Peter Singer
April 28, 2008
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Evelyn Smith Music Theatre (Free and open to the
public although tickets are required.For more information contact clasambassadors@asu.edu.
Doors open at 1:30pm.)
Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton
University and the Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied
Philosophy and Public Ethics at University of Melbourne. This lecture is
co-hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Second Annual Ambassador
Lecture and the College Council, Center for Biology and Society and the Bioethics
Club.
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April 9, 2008
Time:4:40 pm
Location: Neeb Hall
Professor at MacQuarie University, Sydney
Australia. This lecture is co-sponsored
by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The Beyond Center,
and Barrett, The Honors College.
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February 21, 2008
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Tempe Center, Room 158
Writer, educator, radio correspondent, and community organizer
across the United States, Europe, India and Mexico
Co-sponsored by Virginia G. Piper
Center for Creative Writing, School
of Global Studies, Center for Asian Research.
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January 31, 2008
Time: 4:00 pm
Location:
Life Sciences Tower E-104
Sir Peter Crane is The John and Marion Sullivan University Professor at the University of Chicago. Thomas E. Lovejoy is President of The Heinz Center. This lecture is co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs and ecoSERVICES.
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January 18, 2008
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm with refreshments served prior
Location: Life Sciences Building, Room E-104
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished
Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University
This Wrigley Lecture is part
of the
School
of Life Sciences Seminar Series.
January 14, 2008
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: Neeb Hall
Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics
at Oberlin College and the James March, Professor-At-Large at the University
of Vermont
The Lecture is co-sponsored by the Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Training (
IGERT) in Urban Ecology.
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November 29. 2007
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Tempe Center, Room 158
Director, City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development.
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November 14, 2007
3:30 pm
College of Design, CDN 60 (lower level)
Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics,
University of Cambridge and Fellow of
St. John's College, Cambridge
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October 15, 2007
3:00 pm
Tempe Center, Room 158
Research Professor and Co-Director of Imagination@Lancaster, Lancaster University, and Visiting Professor of Sustainable Design at Kingston University in the United Kingdom
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
4:00 PM
Life Sciences Building E-104
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus
Dr. Billie Lee Turner II, the Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor
of Environment and Society and the Director of the Graduate School
of Geography at Clark University will present this lecture.
(This lecture
was presented by the Global Institute of Sustainability/School of Sustainability
and by the School of Geographical Sciences.)
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How Much Can Technology Do to Achieve a Truly Sustainable World of 7 Billion Humans?
April 16, 2007
Dean, Bren School for Environmental Science and Management, University of California-Santa Barbara
Greasy Palms: Assessing the Resilience and Vulnerability of Bornean Landscapes to Agribusiness Expansion for Edible Oils and Biofuels
April 12, 2007
Professor of Tropical Resource Science
Director of the Tropical Resources Institute, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
(This lecture was co-sponsored by the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.)
Life Cycle Models and Metrics: The Sustainability Compass for Energy Systems, Products, and Technology
February 1, 2007
Co-Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems
Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan
(This Wrigley Lecture was co-sponsored with the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.)
New Policy for New Weather
January 25, 2007
Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, University of Delaware
(This Wrigley Lecture wass co-sponsored with the School of Public Affairs.)
Assessing and Managing Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads
January 16, 2007
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
(The lecture is co-sponsored by the National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations for Climate + Energy.)
Insights on Linking Forests, Trees, and People from the Air, on the Ground, and in the Lab
January 10, 2007
Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science; Co-Director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington
Founding Director, Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
(This lecture was the keynote address for the Central Arizona--Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Ninth Annual Poster Symposium and was also co-sponsored with the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.)
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Nitrogen: Too Much of a Good Thing Global Nitrogen Issues and a Case Study from the Colorado Front Range
December 1, 2006
Ecosystem Ecologist, US Geological Survey
Senior Research Ecologist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
(This lecture was part of the SOLS Seminar Series as well as a Wrigley Lecture.)
Urban Sustainability & Social Religious Conflict
November 21, 2006
Two of India's most respected film personalities and social activists.
(Presented by Office of Sustainability Initiatives, the Global Institute of Sustainability, Asian American Faculty/Staff Association (AAFSA), and others.)
Behind the Gates: The Consequences of Secured Residential Communities in the Urban and Suburban United States
October 12, 2006
Professor, Environmental Psychology and Anthropology
Director of the Public Space Research Group, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
(The lecture was jointly sponsored with the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.)
Natural Capitalism, Path to Sustainability in Education—And a Lot Else
October 6, 2006
President/Founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions
(This Wrigley Lecture was jointly sponsored by the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and was held in conjunction with the AASHE annual conference.)
Science to Solutions: Interdisciplinary Collaboration at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
April 17, 2006
Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
(The talk was presented by CAP LTER All Scientist Meeting, the Human Evolution and Social Change and the Global Institute of Sustainability Wrigley Lecture Series.)
Agricultural Intensification in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico: ‘Is it Saving Land for Nature’?
April 14, 2006
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Victoria P. and Roger W. Sant Director of the Earth Systems Degree Program
Co-Director, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Institute of International Studies, Stanford University
(Lecture co-sponsored by School of Life Sciences’ graduate students.)
The Future of Life
April 13, 2006
Research Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University
(The lecture was presented by: ASU, School of Life Sciences; School of Human Evolution and Social Change; and Global Institute of Sustainability - Wrigley Lecture Series. It was sponsored by: ASU, Office of Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Urban Sustainability and the Limits of Classical Environmentalism
March 20, 2006
Rosenburg Professor of Environmental Studies, Williams College, Massachusetts
(This lecture was presented by the Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER All Scientist Meeting and the Wrigley Lecture Series and in cooperation with the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes.
COLLAPSE: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
February 2, 2006
Professor of Geography, College of Letters and Science, Social Sciences Division, University of California-Los Angeles
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Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age
November 17, 2005
Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
(This lecture was co-sponsored by the College of Design Lecture Series and the School of Planning.)
The Greening of Traditional Markets
October 31, 2005
President and CEO of the US Green Building Council
(Co-sponsored by the College of Design, the US Green Building Council Arizona Chapter, and the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University.)
What Do We Owe the Future?
September 30, 2005
Professor of Philosophy, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech
Sustainability: The Global Perspective
September 28, 2005
Chancellor, University of Kent, Canterbury
Director, Green College Centre for Environmental Policy and Understanding, University of Oxford
Chairman, International Council of Scientific Unions’ Advisory Committee on the Environment
Chairman, Board of Directors of the Climate Institute, Washington, D.C.
Additional information about Sir Crispin Tickell can be found at: http://www.crispintickell.com/
(Cosponsored by the School of Global Studies.)
Lessons from the Cycles of Metals
March 9, 2005
Professor of Industrial Ecology
Director, Center for Industrial Ecology, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
The Social Amplification of Risk: Two Decades of Social Science Research
February 14, 2005
Director, Stockholm Environment Institute
Member, George Perkins Marsh Institute
Food Webs: A New Look
February 11, 2005
Professor of Populations, School of International and Public Affairs, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations, Rockefeller University, New York and heads the Laboratory of Populations at Rockefeller and Columbia universities.
(Co-sponsored by School of Life Sciences.)
Malcolm L. Comeaux Lecture: Whither Geography: Humboldt's Dream and Sustainability Science
February 10, 2005
Geographer and independent scholar in Trenton, Maine
University Professor (Emeritus), Brown University
Co-Convener of the International Initiative for Science and Technology for Sustainability
Executive Editor, Environment
Visiting Scholar, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Ecological vs. Social Complexity: An Anthropological Perspective on Science and Sustainability
January 28, 2005
Archaeologist and sustainability scholar, Cultural Heritage Research Project, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, NM
(Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology.)
The Global Carbon Cycle and the Duke Forest Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) Project
January 19, 2005
James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry and Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University
(This was the keynote address for the Seventh Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium.)
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