environmental studies at ku


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KU unveils sustainability plan LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and the KU Center for Sustainability have announced the completion of Building Sustainable Traditions, the KU campus sustainability plan. Aspects of the plan will be the focus of events during KU Sustainability Week, which is Oct. 24-28. Posted Oct 19, 2011
Nature and Culture Seminar Susan Flader
University of Missouri, Columbia

Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time

Thursday, September 8
7:00-9:30 p.m.
Hall Center Conference Hall

Co-Sponsored by the Department of History and the Environmental Studies Program

If you would like more information about this or other Nature & Culture Seminar sessions, contact Byron Caminero-Santangelo (English, 864-2579, bsantang@ku.edu), Greg Cushman (History, 864-9449, gcushman@ku.edu), or contact the Hall Center at hchseminars@ku.edu or by calling 785-864-4798 Posted Sep 8, 2011
Pharmacy students get hands dirty with educational medicinal garden Hands-on learning took on a whole new meaning Tuesday afternoon for Kansas University pharmacy students as they traded white lab coats for blue jeans and microscopes for shovels. The students were among the hundred or so people who helped plant the school's new educational medicinal garden just south of the KU School of Pharmacy building on KU's West Campus. Posted May 12, 2011
Campus departments recognized as 'green offices' by Center for Sustainability Green Office Recognition Program was established to raise awareness about sustainable practices in the office and highlight efforts to create more sustainable workspaces at KU. Posted May 12, 2011
North Richmond’s Diamond in the Rough Article in MetropolisMag.com written by KU students. Posted May 12, 2011
Creative Water Conservation Campaign Posted Apr 25, 2011
Sustainable Architecture Posted Apr 25, 2011

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Upcoming Environmental Events

02/23/2012
7:00 PM
Kansas Union
Can Cities Solve the Climate Crisis?
Michael R. Boswell, a professor of city and regional planning at California Polytechnic State University, will speak at 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. The event is free and open to the public. Boswell teaches and conducts research in hazard mitigation, environmental policy and climate action planning. He is a former planning commissioner for the city of San Luis Obispo, Calif. He and his colleagues recently published a book, Local Climate Action Planning. The book is a practical guide to aid planners, municipalities and citizens in developing climate action plans and establishing policies for mitigating a communitys greenhouse gas emissions.
03/07/2012
12:30 PM
Spooner Hall
Environmental Defense Fund
Gernot Wagner, Economist, Environmental Defense Fund, Wednsday, March 7, 12:30 - 1:30pm, The Commons, Spooner Hall, University of Kansas.
03/09/2012
3:30 PM
Hall Center
Nature and Culture Seminar
Place-Based Learning and Knowing: A Critical Pedagogy Grounded in Indigeneity
03/28/2012
12:30 PM
Spooner Hall
C-Change Colloquium Series
David Meltzer, Professor of Prehistory, Southern Methodist University, Wednesday, March 28, 12:30 - 1:30pm, The Commons, Spooner Hall, University of Kansas.
03/30/2012
3:30 PM
Hall Center
Nature and Culture Seminar
Considering Tar Sands Culture, or the Future of North America. Co- Sponsored by Environmental Studies
04/26/2012
3:30 PM
Hall Center
Nature and Culture Seminar
The Environmental History of the Industrial Revolutions. Co-Sponsored by the Department of History and the Environmental Studies Program
05/12/2012
9:00 AM
ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave
Environmental Studies Graduation Ceremony
The department of Environmental Studies will be hosting a graduation ceremony for Environmental Studies majors on Saturday, May 12th at the ECM Center from 9 am- 11 am. Please RSVP with envstudies@ku.edu with the amount of people you would like to attend the ceremony.

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