Sustainability Lectures
New in Fall 2019! The Sustainability Council presents a new lecture series exploring local expertise and global innovation across all fields of sustainability. Join us to meet academics from the University of Alberta and beyond as they share new perspectives, and explore the diversity of issues encompassed by sustainability. Come out and help expand the campus dialogue on sustainability issues including climate change, water safety, resource extraction and more.
| Date |
Time | Location | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 13 |
12-1 p.m. |
TB 2 |
Mel Hogan |
Genomic Media / Sustainable DNA |
| Oct 3 | 7-9 p.m. | ETLC E1-007 |
All Candidates Forum | 100 Debates on the Environment: Edmonton-Strathcona |
| Oct 8 | 3:30-5 p.m. | Telus 134 | Sheikh Abdul Aziz | The Green Sheikh |
| Oct 22 |
3:30-5 p.m. |
FAB 2-20 |
Patrick Mahon |
Perilous Voyages: Art, Environment, and the Search for a Global Commons |
| Oct 31 |
1-2:30 p.m. |
B-05 Lacerte (Campus Saint Jean) |
Debra Marquart |
Beautiful Trouble: Imagining sustainable energy futures |
| Nov 5 |
9:30-11 a.m. |
AF 1-13 |
Victor Lieffers |
Forestry, values and climate change |
| Nov 5 |
4-5 p.m. p.m. |
Second Playing Space, Timms Centre |
Selena Couture and Stefano Muneroni |
Climate Change Theatre Action: A panel discussion and play reading |
| Nov 18 |
12-1 p.m. | ECHA 2-140 |
Lars Hallstrom |
No Canary, No Coal Mine: Understanding sustainability for rural communities in Alberta |
| Dec 2 | 12-1 p.m. | ED 228 (North Campus) |
Tiffany Higgins | Infrastructure, Fish, and Brazilian Indigenous and Traditional Peoples in Brazil's Amazon |
| Dec 3 |
10:15-11:45 a.m. | Classroom C167 (Augustana Campus) | Tiffany Higgins | Infrastructure, Fish, and Brazilian Indigenous and Traditional Peoples in Brazil's Amazon |
Note: We regret that the Nicholas Ashbolt lecture has been postponed. Details to follow.
Previous speaker series
"An innovative speaker can revolutionize how we see the world." The University of Alberta's Sustainability Speaker Series ran from 2011 to 2019, bringing renowned leaders from all over the world to speak on sustainability issues such as climate change, just development, clean tech and pollution. Lectures have been free and open to the public, including alumni and community members
Year |
Past Speakers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Bea Johnson |
Tom Murphy | Amy Luers |
James Balog | |
| 2017-18 | Shalini Kantayya | George Kourounis | |||
| 2016-17 | Laurence C. Smith | Manulani Aluli-Meyer | |||
| 2015-16 | Majora Carter | Sheila Watt-Cloutier | |||
| 2014-15 | Tzeporah Berman | Edward Burtynsky | |||
| 2013-14 | Paul Hawken | Severn Cullis-Suzuki | |||
| 2012-13 | Thomas Homer Dixon | Raj Patel | Adria Vasil | ||
| 2011-12 | Bill McKibben | Annie Leonard | Winona LaDuke | Maude Barlow |