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 14
Jen Deerinwater
Founder of Crushing Colonialism
"Decolonized Eats: Recipes for Food Sovereignty & Climate & Disability Justice" 
4:30 p.m.
Weinstein Hall, Brown-Alley Room
Co-Sponsored with will+GSS Speaker Series and Disability Services

Friday, October 2
Sarah Ensor
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Queer Extinctions; or Learning How to Last"
12 p.m.
Humanities Commons
Co-Sponsored with will+GSS Speaker Series, Hub for Student Inclusion and Belonging, and the Department of English

Wednesday, October 14
Maraina Miles
Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability
"A glacial-geologic approach to understanding past climate change and ice-sheet stability"
5 p.m.
Gottwald Auditorium