everGREEN 2010: the second annual conference on the environment
Date: March 18th, 2010
Location: HSC 1A3
Time: 10:30-5:30
Price: FREE!
Hosted by BioSphere, a subcomittee of the Biology Society, everGreen is a series of speakers will be discussing the current environmental crisis in 1 hour lectures and Q&A sessions. Come to one lecture, or stay for them all.
Keynote address at 4:30 by Dr. Rick Smith, Environmental Defense Canada
"Slow Death by Rubber Duck: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health"
Snacks will be provided.
Schedule:
10:30 - Dr. Tina Moffat, Department of Anthropology
The Agricultural Revolution: A path to environmental destruction?
11:30-Dr. Ashish Pujari, Degroote School of Business
Green Marketing and Green Business Practices
12:30-Dr. Alan Crowe, Canada Centre for Inland Waters
Why Our Beaches are so Bad: E.coli and invasive species
1:30-Dr. Paul Morris, School of Geography and Earth Sciences
Carbon Storage in Peat Soils: A Ticking Bomb, or a Buffer against Climate Change?
2:30-Rhoda deJonge, Bay Area Restoration Council
3:30-Dr. Michal Egan, Department of History
Pollyanna Doesn’t Live Here, or Ozymandias Was Here, or Parables of Hubris, Collapse, and Resilience
4:30-Dr. Rick Smith, Environmental Defense Canada-Slow Death by Rubber
Duck: How the toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life is affecting our health
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