Introductions Greetings and CES faculty and staff introductions. All are welcome! First-years eat free with reservations

" Environmental Policy Making in Massachusetts"
Denis Guyer State Representative, Second District Court

September 29

Mountain Day will be called one of the Fridays below. If called, that Log Lunch will be postponed until October 27

" Stories of People, Food and Land: Exploring Orange County, North Carolina’s Community Food System"

Julia Sendor ’08
and
"The Turtles of Hawksbill Field Research in Antigua"
Jane Allen ’07

"Farm to School to Farm" Lauren Moscoe ’07 and Bill Stinson, Peace Valley Farm

"Wind Power: the Long View" Sally Wright, PE ’86, staff engineer & research fellow, at the Renewable Energy Research Laboratory of the University of Massachusetts

November 17

"Environmental Battles Lead to a Radio Show on NPR" Ward Stone, host of In Our Backyard, WAMC Public Radio, Albany, NY and Senior pathologist, NY State Dept of Conservation

December 1

"Sustainable Agriculture at Caretaker Farm" Don Zasada, owner, Caretaker Farm

December 8

"Return to Slavery: Will You Be Eating China’s Dust for Breakfast?" Billie Best, executive director, Regional Farm and Food Project

January

Jan. lunches: make weekly reservation and pay by the week)

January 5

"Mothers’ Experience: Stories of HIV/AIDS in South Africa" Jeffrey Wessler ‘07

January 12

"Nicaragua: Naturaleza Encounters Neo-liberalism" Zoe Fonseca ‘08

January 19

"What Was So Shocking about America 's First 'Oil Shock?" Karen Merrill, Professor of History and Director, CES

February 9

"Mosses, fossils, and fish: Samples from some 19th-century natural history books," Andrea Barrett, lecturer of English, Williams College

February 16

Winter Carnival - No Log Lunch

February 23

"From Hardpan to Frying Pan: Permaculture on Eleuthera Island" Sarah Gardner, CES and the Envi 25 Winter Study Students

March 2

"The Future of Ocean Policy: Managing Complexity" Christine Fletcher Patrick ’02, candidate for master degree program in Marine Policy, University of Rhode Island

March 9

"Some Better Reasons For ... And Against ... Action Now on Global Climate Change" Roger Bolton, emeritus
professor of Economics, Williams College

Spring Recess

No Log Lunch

April 6

"Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season: Lessons from
Hurricane Andrew," Jared Carbone, professor of Economics,
Williams College

April 13

"Williams-Mystic Program: Student Presentations of research projects"

April 20

"EARTH DAY LOG LUNCH: Hope from the Front Lines: Protecting Water, Health, Life" Tina Clarke, MA and CT
Toxics Campaign Director for Clean Water Action

April 27

"Using Information Feedback to Decrease Resource
Consumption" Michael E. Murray, LEED AP, Lucid Design Group

May 4

Final Log Lunch (no speaker) - all are invited. Books presented to senior ENVI concentrators (Seniors free!)