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 provided by the Class of 1992 Environmental Awareness Endowment.

Monday, September 15 GESS Energy Lunch 
"How Solar Energy Can Be Transformative" 
12 p.m.
THC 321
*'Waffles on Wheels' on the Forum
Co-Sponsored with Bridging the Gap in Virginia and Queremos Sol

Monday, September 15
Delaney Demaret '24
MSc, Oxford University
"Knowledge, Power, and Place: Mapping Climate Advocacy in Southwestern Amazonia"
5 p.m.
Jepson 118

Monday, October 6 GESS Energy Lunch
“Our AI Use is Tied to Virginia's Data Center Hotspot: Who Profits and Who Pays Most?"
12 p.m.
THC 321
Co-Sponsored with Virginia Geographic Alliance and Sierra Club - Falls of the James Group
*Pizza will be available

Tuesday, October 21
Dr. Steve Monfort
Executive Director, University of California Natural Reserve System
4:30 p.m.
Gottwald Auditorium

Wednesday, October 22 GESS Energy Lunch
"What is the Role of Nuclear Power in Virginia's Energy Future?”
12 p.m.
THC 321
*Pizza will be available

Monday, October 27
Dr. Megan Poole
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric & Writing, University of Texas-Austin
"Listening to Beauty"
4:30 p.m.
Humanities Commons
Sponsored by the will +GSS Speaker Series

Thursday, November 13
Film Screening & Q&A with Filmmaker Ian Cheney
"Observer"
6-8 p.m.
Jepson 118