September-December 2008  
 
 
September 22, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"Climate Change and Crop Productivity: Challenges and Opportunities"
Vangimalla Reddy, Research Leader, Crop Systems and Global Change Lab, United States Department of Agriculture
 

September 25, 2008 - PEI Currents Lecture Series, 12:30 p.m. at Frist Multi-Purpose Rm
Jeff Goodell, Author of "Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future"

"The Trouble With Coal"
 

September 26, 2008 - Grand Challenges Symposium (faculty and students only)

Summer of Learning, Whitman College, 11:00-4:00 p.m.
 
September 29, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"Navigating the Science, Mitigation Options and Climate Politics of Black Carbon"
Ellen Baum, Senior Scientist, Clean Air Task Force
 
September 30, 2008 - Ethics and Climate Change, Fall 2008 Lecture Series, 4:30 pm at Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
Peter Singer, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University                     
"The Ethical Challenge of Climate Change"
 
October 6, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"Energy and Climate: A World Bank Perspective"
Philippe Benoit, Energy Section Manager for the Latin American and Caribbean Region, World Bank
 
October 7, 2008 - Ethics and Climate Change, Fall 2008 Lecture Series, 4:30 at McCormick 101

Richard Somerville, Scripps Institution of Oceanography                                        

"Global Warming: What Do We Know and What Should We Do?" (book signing "The Forgiving Air" following lecture. 

October 9, 2008 - PEI Currents Lecture Series, 12:30 pm at Frist Multi-Purpose Room
Andrew Revkin, Prize-Winning Environment Writer and Author, New York Times
"The Hot Seat: Making Sense of Global Warming, from the North Pole to the White House"
 
October 10, 2008 - Learn About the Amazing World of Bats and the Crisis Facing Northeastern Bats, 4:30 p.m. at McCosh 50     location map
Merlin Tuttle, President and Founder
, Bat Conservation International
 
October 13, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"Energy Challenges for the 21st Century - An International Oil Company Perspective"
David Eyton, Vice President for Research and Technology, British Petroleum
 
October 14, 2008 - Ethics and Climate Change, Fall 2008 Lecture Series, 4:30 p.m. at Guyot 10
Robert Socolow, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Prospicience (the art and science of looking ahead) and Geoengineering: What If We Can Dial Our Future?,

October 16, 2008 - Science - Facts and Frictions, 12:00 p.m. at 010 East Pyne
Charis Thompson (UCB) and Philip Campbell (NATURE)
 
October 20, 2008 - The Taplin Environmental Lecture, 4:30 p.m. at McDonnell A02
"Sustainability and the Future"   location map
 Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden 
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October 20, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"Quantitive Glimpses of Four Emerging Pathogens"
Andrew P. Dobson, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
 
October 22, 2008 - Oil, Energy, and the Middle East Lecture Series, Fall 2008.
"Energy Demand of Seawater Desalination: Implications for the Middle East", 4:30 pm at 100 Jones Hall
Menachim Elimelech, Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering.
Director, Environmental Engineering Program.
Roberto Goizueta, Professor of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yale University
 
November 3, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, "Dusk Kills: From Combustion, Particles, and Genes to Policy", 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
Joel Schwartz, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
 
November 5, 2008 - Oil, Energy, and the Middle East Lecture Series, Fall 2008. 
"The Coming Oil Supply Crunch", 4:30 pm at 100 Jones Hall
Paul Stevens, Senior Research Fellow (Energy), Chatman House, Royal Institute of International Affairs
 
November 6, 2008 - Oil, Energy, and the Middle East Lecture Series, Fall 2008.
"Ending Dependence: Hard Choices for Oil-Exporting States", 12:00 pm at 202 Jones Hall
Paul Stevens, Senior Research Fellow (Energy), Chatman House, Royal Institute of International Affairs
 
November 10, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"Anti-GM Campaigns Hamper Regulatory Policy Implementation and GM-Crop Development"
CK Rao, Coordinator and Founder, Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education, India
 
November 12, 2008 - Oil, Energy, and the Middle East Lecture Series, Fall 2008.
"Oil, Dollars, Debt., and Crises", 4:30 pm at 100 Jones Hall
Mahmoud El-Gamal, Chair, Department of Economics.
Chair of Islamic Economics, Finance and Management.
 
November 17, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"Greening Aid: Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Assistance"
J. Timmons Roberts, Director, Program in Environmental Science and Policy, College of William and Mary
 
November 19, 2008 - Ethics and Climate Change, Fall 2008 Lecture Series, 12:00 p.m. at Guyot 10
Jody Freeman, Harvard Law School, Environmental Law Program
The Role of Ethics in the Legal Response to Climate Change: Perspectives from Environmental Law
 
November 20, 2008 - PEI Currents Lecture Series, 8:00-9:30 pm at Dodds Auditorium
David Goldston, Climate Change Policy in the Obama Administration: Prospects and Challenges
 
November 24, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"India's Economic Miracle and the Crisis of Environmental Governance"
Ashish Kothari, Founder, Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group, India
 
November 25, 2008 - Ethics and Climate Change, Fall 2008 Lecture Series, 4:30 pm at McCormick Hall 101
Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute
 The Right to Development in a Climate Constrained World: A "Greenhouse Development Rights" Approach to the Global Climate Regime
 
December 1, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"The Impacts of Agriculture on Biodiversity: Lessons and Lies from Kenya and Borneo"
David Wilcove, Professor of Public Affairs and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
 
December 8, 2008 - The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, 12:00 pm at Wallace Hall, Room 300
"Climate Change and Air Pollution: Regional and Global Analyses of the Benefits and Tradeoffs of Emission Reduction Options"
Frank Dentener, European Commission, Institute for Environment and Sustainability