Global Environmental Speaker Series
Each year the Department of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability, Environmental Studies Program, and Global Studies Program partner to bring noteworthy speakers and scholars to Richmond to present lectures related to our global environment.
All events are free and open to the public. Funding is also provided by the Class of 1992 Environmental Awareness Endowment.
Monday, October 23
Dr. Naomi Fraga
Director of Conservation Programs, California Botanic Gardens
"Plant Conservation in Action: Utilizing Research, Collections, and Advocacy to Address the Plant Extinction Crisis"
12 p.m.
Zoom
Co-sponsored with the Biology Department
Wednesday, November 1
"The Oil Machine" screening followed by Q&A with Director
International Center Commons
5:00 p.m.
Friday, November 10
Laura Thomas
Director, Richmond Office of Sustainability
Sheri Shannon
Co-founder, Southside ReLeaf
Rob Jones
Executive Director, Groundwork RVA
Perspectives: "Sustainable Cities"
International Center Commons
12:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE)
Tuesday, November 14
Keynote Address
Francisco Piyãko, Amazon Rainforest
Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown, Cheroenhaka Tribe
International Center Commons
9 a.m.
"Braided Knowledges for a Sustainable Future Roundtable Discussions"
Common Topics include: Community Climate Adaptation, Indigenous Leaders as Defenders of the Environment, and Community Science and Reciprocal Learning
International Center Commons
10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, November 15
"Braided Knowledges for a Sustainable Future Roundtable Discussions"
Common Topics include: Building Sustainability into Education, Technology & Storytelling, Gender Equity & Sustainability Leadership
International Center Commons
9 a.m.
Steve DeRoy & the Transboundary Commission of the Juruá/Yurúa River
"Empowering Mapping & Justice"
International Center Commons
10:45 a.m.
Co-Sponsored with Office of International Education as part of IEW 2023
Thursday, February 1
"Shamanic Cosmo-political Projects Amid Climatic and Geopolitical Crisis in Siberia"
Mally Stelmaszyk
Post-Doctorate Research Associate, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Political Science Department
Monday, February, 19
"Impacts of disturbance on marine mammals: Physiological and behavioral responses to stressors"
Gitte McDonald
Associate Professor, Moss Landing Marien Laboratories, San Jose State University
Gottwald Auditorium
12 p.m.
Sponsored by the Biology Department
Wednesday, February 28
"River of/as Ceremony: A Reading with Natalie Diaz"
Natalie Diaz
Author, Pulitzer Prize winner
Humanities Commons
12 p.m.
Sponsored by will and WGSS
Monday, March 18
"Ecological Connectivity and the Impacts of Climate Change in Coastal Ecosystems of the South Atlantic Bight"
Leslie Townsell
Department of Marine Science, University of Georgia
Gottwald Auditorium
12 p.m.
Sponsored by the Biology Department
Monday, March 25
"Evolutionary adaptation in commensal house mice"
Megan Phifer-Rixey
Assistant Professor, Drexel University
Gottwald Auditorium
12 p.m.
Sponsored by the Biology Department
Wednesday, April 3
"Evolving Energy Efficiency: Transforming Heritage and Historical Buildings through Renovation Innovation"
Georgios Pardalis
Associate Senior Lecturer, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) – Lund University
Gottwald Auditorium
4:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored with the Department of Art and Art History