Log Lunch Schedule

Fall Semester 2007
September 14	Introductions Greetings and CES faculty and staff introductions. All are welcome! First-years eat free with reservations
September 21	*“How a Statewide Conservation Organization Responds to Climate Change* ", Taber Allison, Vice President for Conservation Science and Ecological Management at Mass Audubon
September 28	*“Reviving Urban Brownfields: A* *Berkshire* *Experience* ”, Andrea Nuciforo, former Registrar of Deeds, Berkshire County , Middle District.
October	Mountain Day will be called one of the Fridays below. If called, that Log Lunch will be postponed until October 26
October 5	Mountain Day
October 12	“Digging In: Experiments in Earthen Building” , Nora Morse 08
October 19	*“Comprehending Carbon Markets”* , Zoe Fonseca ‘08
October 26	*“The Nuts and Bolts of Sustainable Building at Williams* ”, Ruth Aronoff ’09 and Matt Gustafson ’08; *“Waste at Williams”* , Katie White ‘11 *“Power Conservation through Video Image Analysis?”,* Katie Creel ‘10
November 2	*“Red + Blue = Green? History, Partisanship, and US Environmental Politics* ”, Jay Turner, assistant professor in the environmental studies program, Wellesley
November 9	*“Forever Green : Devoted to Environmental Stewardship”,* Brian Fairbanks, President and CEO, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort
November 16	*TBA,* Sunny Miller, Director, Traprock Peace Center
November 30	*TBA*
December 7	*“Why Biodiesel Now; Why Biodiesel Here?”* , Lee Harrison, Executive Vice President, Berkshire Biodiesel LLC
Winter Study 2008
January	Jan. lunches: make weekly reservation and pay by the week)
January 4	“ *Yellowstone* *Cutthroat Trout in the* *Wyoming* *Wilderness”* , Garry Sanders ’02, Graduate Research Assistant, Grand Valley State University, Annis Water Resources Institute
January 11	*“UNEP/UNESCO YouthXchnage: Towards Sustainable Lifestyles”,* Mirza Delibegovic ‘08 “Overuse and Recovery in *Washington's* *Alpine Lakes Wilderness"* , Corey Watts ‘10
January 18	*"Solar thermal energy in the Northeast: A View from the Mechanical Room”,* Craig Robertson, Design Builder and President, Heliocentrix, Inc
Spring Semester 2008
February 1	*"My Circumpolar Year" ,* Gretel Ehrlich, visiting professor of environmental studies
February 8	"Natural Resource Management in Eleuthera", Sarah Gardner and Envi 25 Students
February 15	Winter Carnival – No log lunch
February 22	"Explorations in Solidarity - what a Winter Study group learned in Nicaragua about how the poor survive in the environment of globalization", Rick Spalding and Nicaragua WS
February 29	"See You In Court: Why I Sue Polluters", Nancy Marks ‘76, senior attorney, NRDC

Past Schedules

2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001