May
May 20-21, 2014: Tri-Co Environmental Studies Faculty Conference: Building
Bridges
For details and registration click here.
April
April 7-11, 2014: Sustainable Food Week at Bryn Mawr!
Please join us in celebrating Bryn Mawr College's Sustainable Food Week on
Thursday, April 10th!
https://www.facebook.com/events/429484160521280/
Special Events on this THURSDAY Include:
• 8:45-11:30AM- Free Fair Trade Coffee and Local Pastries in the Pem Arch to learn
more about Fair Trade Coffee at BMC.
• 12:30-1:30PM- Informal Lunch with Keith Lemnios about Sustainable Food, Fair
Trade Coffee, and Student Power at Haffner.
•4:30PM- From Wall Street to Sustainability: Keith Lemnios Presents His Journey
to Fair Trade Coffee Keynote Speech in Thomas 224. Includes fair trade coffee taste
testing!
https://www.facebook.com/events/677142842344338/
• 4:00-8:00PM- 100 Mile Meal (sustainability dinner) in Haffner.
Brought to you by the Sustainable Food Committee and the BMC Real Food
Challenge!
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April 9, 2014: Quantifying the Flow of Rainfall Runoff through Stormwater Control
Measures (SCMs) in Series
Speaker: Mr. Conor Lewellyn
Location and Time: Villanova University, CEER 314, 12:00pm.
Abstract:
There has been limited research performed to measure the effects and performance
of SCMs in series. As a result, in 2011, Villanova University constructed a treatment
train which combines four SCMs to study the quantitative hydrologic and water
quality effect on rainfall runoff of SCMs in series. The treatment train includes a
vegetative swale, two rain gardens in series, and an infiltration trench. Research at
the treatment train continues to focus on accurately quantifying the flow of rainfall
runoff through the system. New instrumentation has been tested and implemented
to provide accurate rainfall runoff inflow to the system. Further research will focus
on accurately quantifying outflow of the system, as well as individual performance
of SCMs in the system.
The talks will be recorded and can be watched live.
Visit www.villanova.edu/vusp and go to presentations to watch previous talks
April 10, 2014, 7:30 pm: Tenant Farming to White House Arrests: A Scientific
Perspective on the Unfolding Climate Crisis
Seating is reserved and tickets ($5.00 each) may be purchased by phone (610-4362266) at the SSI Box Office in West Chester University's Sykes Student Union or
online at http://tickets.wcupa.edu/ . Please note: There are no longer spaces
available for the VIP Reception, but please join us for the Keynote! Location: Emilie
K. Asplundh Concert Hall, 700 S. High Street, West Chester, PA RSVP by April 7, at
research@wcupa.edu
Dr. Hansen is the leading authority in the field of climate science and has
contributed significantly to the public debates about climate change and the
responsibilities of science. He served as Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for
Space Studies and is an Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at
Columbia University's Earth Institute.
Eliminating Extreme Poverty by 2030
Human Rights and Human Development
Join us for this 10th Annual Global Solutions Lab, June 22–30
at the United Nations and Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia.
Where we develop solutions to critical global and local problems.
Who Attends:
College and high school students, as well as teachers and young professionals from
around the world, who want to contribute effectively to the world. (Previous Lab
participants have come from France, Spain, Germany, Georgia, Lithuania, Ireland,
Turkey, Ukraine, Mexico, Venezuela, Haiti, Canada, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,
Ghana, South Sudan, Uganda, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, New
Zealand, Australia, Palestine, Sudan, India, Pakistan, Nepal and all over the U.S.)
SUMMARY
Global Solutions Lab
DESIGNING THE WORLD TO WORK FOR EVERYONE
When: June 22–30, 2014
Where: The United Nations, New York, and Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA.
What happens:
1. You are briefed by expert UN staff (previous speakers were from UN
Development Program, UN Environment Program, UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO, UN
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN Population Fund, UN Food and
Agriculture Organization, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN High
Commission for Human Rights, and others*)
2. You develop designs and solutions to critical problems facing the world
3. You present these at the UN
4. A book is published of your work.
Cost: Lab tuition $950. Discount for early registration. Partial scholarships available
in special circumstances.
Sponsors: BigPictureSmallWorld, Global Education Motivators and Pacem in Terris
Website: www.designsciencelab.com
Contact: 302.656.2721 info@depaceminterris.org
What you learn, do, get
Be briefed by United Nations experts on global problems and opportunities.
Learn about critical global problems that impact the lives of everyone in the world,
as well as the opportunities associated with these problems, and what we can do to
change the current situation.
Learn and use Design Science—a problem-solving and strategic design and
planning methodology, developed by Buckminster Fuller and other scientists and
designers, that will be of use to you for the rest of your life. You will work
collaboratively to develop a solution to meet one or more of the UN’s postMillennium Development Goals.
Present your work at the UN to a team of UN and other experts. Your work will be
published in a book after the Lab’s conclusion.
You will receive a CD ROM packed with over $1,000 worth of the latest books and
reports from the UN and dozens of other international agencies on the state of the
world, communications, energy, food, water, population, education, health, climate,
the global economy and other topics.
Meet others with similar interests, and work very hard and have fun doing it.
Cost, registration, further details
Cost of attending the 2014 Global Solutions Lab is $950. There is an early
registration discount. Partial scholarships are available in special circumstances.
Further details and registration information are at www.designsciencelab.com. Here
you will also be able to download the book that documents the work from previous
Labs as well as see a short movie that describes the work of the Lab.
April 1, 2014: Environmental Studies Spring Tea - 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Join us in celebrating Spring and meet current ES Minors and Faculty. Find out how
an Environmental Studies Minor could make sense for you no matter what discipline
you are majoring in! Quita Woodward Room, Thomas Hall. To download a flyer
click here.
March
March 4 and 5, 2014: Conversations with Dorceta Taylor
Please see Professor Taylor's schedule of events below. Please make note of the
Public Talk on March 5 at 4:30 pm. This talk will examine historical and
contemporary contexts in which environmental inequalities arise and are
perpetuated. Dr. Taylor will show how patterns of inequalities such as exposure to
pollution and living in hazard-prone environments were evident in early American
cities and set the stage for some of today's concerns about environmental justice
and long-term sustainability. The discussion will examine how gender, social class,
and race influenced both environmental practices and decision-making as well
activism and outcomes. The talk will analyze the role of activists and scholars in
bringing issues such as environmental racism and social inequalities to light.
Suggested reading in preparation for Dr. Taylor's talk:
Dorceta E. Taylor. 2011. “The Evolution of Environmental Justice Activism,
Research, and Scholarship.” Environmental Practice . 13(4): 280-301.
Dorceta E. Taylor is the author of The Environment and the People in American
Cities, 1600s-1900s: Disorder, Inequality, and Social Change (2009, Duke University
Press) and Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and
Residential Mobility (2014, New York University Press). To download a copy of a
flyer, click here.
Tuesday, March 4:
* 10:30-12:00 noon meeting with Career and Professional Development staff—
Campus Center 200 (Kate Krimmel)
*12:00-1:30 pm lunch conversation about environmental careers—Ely Room,
Wyndham (Kate Krimmel)
Wednesday, March 5:
*9-10:30 A Conversation about Social Work and Environmental Justice—GSSWSR
(Darlyne Bailey)
* 12:10-1:00 EDUC 285: Ecologies of Minds and Communities—Goodhart B (Jody
Cohen)
* 1:10-2:30 Poli Sci 101--Dalton 2 (Carol Hager)
*2:40-4 ENGL 216 Re-creating Our World: Vision, Voice, Value—English House 2
(Anne Dalke)
* 4:30-6 Public Talk, "Race, Class, Gender and the Environment: The Role of
Scholarship and Activism”--Dalton 300 (Anne Dalke)
* 6-8 dinner with faculty interested in sustainability issues—Wyndham (Victor
Donnay)
* 8-9:30—Multicultural Center (Pensby Center)
An informal chat with NAACP, POSSE, Sisterhood, and BaCaSO
December
December 5: Exhibition Opening for F'13 360: Disasters and Rebuilding in Japan (
2:30 pm)
The participants of the Fall 2013 360, Perspectives on Sustainability: Narratives of
Disaster and Rebuilding in Japan, invite you to attend the exhibition in Canaday
Library 3rd floor, "Disasters and Rebuilding in Japan: Perspectives and Testimonies
from the Tri-Co Collection."
The exhibition is based on research into connections between the Tri-Co Colleges
and Japan which was conducted with both Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Library
special collections.
December 12: There will be an official opening reception on December 5th (2:303:30 pm) and a panel discussion on December 12th (1-2 pm)
December 10: Screening of A Place at the Table
Join us for a screening of the documentary A Place at the Table which explores the
state of hunger in the United States. This food documentary was produced by the
same team that brought you Food Inc. Campus Center, 8 pm See attached flyer
November
Pre-registration is upon us. Here are a few things ES Minors should know:
If you are a senior and looking to register for the Senior Seminar in the Spring, you
will not be able to do this unless you have an approved ES Minor Plan on record in
the registrar's and dean's offices. Please contact Bonnie Hallam
(bhallam@brynmawr.edu) if you are having problems.
New ES Course being offered at Swarthmore this Spring! POLS 087 & CHIN 087
Water Policies, Water Issues: China and US (Summer Trip to China Funded by Luce
Foundation)
Access to fresh water is an acute issue for the 21st century, and yet civilizations
have designed a wide range of inventive projects for accessing and controlling water
supplies over the centuries. Fresh water resources allocation generates issues
between upstream and downstream users, between a country and its neighbors,
between urban and rural residents, and between states and regions. This course
examines a range of fresh water issues, comparing China and the U.S. For more
details, download the flyer!
Water Course Flyer
October
October 29 @ 3:30 - 5:30 pm - Environmental Studies Fall
Tea
Please join us in the Campus Center, Room 105 for
refreshments and conversation. Meet the ENVS faculty, current minors and
those interested in minoring! Learn about some exciting Environmental Studies
courses lined up for the Spring Semester.
October 28 @ 5:30 pm - The SunShot Initiative - A Physics Department
Colloquium
Come hear Dr. Lidjia Sekaric from Cornell University discuss the Sun Shot
Initiative. The US Department of Energy started the SunShot initiative two years
ago in an effort to decrease the cost of solar energy to be equal to other sources of
electricity. The SunShot initiative was modeled after the Apollo Mission (the Moon
Shot). How does getting solar power to be cheap compare with getting humans to
the moon for the first time? The talk will address technical, economic, and political
obstacles to deploying solar on a large scale. Dinner at 5:30 pm, Presentation at
6:30 - Dorothy Vernon Room, Haffner Hall
October 25 @ 5:30 pm - Global Water Challenges, Issues and
Solutions
TheFairmount Water Works Interpretive Center presents
Dr. Peter Gleick, Co-founder and President of Pacific Institute. Dr. Peter Gleick is one
of the world's top experts on global water. He'll be at the Van Pelt Auditorium on
Friday, October 25, to present his views on global water challenges, issues, and
solutions. Following this will be a reception here at the IC. For more information,
please see the first page of the FWWIC calendar
(http://fairmountworks.com/category/events/) or visit
http://globalwatergleick.eventbrite.com.
October 8 - 10th - Mellon Creative Residency - Three Centuries of Stirring the Pot:
African American Foodways
Culinary historian, food blogger, and Chef Michael W. Twitty
(http://afroculinaria.com/) will visit campus through the Mellon Tri-College
Creative Residencies program from October 5th-11th. We'd like for you to join us
for these events and are encouraging you to RSVP early for the community dinner,
as the seating is limited!
10/8 @ 7 pm "Dining from a Haunted Plate" - A lecture by Michael W. Twitty
Science Center 199
“To the African-Americans, the first question was usually, “Where are your people
from? “My answer was always, “Yonder”…The food told them I was kin. The food
was pointing in the direction where I was, where I belonged, what I was a part of,
and what I brought to the table. My terroir was not the asphalt and parkland, green
space and rooftop gardens and honeybee laced urban air–it was the fields and farms
of the past, the scary scary past–the colonial and antebellum past—with its bayous,
backwoods, creeks, swamps, mountainsides, Black Belts, sandy bottomlands and
sweeping subtropical valleys. My terroir was my enslaved past–and the enslaved
past of us all.”
Michael W. Twitty illuminates the connection between the nation’s history and its
foodways. His lecture takes us on a culinary history tour designed to restore
knowledge of the culture, language and skills of people who work created southern
and American cuisine. Reception to follow.
10/9 @ 4:30 pm - "Food Justice, Social Justice, Culinary Justice: Food Issues in
Communities of Color from the Outside Looking In" A Panel with Michael W. Twitty
and Tina Johnson of the Chester Co-op. Bond Memorial Hall
Culinary Historian Michael W. Twitty and local food activist and Tina Johnson,
Director of the Chester Co-op will discuss issues related to equality of access to high
quality food for communities of color in the United States. The two panelists will
address questions focused on where and how food is grown, distributed and efforts
to insure availability of sufficient food for people in urban communities. Twitty and
Johnson will share their insights about foodways in communities of color and the
need for respectful engagement by concerned outsiders. Reception to follow.
10/10 @ 6 pm - A Celebration of Fall - Michael W. Twitty's Community Dinner
Join us for the concluding event of Michael W. Twitty’s Mellon Tri-College Creative
Residency. Michael Twitty and volunteers will prepared a menu of seasonal delights
for student members of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore colleges. Seats are
limited, so RSVP soon via this link: http://goo.gl/q7b980
You can follow him on Twitter @koshersoul and @antebellumchef and find him on
Facebook as Michael W. Twitty.
Questions? Email history@swarthmore.edu.
October 7 @ 4:00 pm - Effects of Fracking on Streams in Pennsylvaia Park 229
Biology Department presents Dr. Kelly Maloney, USGS Northern Appalachian
Research Laboratory For more information about Dr. Maloney go to
http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/?q=narb-kelly-maloney Refreshments will be served
before the lecture.
October 7 @ 7:30 PM - Community Forum Distinguished Speaker Series: “Our
Environment 2013 - Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
On Monday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m., psychologist and author Mary Pipher, PhD, will
discuss her latest book, The Green Boat: Reviving Ourselves in Our Capsized Culture,
where she tackles the way we deal with traumatic information about the fate of
Mother Earth. Books will be available for sale on site, and Pipher will be available to
sign books following her presentation. Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church - 625
Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. For more information contact 610525-2821 or www.bmpc.org
See more happenings around Tri-Co Environmental Studies at
http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/environmental-studies.xml
November
Monday, Nov. 4 @ 7:30 p.m. - Community Forum Distinguished Speaker Series: “Our
Environment 2013 - Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Pieter Tans, PhD, an internationally-recognized environmental scientist, will be our
guest to discuss climate change and humankind’s influence on our environment. The
link http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/education/ is a great educational resource for
your classroom. The following link is offers more general information
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church - 625
Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. For more information contact 610525-2821 or www.bmpc.org