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Press Release: 2nd Annual Cornell Sustainability Month - April 2010,
features 30+ events
WHAT: 2nd Annual Cornell Sustainability Month Features 30+ Events
WHEN: April 2010
WHERE: Cornell Campus and Ithaca Community (view full list at
www.ccsf.cornell.edu/april2010/ )
ITHACA, N.Y. - The Cornell Sustainability Office (
www.sustainablecampus.cornell.edu/ ) and Cornell Center for a Sustainable
Future ( www.ccsf.cornell.edu ) are promoting April 2010 as the "2nd Annual
Cornell Sustainability Month", with over 30 public campus and community
events, related to the breadth of sustainability activities at
Cornell. Building on President Skorton's commitment for Cornell to be
climate neutral by 2050 and the recent news that Cornell will 'Go
Beyond Coal' in 2011, this year's Sustainability Month theme is 'Climate
Action and U'.
Featured events include:
Thursdays, 12:20-1:10 p.m., 255 Olin Hall
Energy Engineering Seminar Series:
April 1: Prof. Max Zhang (MAE) - Energy and the Environment: What
have we learned from recent history?
April 8: Adrian Heymer (Strategic Programs Nuclear Energy
Institute) - Commercial Nuclear Energy Outlook
April 15: Dr. Steven Koonin (US-DOE) - Some Big Ideas in Energy
Research and Development
April 22: Daniel M. Hancock (General Motors) - GM Advanced
Propulsion Technology - Driving to a Sustainable Future
April 29: Patrick Hale (Chevron Energy Solutions) - Wind Energy
and Opportunities
April 7-8, Statler Amphitheater ( http://www.systemseng.cornell.edu/ )
Keynote: Dr. Raffaello D'Andrea (Professor ETH Zurich, Kiva Systems)
Panel Discussion: How Does Systems Position Itself to Solve Current World
Issues?
10th Annual CORNELL UNIVERSITY Systems Engineering Forum 2010
Leading experts from industry, government, and academia discuss
sustainability, healthcare, energy, and food systems.
April 8-9, 105 Ives Hall (
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/040810_UnionDays.html )
Keynote (12 noon-1:30 p.m.): Richard L. Trumka (AFL-CIO President)
ILR Union Days, Building a Green Collar Movement: Labor and the Environment
Two days of events focus on creating "green jobs" and building
alliances between labor unions and the environmental movement.
April 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m., 404 Plant Science
Panel discussion
Urban Harvest: Sowing Seeds of Food Justice from NYC to Ithaca
Panel discussion of leaders from NY State urban agriculture
initiatives: East New York Farms (Youth Urban Agriculture Internship,
Brooklyn), Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities (Urban Soils Group, Cornell
Waste Management Institute), Gardens for Humanity (Whole Community Project,
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Tompkins County).
April 12, 3:45-5:00 p.m., Corson/Mudd Auditorium
Micky Eubanks (Texas A&M)
Pervasive Invasives and Complex Trophic Interactions
How mutualisms mediate the effects of keystone species in
arthropod food webs.
April 12, 4:30 p.m., 374 Rockefeller
Etienne Benson (Center for the Environment and Department of the History of
Science, Harvard University)
Leviathan and the Whale: Scientists, Publics, and the Regulatory State from
Shamu to Free Willy
April 13, 4:30 p.m., A.D. White House
Philip Lowe (University of Newcastle)
Einaudi Chair Lecture: Why Social Scientists Should Engage with Natural
Scientists
Lowe will discuss science policy and how recognizing the way
knowledge and research are organized is crucial to the pursuit of
sustainable development.
April 15, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard
Prof. Jefferson Tester (Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems and
Associate Director for Energy Programs at the Cornell Center for a
Sustainable Future)
Hydrothermal Energy Conversion and Recovery From Geothermal and Biomass
Resources
Two renewable energy sources, biomass and geothermal energy, are
discussed because of their large potential and relevance to chemical
engineering process fundamentals and development.
April 16, 2:30-4:30 p.m., 102 Mann Library
Prof. Richard Stedman (Natural Resources), Susan Riha (NY Water Resources
Institute), Danielle Hautaniemi (CCE Schuyler County), John Martin
(NYSERDA), and Jeffrey Jacquette (Natural Resources).
The Impact of "Green" Energy Development on Rural Community Sustainability
Part of the Community and Rural Development Institute's Future of
Rural NY Seminar Series.
April 19, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Kennedy Hall, Call Auditorium
Dr. James E. Hansen (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York,
and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's Earth Institute)
Global Climate Change, What Must We Do Next
Climate change scientist, and author of Storms of My
Grandchildren, will deliver the Jill and Kenneth Iscol Distinguished
Environmental Lecture.
April 20, 1:00-5:00 p.m., Willard Straight Memorial Room
Greeks Go Green Clothing Swap
Join Greeks Go Green for first annual clothing swap. Bring
unwanted clothing items in good condition and exchange them for items
brought by others. Items remaining at the end of the event will be donated
to charitable organizations in the Ithaca area.
April 20, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 304 Fernow
Heather Triezenberg (Natural Resources)
Collective Action and Social Networks among Wildlife Management Stakeholders
Insights from furbearer trapping and waterfowl hunting in New
York State
April 21, 3:00-5:00 p.m., Weill Hall Atrium
NYSERDA High Performance Award and On-Campus LEED Building Showcase
The award is given to to projects where the predicted modeling
energy savings indicated a 30% or higher than code performance. Following
the recognition event, the US Green Building Student Chapter at Cornell
will host a LEED Building Showcase, on the basics of the LEED certification
standards and how Cornell has decided to pursue LEED for future projects in
the Green Building Initiative.
April 21, 5:15-7:00 p.m., Goldwin Smith, Kaufman Auditorium
Matthias Sauerbruch (Sauerbruch Hutton architecture firm)
The Luxury of Less
Sauerbruch Hutton's projects and buildings are recognized for
integration of sustainability and quality design. They are particularly
interested in the adaptation and development of the post-industrial city in
all its structural, ecological, spatial, physical, and metaphysical aspects.
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Earth Day 2010
April 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ho Plaza
Cornell Sustainability Hub
Earth Day Celebration
The Sustainability Hub and over 15 campus groups will present a
variety of activities for all.
April 22, 2:30-4:00 p.m., G08 Uris Hall
Edwin MacLellan (Environmental Studies, Cape Breton University)
Strengthening Educational Institutions for Vulnerable Children: The Case of
Zambia
MacLellan is interested especially in the linkages between
children's health, environment and insecure land tenure in urban areas of
sub-Saharan Africa.
April 22, 7-9 p.m., Cornell Cinema
Cornell Sustainability Hub
Film Screening of "The Age of Stupid" and Panel Discussion
This documentary looks at today's global climate crisis through
the eyes of an archivist from 2055 trying to understand how the world was
destroyed. A panel discussion with Professors James Lassoie (Natural
Resources), Aaron Sachs (History), and student leaders will follow.
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April 23, 10:00 p.m., The Nines in Collegetown
Cornell Sustainability Hub
Sustainability Benefit Concert for the Collegetown Waste Reduction Coalition
Join the Sustainability Hub for a performance by the Mutron Warriors, a
local funk band, and help support the Collegetown Waste Reduction
Coalition, a student group devoted to projects for a more sustainable
campus and community.
April 25, 2:00 - 8:00pm, Multiple locations
Repair the World Cornell
Sustaining Our Power - A Transformative Student Leadership Training
The training helps students connect with their deepest sources of power and
explore how to stay connected to this power through challenging
circumstances. Program focuses on outdoor education, leadership
development, spiritual empowerment, and sustainable development.
Registration required ( http://ctlc.cornell.edu/content/sustaining-our-power )
April 27, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 304 Fernow
Darrick Evensen (Natural Resources)
The Eye of the Beholder: Accounting for Differences in Perceptions of
Wildlife Disease Risks
Cornell Sustainability Hub
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For More information: visit www.ccsf.cornell.edu, or contact Mark Lawrence
at (607) 255-2178 or <[email protected]>
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