“Future Directions for Environmentalism at Princeton”
Friday, June 2, 4pm
Frist Campus Center, Multipurpose Room A

The panelists: Bill Andersen ’81, Darcy Copeland ’06, Marty Johnson ’81, Steve Pacala.

Interested in "green" projects on campus such as solar power, organic gardens, grassfed
beef and reducing our carbon footprint? Come listen to the perspectives of students,
alumni and professors in a discussion about current environmental projects on campus
and future initiatives. The topics include issues ranging from energy and global warming
to food policy.

Bill Andersen ‘81:
William M. Andersen received a BSE in Geological Engineering from Princeton in 1981 and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania in 1983. Mr. Andersen is president of Longview Development Company, a real estate development and investment firm in Berwyn, PA. He is a founder of the Phoenixville Farmers' Market and the Charlestown Farm Center - two projects dedicated to establishing a model for sustainable farming in a suburban setting. The Farm Center comprises a community supported farm which produces organic vegetables for 160 families and an organic micro-dairy in the start up phase. The Farm Center center is located on 150 acres near Phoenixville, PA, twenty miles west of Philadelphia.

Darcy Copeland ‘06:
Darcy Copeland is a graduating senior in the History department with a certificate in Latin American studies. She has been a member of Greening Princeton for the past two years, where she has been involved in issues ranging from local food to recycling. This year she was responsible for Princeton's involvement in the intercollegiate RecycleMania competition and was the student coordinator for the event. Darcy also ran varsity track for three years, served as an officer of her sorority for two, and is a member of the Cap and Gown Club.

Martin P. Johnson ’81:
Martin P. Johnson is president of Isles, Inc., an organization he co-founded with a handful of other students during his senior year at Princeton. Today, the Trenton-based non-profit community development organization develops more than $5 million in real estate each year and runs programs in health and education, leadership development and community planning and benefits nearly 15,000 residents. Isles also provides research opportunities for Princeton students and faculty members interested in community development.

For his work, Johnson has received the Take Pride in America Award from President George H.W. Bush in 1989, and the Princeton Peace Prize for promoting economic justice in the region. In 1998, he received the New Jersey Pride Award from New Jersey Monthly magazine and the Humanitarian Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice. A frequent writer and lecturer on community development, Johnson served as a visiting faculty member at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1996.

Steve Pacala:
Frederick D. Petrie Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Princeton University

Professor Pacala completed an undergraduate degree in biology at Dartmouth College in 1978 and a Ph.D. in ecology at Stanford University in 1982. He was Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut from 1982 to 1992, and then moved to Princeton University as Professor of Ecology in 1992. He was awarded the Frederick D. Petrie Chair in 2000. He has served on numerous editorial and advisory boards.

Professor Pacala has researched problems in a wide variety of ecological and mathematical topics. These include the maintenance of biodiversity, the mathematics of scaling, ecosystem modeling, ecological statistics, the dynamics of vegetation, animal behavior, the stability of host-parasitoid interactions, the relationship between biodiversity on ecosystem function, and field studies of plants, lizards, birds, fish, insects, and parasites. Since moving to Princeton University, Professor Pacala has focused on problems of global change with an emphasis on the biological regulation of greenhouse gases and climate. He currently co-directs the Princeton Carbon Mitigation Initiative and directs the Princeton Environmental Institute.