Center for Environmental Studies
Matt Cole Library
Hopkins Forest
Log Lunch Schedule

Past Schedules

2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001


Fall Semester 2001
September 14 Introductions
September 21 Elayne and Trevor Murphy, "Mukheiba, Jordan: Specific Generalities"
September 28 Marshall Case, Executive Director, The American Chestnut Foundation
"The American Chestnut: A Tree on the Rebound"
October 5 Jenny Wetzel '02, "Sustainable Development and Public Policy in New Zealand"
October 12 Mountain Day, Log Lunch cancelled
October 19 Greg Watson, "The Dudley Street Initiative"
October 26 Alex Gillman, Mass. DEM, "Environmental Education and You"
November 2 Irena Hollowell '02, "An organic farm in an Ecuadorian cloud forest"
November 9 Jim Carlton, "Introduced species: The impact of bioinvasions in the ocean"
November 16

Leslie Reed Evans, Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation
"People and Preservation: Is There Room Enough for Both?"

November 23 Thanksgiving Break - no Log Lunch
November 30 Sam and Elizabeth Smith, Caretaker Farm, "Restoring Local Food Systems"
Winter Study 2002
January 4 Elissa Shevinsky '01
"America's Energy Future: How the Baxter Renovations Could Save the Future"
January 11 Nicole Wobus, Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance
"New opportunities for clean power technologies in Greater Boston"
January 18 Tom O'Brien, Watershed Team Leader, Mass. DEM
Spring Semester 2002
February 1 Joy Kirschenbaum, Center for Ecological Technology
"Mercury and Other Common Toxics: Problems and Solutions"
February 8 Amy Cotler, Berkshire Grown
"Supporting A Local Food System"
February 15 Winter Carnival - No Log Lunch
February 22 Dale Perkins, Heifer International
"Heifer International's approach to sustainable development"
March 1 Willard Morgan '96 "Bioblitzing the Bunnell: An Ecological Inventory of the Bunnell Tract, Coos County, New Hampshire"
March 8 Marge Cohan, Berkshire Bike Path, "Preserving the Linear Park: The Berkshire Bike Path"
March 15 Spring Break through April 1
April 5 Silvio Eberhardt, "Technology for Sustainability"
April 12 Heather Brutz '02 "Community Development and Environmentalism in Nicaragua"
April 19 Students from Winter Study REL 025, "Explorations in Solidarity: A Winter Study in Nicaragua"
April 26 Jennifer Charles, JD, "Environmental Justice and Public Health: Case study of a Massachusetts Immigrant Community"
May 3 Senior Log Lunch