"
Jessica Urban, “Demystifying and Deconstructing Disinformation: Population Issues and Environmental (In)Security”
Chris Greacen,"Renewable Energy Policy and Planning in Thailand"
Richard Varenchik,"California's Efforts to Control Climate Change"
Steven Hackett,"Economic and Social Considerations for Wave Energy Development in California"
Jeff Romm,"Moments of Reservation: Racial Foundations of Environmental Policy"
Tom Stokely, "The Trinity River, the Peripheral Canal, and the Future of Water in California"
Zoe Hammer, "Inventing Just Futures: Organizing for Human Rights in the Sonoran Desert"
Matthew St. Clair, "Campus Sustainability at California Universities"
Betsy Hartmann, "Rethinking the Population Problem: The Terror of False Assumptions"
Rick Duke, "The Five Trillion Dollar Challenge: A Roadmap for Containing Climate Change"
John Meyer, "The Environmental Politics of Sacrifice"
H.I. Bud Beebe, "SMUD's Utility Planning for Climate Change: Mitigation, Adaptation, Regulation"
Allison Rogers, "Go Green! Global Warming Awareness"
Andrea Tuttle, "California Climate Protocols and Politics- Through the Lens of Forest Carbon"
Peter Lehman, "Hydrogen in a Renewable Energy Future"
Michael Shellenberger,
"Beyond Environmentalism: Creating a Politics Capable of Dealing with Global Warming and Other Ecological Crises"
Alex Farrell, "The Race for 21st Century Fuels"
Morgan Varner,
"Changing Climate, Changing Fires: Predicting Future Fires in a Carbon-rich Atmosphere"
Jeffrey Jacobs,
"Future Fuel Sources: Options and Opportunities"
Holmes Hummel,
"Interpreting Technology and Policy Implications of Global Energy Scenarios for the 21st Century"
Anna Zalik, "Clean Energy and Armed Insurgency: Representing Security and Threat from the Nigerian Delta to the Mexican Gulf"
Evon Peters,
"Indigenous Peoples Rights and Environmental Justice"
Evan Mills,
"The Specter of Fuel Based Lighting"
Patrice O'Neill,
"The Fire Next Time: Using Film to Address Community Conflict"
Sarah Goldthwait,
"Plankton and CO2: The Role of Marine Organisms in Global Climate"
Ashanti Alston, "All Power to the People: The Black Panther Party and Beyond"
Tyrone Hayes, "From Silent Spring to Silent Night: What do hermaphroditic frogs tell us about environmental and human health?"
Roundtable- Sustainable Community Design: "Why Does it Matter? How do we do it?"
Victoria Sturtevant,
"Collaborative Planning for Wildfire: Community Matters"
Arne Jacobson,
"Connective Power: Solar Electrification and Social Change in Kenya"
Mark Lakeman,
"The Village Lives"
Carolina Simunovic,
"Environmental Health in the San Joaquin Valley"
Alan Lloyd, "The Fight for Air Quality in California: A 30 Year Retrospective and Visions for the Future"
Jim Zoellick, "Humboldt County's Energy Picture"
Joan Ogden, "The Outlook for Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier"
Michel Gelobter, "The Soul of Environmentalism"
Mark Hankins, "Approaches to Rural Electrification in East Africa: Donors, Projects, Rural Electrification"
