Center for the Environment

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In addition to Georgetown University, local organizations that have presentations that regard our environment include those listed below under December. Just google their names to learn more. Local embassies, other universities, and other groups also have environmental presentations.
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January 2010
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Happy Green New Year!
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What: Sixth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability.
Who:
When: 5–7 January 2010.
Where: University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
Cost:
Notes:
Contact:
More information: http://www.SustainabilityConference.com
Sponsor(s):
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What: Sixth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society.
Who:
When: 15–17 January 2010.
Where: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Cost:
Notes:
Contact:
More information: http://www.Technology-Conference.com
Sponsor(s):
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What: Solar Power: What Georgetown Students Should Do.
Who: Mr. Michael Rogol, CEO, GU STIA (Class of 1994).
When: Thursday, 21 January 2009, 10–11 a.m.
Where: GU ICC ECR.
Cost: Free.
Notes: The future of the solar power sector is bright. Photovoltaics supply grew rapidly from 1GW in 2004 to 7GW in 2008 and increased to 12GW in 2009 despite the challenging economy. By 2012, supply is likely to reach 60GW. Overall, this is a sector that is expanding very quickly, with implications for the energy sector and for society. PHOTON Consulting CEO Michael Rogol (SFS'94) will be sharing thoughts on how Georgetown students can play important roles in solar power. Michael Rogol, CEO, has 20 years of experience in the energy sector, including more than a decade as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and Washington Policy & Analysis. Michael has focused on the solar power sector since 2002, initially as an equity analyst for CLSA and a researcher in MIT's Laboratory for Energy & Environment. Within PHOTON Consulting he provides overall research leadership for the firm. Michael holds a Masters in Engineering Systems from MIT, an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT, a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and was a Henry Luce East Asian Scholar.
Contact: RSVP: https://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/rsvp/stia
More information:
Sponsor(s): STIA
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What: Rare and Uncommon Native Plants of Maryland's Piedmont.
Who: Ms. Cris Fleming, field botanist, USDA Graduate School plant ID instructor, and Maryland Native Plant Society board member.
When: Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Where: White Oak Library, White Oak, MD.
Cost: Free.
Notes: For more information, see http://www.mdflora.org/ . Bring some refreshments to share.
Bring a mug to reduce the number of disposable cups used.
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What: Moss workshop.
Who: Mr. Charlie and Mrs. Linda Davis.
When: Saturday, January 30, 10 a.m. – noon. Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m. – noon.
Where: Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum, 300 Oella Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21128. For a map: http://tinyurl.com/6h6dvh
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Notes: Beginners and advanced beginners will closely at a moss or two each meeting. Bring: Any moss books, hand lenses, and microscopes that you can. If you have a local specimen you'd like the class to look at, bring that, too.
Contact: Linda, lm.davis@verizon.net or 410-252-4154.
More information:
Sponsor(s):

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February 2010
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What: Plants and other nature of a Civil War Fort Site: Bald Eagle Hill & Oxon Run.
Who: Leaders Ms. Mary Pat Rowan and Mr. Lou Aronica.
When: Sunday, 7 February 2010, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Where: Bald Eagle Hill
Cost: Free.
Notes: “We will return to Bald Eagle Hill, located at the extreme southeastern edge of the District of Columbia. Bald Eagle Hill is not a Civil War Fort but is part of the preserved corridor that connects the Fort Circle to Oxon Cove. This site includes both upland forest and streamside vegetation. We will mostly explore along Oxon Run because there are plans to do some restoration work on Oxon Run in the city. Bring water and lunch. Easy to moderate walk. Cancelled if raining; call to check.
Contact: Mary Pat Rowan, blair-rowan@starpower.net or 202-526-8821.
More information: http://www.mdflora.org/ .
Sponsor(s): Maryland Native Plant Society.
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What: Tripling Citizen Success in Stopping Bad Development.
Who: Mr. Richard Klein.
When: 7 February 2010, 2–3:30 p.m.
Where: Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville.
Cost: Free.
Notes: Discussion of a new approach that triples the rate at which citizens win land use and environmental battles.
Contact: RSVP. steven.lonker@maryland.sierraclub.org or 301-351-6985.
More information: http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery
Sponsor(s): Sierra Club
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What: Darwin Day films, birthday cake, environmental books (cancelled do to inclement weather)
Who: Center for the Environment personnel.
When: Friday, 12 February 2010, 2–7 p.m.
Where: Selinger Lounge and Activity Room, Leavy Center, GU.
Cost: Free
Notes: General information: http://www.darwinday.org/about/
Contact:
More information:
Sponsor(s): Department of Biology, GU Center for the Environment, GU Library, Outdoor Education, Science Technology and Current Affairs
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What: Food for Thought: Justice from Farm to Table. Adult retreat — prayer, community, & simplicity.
Who:
When: Thursday–Saturday, 12–14 February 2009
Where: Beautiful Mountains of West Virginia.
Cost:
Notes: We invite you to take a closer look at the justice issues surrounding what we eat. The weekend will include opportunities to learn about gardening and cooking in earth friendly ways, eating mindfully, starting a sustainable kitchen, using resources in food production, and how all of this is intimately connected to our call to live according to Catholic Social Teaching. Join us here in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia for discussion, prayerful reflection, hands on activities, and good food.
Contact: To Register: www.bethlehemfarm.net by 25 January 2010.
More information:
Sponsor(s):
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What: How Mapping Helps Us Manage Invasive Species.
Who: Ms. Jil Swearingen, National Park Service.
When: Sunday, 21 February 2–3:30 p.m.
Where: Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville.
Cost:
Notes: A new mapping system that helps invasive plant workers report and track infestations.
Contact RSVP steven.lonker@maryland.sierraclub.org or 301-351-6985.
More information:
Sponsor(s): Sierra Club
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What: Talk.
Who: Mr. Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, Swoope, Virginia
When: Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 7:15 p.m.
Where: 112 Reiss Science Center, GU.
Cost: Free, open to the public
Notes: Mr. Salatin an award-winning conservationist, farmer, and lecturer. In 2010, he received the Heinz Award for his contribution to environmentalism. The book Omnivore’s Dilemma features Mr. Salatin.
Contact: GU Lecture Fund
More information: There are many YouTube films on Polyface Farms including http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxTfQpv8xGA&feature=fvw, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4P229ArpZA&NR=1, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYNDTjr5uOY&feature=related.
Sponsor(s): GU Center for the Environment, GU Lecture Fund.
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What: Threatened Lands in Maryland and What MNPS is Doing to Protect Them.
Who: Maryland Native Plant Society.
When: Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Where: White Oak Library, Large Meeting Room, White Oak, MD.
Cost: Free, open to the public
Notes: A presentation on significant lands in Maryland that are currently threatened by development, roadway expansion, land-use policies, etc., and what the Maryland Native Plant Society is doing to protect them. Unique natural features, native plants, including rare species, forests, and water resources will be highlighted. This will be a great opportunity to find out more about land conservation in Maryland and what contributions one can make. We will have several guest speakers on hand to help cover areas from the Delmarva through Garrett County.
Contact:
More information:
Sponsor(s): Maryland Native Plant Society.

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March 2010
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What: Talk: Long-term Human Impacts on Forests in Puerto Rico and Belize

Who: Professor Nicholas (Nick) V. L. Brokaw (http://www.ites.upr.edu/facmem.htm), Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (http://www.ites.upr.edu/)
When: Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Where: GU, ICC, 7th Floor, ECR
Cost: Free, open to the public
Notes: Dr. Brokaw’s specialties are disturbance, forest dynamics, and tree populations.
Contact: Professor Tim Beach
More information:
Sponsor(s): GU Center for the Environment (GUCFE); Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA)
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What: Talk: Diversity in the Palm Family (Arecaceae)

Who: Dr. Jay Horn

When: Tuesday, 2 March, 7 p.m.

Where: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340), Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC. Use the Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to be escorted up.

Cost: Free.

Notes: Open to the public

Contact:

More information: http://botsoc.org/

Sponsor(s): Botanical Society of Washington
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What: Public talk. Putting the Tax Back into Taxonomy. Getting Citizens to Collect Useful Entomological Data for You, the Government¹s Public Servant
Who: Mr. Sam Droege, conservation biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Beltsville, MD.
When: Thursday, 4 March 2010, 7 p.m.
Where: Waldo Schmitt Room, U.S. Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
Cost: Free, open to the public
Notes: Mr. Droege performs biological surveys on many animals of concern including amphibians, birds, odonates (damselflies and dragonflies), and pollinators (bees and wasps). He is collaborating with GU on a bee study of the national park called George Washington Memorial Parkway which is in Maryland and Virginia.
Contact: Dr. Matt Buffington, matt.buffington@ARS.USDA.GOV
More information: NASA gets $1.4 billion in public money to monitor climate change. Great. Nice information. But really, the bottom line isn't a few degrees here or there, its species lost, range shifts, ecosystems imperiled. So, hey, where are our global insect monitoring systems? So why is it we still having insects without names? Why is it that range maps are defined mostly by specimens collected over 100 years ago? Why is it that we will be unable to tell the public anything at all about climate change impacts for most insects or their even their current status? Well, its about time for a change. Examples are shown where citizen's become our satellites, and some rethinking is needed on funding, programs, and getting things done, and yes, then more taxonomy follows. Examples from the bee, wasp, moth, and orthopteran worlds peppered with a bit of statistics.
Sponsor(s): Entomological Society of Washington (http://www.entsocwash.org/default.asp.) and the GU Center for the Environment.
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What: Plants and other nature of a Civil War Fort Site: Fort Stanton.

Who: Leaders Ms. Mary Pat Rowan and Mr. Lou Aronica.

When: Sunday, 7 March 2010, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Where: Fort Stanton

Cost: Free, open to the public

Notes: We will return again to Fort Stanton since we were rained out the last time.

Directions: In Southeast Washington, D.C., get onto Martin Luther King Blvd., SE traveling south and take Morris Road east. Go 5 or 6 blocks to where the road curves north and changes its name to Erie Street. Go 5 blocks and turn right onto 18th Place (a block after 18th St.) and park on the street alongside Fort Stanton Park and the Anacostia Museum.” Bring water and lunch. Easy to moderate walk. Cancelled if raining; call to check.

Contact: Mary Pat Rowan, blair-rowan@starpower.net or 202-526-8821.

More information: http://www.mdflora.org/.

Sponsor(s): Maryland Native Plant Society.

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March 2010
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What: The Age of Stupid (89-minute film). Questions and answers after the film.
Who: Mr. Erik Assadourian (Senior Researcher, Project Director, State of the World 2010, Worldwatch Institute, www.worldwatch.org) and others.
When: Wednesday, 24 March 2009, 7 p.m.
Where: GU ICC Auditorium.
Cost: Free, open to the public.
Notes: A panel will answer questions regarding the film and make comments about the film. The panel includes Mr. Erik Assadourian, Ms. Franny Armstrong (Film Director) or other film official, CFE Interns, a member of GU EcoAction, and Professor Edd Barrows (CFE Director). The Age of Stupid premiered on 15 March 2009 in the United Kingdom. The film is a drama-documentary-animation hybrid which stars Pete Postlethwaite and others. Mr. Postlethwaite is an archivist who lives alone in Earth’s devastation in 2055. He watches archive footage from 2008 and asks "Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?" The soundtrack includes songs from Depeche Mode, Dragnerve, Radiohead, and The Band of Holy Joy, and an original orchestral score written by Chris Brierley. This film is part of the 18th Annual Environmental Film Festival, Washington, D.C., 16–28 March 2010.
Contact: Ms. Leslie Byers, byersl@georgetown.edu.
More information:
Sponsor(s): Department of Biology, EcoAction, Environmental Film Festival, GU Bookstore, GU Center for the Environment, Outdoor Education, Sigma Xi, STIA
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What: Distinguished seminar. A Field of Dreams: Grassland Restoration on the Eastern Shore.
Who: Professor Douglas Gill, University of Maryland, College Park
When: Thursday, 25 March 2010, 12 –1 p.m.

Where: 112 Reiss Science Center GU
Cost: Free, open to the public
Notes: Professor Gill is involved in restoring tall-grass prairie (not a rare habitat in the U.S.) in Eastern Maryland.
Contact: Edd Barrows, barrowse@georgetown.edu
Sponsors: GU Bookstore; GU Center for the Environment, Department of Biology; Outdoor Education; and Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA).
More information: The Gill Group is conducting comprehensive ecological studies on 228 acres of native grasslands that are being restored in the Chester River Field Research Center in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland (www.chesterriverfieldresearchcenter.org). The Gill Group began the restoration in March 1999, and has monitored ecological responses for 11 years. It is focusing on (1) growth performance of the planted native warm-season grasses (WSG) and invasive alien species under alternative management protocols for effective grassland establishment, (2) responses of wildlife, especially bird species of special concern such as Grasshopper Sparrow, Dickcissels, and Bobwhite Quail, to the grasslands, (3) potential of these grasslands to serve as reservoirs to both beneficial (biological control agents) and damaging pest insects to the neighboring row crop fields and the invested native grasses themselves, and (4) development management protocols to optimize attractive features of the prairie to wildlife.
The Gill Group completed botanical and ornithological studies of the 228-acre Experimental Fields (EF) during 2009, with the the grasslands’ being in their 11th growing season. The experimental design divided the 228 acres into 10 20+-acre fields that were assigned to 5 treatments, 2 replicate fields each. The Group judged a field of 20 acres to be a habitat size suitable for breeding by several territorial bird pairs. The 5 treatments are recommended mixtures of 3 different native grass species and their recommended protocols of sustainable management.
Plants. First, the Group developed effective field methodologies for random sampling and ecological measurement of the vegetation, both the native bunch, or WSGs, and the invasive alien forbs and grasses (considered to be weeds). Second, they monitored the growths of the target native grasses, and the changing structure of the plant community as a whole with 8 random, 1-meter-square samples per field in June, July, August, and September. Third, they established new, long-term, experimental study plots to test effectiveness of alternative management protocols. By the end of 2004, they recorded over 260 species of flowering plants in the experimental grasslands, including 3 species listed as extinct for Maryland.
Birds. The Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), a federally listed species of special concern, readily invaded the grasslands, established territories, and successfully nested. The Group successfully developed the field techniques for its study and capture, especially color-banding each individual uniquely. By the end of the 2009 field season, they banded over 3000 Grasshopper Sparrows! The number of breeding pairs has stabilized to about 150 since 2001. Return rates of breeding adults and hatchlings are astounding: a remarkable 68% return of previous breeding males has been recorded, and nearly 20% of marked hatchlings have returned in recent years. Hundreds of hatchlings are present in August. This remarkable success bodes well for field studies of breeding behavior in future seasons. In addition, other first sightings of birds of special concern include nesting Dickcissels (Spiza americana), Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris), Vesper Sparrows (Pooecetes gramineus), and flocks of migrant Upland Sandpipers (Bartramia longicauda) in August. The Gill Group is delighted about these major, positive responses of non-game and game species so soon in the experimental grasslands.
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What: The True Cost of Coal. Mountain Top Removal.
A high energy, interactive, graphic-based picture-lecture that speaks to the overwhelming and complex picture of globalization, militarization, and resource extraction, as well as the small-scale changes and actions we can undertake to build another world! With a gigantic portable mural-in-process teeming with intricate images of plants and animals from the most bio-diverse temperate forest on the planet, the Bees will share (and seek) stories of how coal mining and Mountaintop Removal affect communities and ecosystems throughout Appalachia and beyond.
The Beehive will be presenting a giant banner reproduction of the graphic to explore the true cost of “cheap” mountaintop removal coal mining, starting from its devastating local impacts to the larger context of systems that both demand coal-fired electricity and suffer the results. The bees interweave anecdotes and statistics that expose dubious “clean coal” rhetoric and connect the dots between American Empire, Climate Change and Resource Extraction. They encourage audiences to help interpret the images. “People learn through visuals and dialogue. You can only absorb so much from the standardized, one-way, ‘talking head at the podium’ setup.”

This graphic also looks to the future, raising questions about resistance, regeneration, and remediation while celebrating stories of struggle from mountain communities. The TRUE COST OF COAL will challenge all of us who casually flip on a light switch to examine our own connections to MTR- and to think about what we can do to stop it from within our own communities.
Who: The Beehive Collective
When: Thursday, 25 March 2010. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., table in GU’s Red Square (see the large scale graphic designs laid out). 8:45–10 p.m., workshop in ICC 102.
Where: Red Square and ICC 102.
Cost: Free, open to the public
Cosponsors: Center for the Environment, EcoAction, Expressions of A Better Georgetown, GSC, and STIA
Notes: For information on the True Cost of Coal, please see http://beehive.site.aplus.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=237 or http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=414224324008#!/event.php?eid=414224324008&ref=ts
Contact: Ms. Olivia Chitayat, ochitayat@gmail.com
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What: Panel discussion: Toward a Global Climate Change Agreement: What Next?

Who: Panelists are Alejandro Posadas, Mexican Environment Ministry Representative in Washington, D.C,; Katherine Sierra, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank; Urs Luterbacher, Political Sciences and Environment Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; The Alumni Associations of The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and The Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po),.

When: Thursday, 25 March 2010. Registration, 6:40 p.m.; welcome, 7; adjournment and reception, 8:45.

Where: GU Healy Hall, room 105.

Cost: Free, open to the public.

Notes: The outcome of the December 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen was considered, by many, to be a failure since it did not produce a legally-binding treaty. For others, the resulting Copenhagen Accord reflects a political consensus for a long-term global response to climate change. Will the new round of negotiations, culminating at the UN climate summit in Mexico, next December, produce a better agreement? Will it set clear regulations for reduced emissions in both, developed and developing countries? How will international aid to address climate change, as pledged in the Copenhagen Accord, be allocated? What is the best framework for building capacity and technology transfer between rich and poor countries? Panelists from international organizations, governments, the private sector and academia will discuss these and other salient issues in global climate change.

Contact: GU School of Foreign Service

More information:

Sponsors: Alumni Associations of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and The Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po); Academic Council of the GU School of Foreign Service and the GU Center for the Environment.

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What: Bird Walk and Invasive Plant Removal on the Blue Mash Nature Trail

Who: Sierra Club members and possibly others

When: Sunday, 28 March 2010, 7 a.m. (walk), 9 a.m. (invasive-plant removal)

Where: Blue Mash Nature Trail

Cost: Free

Notes: Help return the closed Oaks Landfill into a birding hot spot. Tools are limited so please bring clippers, saws, and loppers. Long sleeves, pants, comfortable walking shoes or boots, hat, water, gloves, and binoculars are recommended.

Contact: RSVP. Mimi Abdu at mimi.abdu@maryland.sierraclub.org or 301-919-6060.

More information: The trail map is at http://www.montgomeryparks.org/PPSD/ParkTrails/trails_MAPS/blue_mash.shtm. Meet at the Zion Road park entrance between Brookeville and Riggs Roads. Go north on Georgia Avenue through Olney and Brookeville. Make a left on Brookeville Road. Make a right turn onto Zion Road. The park entrance is on the left, 1/2 mile from Brookeville Road.

Sponsor(s): Sierra Club
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What: Public Lecture. Museum Sculpture Gardens: a Brief Illustrated History. Why do people respond so well to works of art in outdoor settings? Film Screening: Art Without Walls: the Making of the Olympic Sculpture Park in conjunction with the DC Environmental Film Festival.

Who: Mr. John Walsh, Director Emeritus of the J. Paul Getty Museum

When: Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks’s Main House located at 1703 32nd Street, NW.

Cost: Free

Notes: Mr. Walsh discusses the phenomenon of sculpture gardens and parks that has evolved over the past 50 years starting before World War II at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He traces the spread of the idea, from outdoor shows in public parks in postwar London and Antwerp to the expansive landscapes at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Holland, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, the Storm King Art Center in New York and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in the United Kingdom. More recently, sculpture gardens have been built on the Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Hirshhorn Museum and the National Gallery of Art, and also in Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Kansas City and Seattle.

The film, Art Without Walls: the Making of the Olympic Sculpture Park (USA, 2007, 29 min.) documents the creation of Seattle’s new Olympic Sculpture Park, which transformed a polluted fuel storage site in the heart of Seattle into a public green space that combines important contemporary sculpture with environmental art and natural beauty. Exhibiting works by such giants as Alexander Calder, Richard Serra, and Claes Oldenburg as well as sculpture by emerging artists, and open free of charge, the park encourages people to experience art as part of daily life. Directed by Rustin Thompson. Produced by Ann Hedreen. This screening is in conjunction with the DC Environmental Film Festival.

Contact: Please RSVP by Monday, 22 March 2010, Landscape@doaks.org 202-339-6460

More information: Mr. Walsh is Director Emeritus of the J. Paul Getty Museum, where he served as Director from 1983 through 2000. An art historian who specializes in Dutch 17th-century paintings, Walsh was educated at Yale, Columbia and the University of Leyden, where he was a Fulbright Fellow. He did curatorial work at the Frick Collection; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was Curator in the Department of European Paintings; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he was Curator of Paintings. He is the author of many articles in his field of specialization and two recent books, Jan Steen, The Drawing Lesson and The J. Paul Getty Museum and Its Collections: A Museum for the New Century. He has taught at Columbia and Harvard and currently teaches at Yale.

Sponsor(s): Dumbarton Oaks, Garden and Landscape Studies, http://www.doaks.org/research/garden_landscape/

What: Sustainability, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: A General Assessment and Applicability to Arlington. Café Scientifique.

When: Tuesday, 6 April 2010, 5:30–8:00 p.m. Program begins at 6:15 p.m.

Who: Roger Stough, Vice President for Research and Economic Development at GMU, with comments from Zoltan Acs, Director of Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy at GMU, Thomas Lovejoy Biodiversity Chair at The Heinz Center and Terry Holzheimer, Director, Arlington Economic Development.

Where: The Front Page Restaurant, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA,
Located near the Ballston Metro on the ground floor of the National Science Foundation (NSF) building. Parking is available under the NSF building or at Ballston Common Mall.

How: Special 1/2 price burgers start at 5:30 p.m. Please come early to order table service and socialize. The short presentation begins at 6:15 p.m., followed by Q&A.

No science background is required — only your interest in the subject!

Cost: Free. Open to the public.

Notes: Sustainability has become increasingly important in our national policy debate as well as in the context of economic growth and development. While the relationship between advocates of a sustained environment and of economic growth and development is often adversarial, it is essential to find a non-adversarial interface (e.g., entrepreneurship). In this context, we have seen increased investment to help achieve sustainability goals while contributing to economic growth (including jobs and investment) and development. While government investment has the task of finding new technologies for reducing environmental stressors and the creation of resources and energy alternatives, people have paid much less attention to translatings this new sustainability technical knowledge into productive economic knowledge. The presentation will discuss how entrepreneurship is the central agent for accelerating technology and commercial products and processes necessary to achieve significant growth and development while contributing to a more sustainable environment and energy production system. Examples and case studies will be presented and their applicability to Arlington is examined.

Support this Café. The Ballston Science and Technology Alliance, a nonprofit organization, is the sponsor of Café Scientifique Arlington. Since April 2006, the goal of Café Scientifique has been to make science more accessible and accountable by featuring speakers whose expertise spans the sciences and who can talk in plain English. Café is held each month on first Tuesdays at the Front Page in Arlington. Please go to www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/bsta and contribute.

Coming next month. May 4, New Commercial Ventures in Space: From Space Tourism to Solar Power: John Mankins, President of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions and Joseph N. Pelton, Former Dean, International Space University.

Contact: Kaye Breen, ballstonscience@yahoo.com.
Web: www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/bsta
Twitter: http://twitter.com/sciencecafeva
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ballston-Science-and-Technology-Alliance/116954825970
Blog: http://bsta.wordpress.com
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What: Panel Discussion. Global Conversation on Women’s Response to Climate Change. 18 Months, 30 Cities, 18 Countries. Climate Wise Women.
Who: Climate Wise Women.
When: Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 6 p.m.
Where: 112 Reiss Science Center, GU
Cost: Free. Open to the public.
Notes: Reception to follow.
Contact: Ali Whitmer (whitmer@georgetown.edu)
More information: In April 2010, four women community activists from the South Pacific Islands, Uganda and Biloxi, Mississippi will begin a worldwide 30-city, 18-country speaking tour in the Americas. These Climate Wise Women can’t wait for politicians and governmental negotiators to get it right on climate change. They want straight talk on what climate change is doing to women, children, families and communities around the world. This dynamic foursome will be presented in public conversation with high-profile academics, scientists, artists, religious leaders, urban planners, rural agriculture experts, government officials and local activists to share their experiences and put forward an agenda that be acted on now to guarantee a safe, just and sustainable future for everyone on the planet.
Keynote speaker Keya Chatterjee is the Acting Director, Climate Change for World Wildlife Federation US. Environmental journalist Kate Sheppard will moderate the panel discussion which will include guest panelists Dr. Gina Wimp, Assistant Professor in Georgetown’s Biology Department and Tonya Rowe, policy advocate for CARE.
The Climate Wise Women are beautician-turned-community leader Sharon Hanshaw from Biloxi, Mississippi; climate journalist Ulamila Kurai Wragg from Raratonga, Cook Islands; rural farmer Constance Okollet who runs a women’s network connecting 40 villages in Uganda; and Ursula Rakova of the tiny Carteret Islands atoll who is moving her entire population to Papua New Guinea to escape rising sea water levels.
The response to the program has already been amazing – “We never get anything like this here,” says a senior staffer at the Hoosier Environmental Council. “This is exactly what we need to reach the small farmers in our state whose support on environmental legislation is critical to our future.” Melanne Verveer, the US Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, has praised the program, underscoring the need for women to, “...participate in dialogue forums to generate solutions to climate change and [to create] public awareness in our own communities.”
The Climate Wise Women Americas tour will cover ten US cities, Toronto, and Mexico City in April. The project continues to Asia and the Pacific in fall 2010 and to Europe in spring 2011. For the complete schedule please see www.climatewisewomen.org
Supporting the Climate Wise Women project are former Irish President Mary Robinson and her foundation Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative and the Smith College Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability whose team of student volunteers have implemented the Americas tour in conjunction with the Climate Wise Women.
Sponsor(s): Climate Wise Women at Georgetown is sponsored by GU, the GU Center for the Environment, the DC-BC ULTRA-Ex Project, and GU Women’s and Gender Studies.
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What: Biodiversity Appreciation Walk: Trekking through Turkey Run (gobble, gobble), VA
Who: Many people interested in biodiversity. The trip leader is Edd Barrows, biologist and Director of the GU Center for the Environment.
When: Saturday, 17 April 2010, 9:30 a.m – 12:30 p.m.
Where: Turkey Run Park, part of the national park The George Washington Memorial Parkway (http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwmp/vapa/turkey.htm)
Cost: Free, open to the public.
Notes: The walk involves level paths and paths downhill and up a low hill. We will meet in the parking lot by the Ziz-zag Stairs, walk down the Stairs, and walk on the Potomac Heritage Trail west to near the American Legion Bridge. We’ll visit a riverine floodplain forest, upland forest, cliff habitat, and a sandy area. The organisms that we’ll note range from archaeans and bacteria through protistans (algae) through fungi, plants, and animals. Emphasis is on plants and insects. Many of the the spring wildflowers should be at their peak during our visit. We will likely see several bird species. Edd will have a downloadable handout for the adventure.
Contact: Edd Barrows, barrowse@georgetown.edu
More information: Turkey Run Park is located in McLean, Virginia, two miles south of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) in the national park the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP). From Beltway Exit 14, follow the GWMP south 2 miles to the Turkey Run Park exit on the right. Follow signs into the Park. From Washington, D.C., and Old Town Alexandria, take the GWMP north approximately 8 miles and exit right at the Turkey Run Park sign. Make the first right turn into the Park.
Sponsor(s): Botanical Society of Washington; GU Biology Club; GU Center for the Environment (GUCFE); GU Department of Biology; GU EcoAction; GU Outdoor Education; GU Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA)

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What: Talk and Q & A. Greening Our Built World
Who: Mr. Gregory Kats
When: Monday, 19 April 2010, 6 p.m.
Where: Lohrfink Auditorium, McDonough School of Business
Cost: Free, open to the public
Contact: Ms. Leslie Byers, byersl@georgetown.edu.
More information: Mr. Gregory Kats is a managing director of the investment firm Good Energies. He was formerly a managing principal of Capital E, a national clean energy technology consulting firm. Previously he was Director of Financing for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. He is a member of the LEED Steering Committee and serves as Chair of the Energy and Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group for LEED. In 2003 he wrote the first in-depth study of the long-term economic benefits of green buildings, The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings. His book Greening Our Built World: Costs, Benefits, and Strategies came out in 2009 (http://www.islandpress.com/bookstore/details2bb4.html?prod_id=1970&printer_friendly=1). A recent study of 150 green buildings in eleven countries shows that they cost just 2% more than traditional buildings to construct, yet they reduce energy use by about 33%.
Sponsors: GU Biology Club; GU Bookstore; GU Center for the Environment (GUCFE); GU Department of Biology; GU EcoAction; GU Outdoor Education; GU Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA); Sigma Xi
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What: Talk and Q & A. Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Who: Mr. Lester Brown, Founder of the Earth Policy Institute, author of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, and the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Award and the United Nations Environmental Prize
When: Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 7 p.m.
Where: Lohrfink Auditorium, McDonough School of Business
Cost: Free, open to the public
Contact: Ms. Leslie Byers, byersl@georgetown.edu.
More information: Earth Policy Institute http://www.earthpolicy.org/
Sponsors: GU Biology Club; GU Bookstore; GU Center for the Environment (GUCFE); GU Department of Biology; GU EcoAction; GU Outdoor Education; GU Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA); Sigma Xi
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April 2010
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Earth Week
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Please see Sustainability at Georgetown for more information on Earth Week Events.
http://sustainability.georgetown.edu/news/earthday2010/

What: Green Square on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day

When: Thursday, 22 April 2010, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Where: Red Square, GU (Sellinger Lounge in the Leavey Center in case of rain)

Cost: Free, open to the public

Contact: GU Facilities

More information: Come find out about sustainability on campus with Energy & Utilities, The Corp, DC Live Green, CSP, STIA, Georgetown Conservation Corp, and EcoAction. Sample teas from Honest Tea. Bring plastic bags to receive a reusable bag from InterHall. Bring computer equipment you no longer need. GU UIS will clear hard drives and recycle them.

Sponsors: Project Hilltop and Residence Life

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What: Talk and Q & A. Nuclear Power is Not the Answer
Who: Mr. Kevin Kamps and Mr. Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear, http://www.beyondnuclear.org/about
When: Thursday, 22 April 2010, 6:30 p. m.
Where: GU ICC 106
Cost: Free, open to the public
Contact: Amber Rivera, amber.j.rivera@gmail.com
More information:
Mr. Paul Gunter is a lead spokesperson in nuclear reactor hazards and security concerns. He acts as the regulatory watchdog over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the nuclear power industry. He is a 2008 recipient of the Jane Bagley Lehman Award from the Tides Foundation for environmental activism for his work on the nuclear power and climate change issue. He has appeared on NBC Nightly World News, The Lehrer News Hour, BBC World News and Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now." He was a cofounder of the antinuclear Clamshell Alliance in 1976 to oppose the construction of the Seabrook (NH) nuclear power plant through non- violent direct action that launched the U.S. antinuclear movement. Prior to joining Beyond Nuclear he served for 16 years as the Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project for Nuclear Information and Resource Service. An environmental activist and energy policy analyst, he has been an ardent critic of atomic power development for more than 30 years. Paul is a New Englander who was born in Mississippi and raised in Detroit, MI.
Mr. Kevin Kamps is a longtime leading opponent of government and industry efforts to dump nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Kevin also has extensive knowledge about the risks of radioactive waste generation and storage at reactor sites, and transportation through communities across the country. In addition, Kevin focuses on eliminating federal subsidies for new reactors and other wasteful nuclear projects such as reprocessing. Prior to joining Beyond Nuclear he was for eight years the Radioactive Waste Specialist at Nuclear Information and Resource Service. Kevin has traveled to Chernobyl in Ukraine and founded a Michigan chapter of the international Chernobyl Children’s Project, which brings child victims of the Chernobyl accident to the United States for medical help. He has also worked with radiation victims in the U.S. and Canada, including those living near uranium mines and downwind from the Nevada Nuclear Weapons Test Site. Kevin has addressed communities in the U.S. and overseas, as well as governmental forums and federal, state, and local government agencies. Kevin is a Michigan native.
Sponsors: GU Biology Club; GU Department of Biology; GU Outdoor Education; GU Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA); Sigma Xi

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May 2010
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June 2010
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July 2010
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August 2010
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September 2010
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What: Seminar: Plant Invader Integration
Who: Dr. Montse Vila
When: Thursday, 2 September 2010, 12–1:05 p.m.
Where: 112 Reiss
Cost: Free
Notes:
Contact: Professor Martha Weiss
More information:
Sponsor(s): GU Center for the Environment (GUCFE); GU Department of Biology; GU Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA)
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What: Open House
Who: Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. The Dean of the Nicholas School will be in attendance along with representatives from Enrollment and Academic Services, Career Services and Nicholas School Alumni
When: 14 September 2010
Where: Stout and Teague Conference Center, 1400 16th Street, NW, First Floor, 202-328-5100
Cost: Free
Notes: This will be the perfect opportunity for prospective students to get any questions answered that they may have about the Master’s of Environmental Management or Master’s of Forestry Program at the Nicholas School.
Contact: RSVP at the following link which also contains our full fall recruitment schedule. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/professional/info/nicholas-on-the-road
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September 2010

What: Lecture and Q&A. Climate Change, Grasslands, and Livestock: A Win-win for the Earth and Humans
Who: Ms. Shannon Horst, Vice President, Savory Institute
When: Thursday, 16 September 2010
Where: 450 ICC, GU
Cost: Free
Notes: Help us to restore the world’s vast grasslands and mitigate climate change through the teaching of “Holistic Planned Management.”
Contact: Mr. Brad Crist, btc26@hoyamail.georgetown.edu
More information: For information on the Savory Institute: http://www.savoryinstitute.com/. Ms. Shannon Horst has spent the last 20 years engaged in bringing Holistic Management to thousands of people. While raising a family she has raised funds, overseen key demonstration and research sites, developed organizations and businesses and managed absentee owned ranches using Holistic Management. She served for 15 years as the Executive Director of Holistic Management International, founded by Allan Savory. During that time, she led a team that created a world-wide network of independent trainers, offering Holistic Management training, in their own language and culture, to as many individuals and communities as possible. Previously, Shannon was the Africa Affairs Editor for the Christian Science Monitor in the mid 1980s and later a freelance writer for development agencies working in West Africa. The information she gathered and the experiences she had during her stint as a journalist led to her concern and passion for agriculture and the environment. Holistic Management gave her a way to bring practical solutions to both while leading a meaningful life.
Sponsor(s): GU Biology Club; GU Center for the Environment (GUCFE); GU Department of Biology; GU Outdoor Education; GU Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA); Sigma Xi
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What: Cell Phones and Health: What We Know, What We Don’t Know and What We Need to Do Now.
Who: Dr. Devra Davis, Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
When: Thursday, 23 September 2010, 4:15 p.m.
Where: Mortara Center, 3600 N Street, N.W., WDC
Cost: Free
Notes: Dr. Davis was honored by the Betty Ford Comprehensive Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society with the Breast Cancer Awareness Award, commended by the Director of the National Cancer Institute for Outstanding Service, and appointed a Global Environmental advisor to Newsweek Magazine. She received the a Women’s Leadership Exchange Compass Award, presented by OPEN: The Small Business Network from American Express, for breaking the paradigms of how women are perceived. Dr. Davis received the first Lisa Zhang Environmental Award from the United Nations in July 2008. In June 2009, Dr. Davis was honored with the Artemis Award presented by the Euro-American Women's Council and the Greek Foreign Ministry in recognition of her outstanding contributions to science and public health policy. She occasionally discusses avoidable environmental health hazards on national and local programming with NPR, Fox News, CNN, ABC, PBS, and BBC.
Contact: Ms. Tammy Ganey, tjg35@georgetown.edu
More information:
Sponsor(s): GU Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA)
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What: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presentation on its Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)
Who: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
When: Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 5 p.m.
Where: Leavy Program Roon of Career Services.
Cost: Free.
Notes: The Information Session is open to all interested students and faculty
Contact: Miller.Roberta@epamail.epa.gov
More information: The SCEP is a special internship designed to provide students currently enrolled in a degree program with paid work experience that complements their academic program, and introduces them to Federal government career opportunities. Upon completion of the required number of work hours (generally 640 hours before graduation), and graduation, students become eligible for direct hire into the Federal government for the type of position for which they have trained.
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October 2010
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What: Discussion about urban gardening
Who: Local gardeners
When: 9 October 2010, 4:30 p.m.
Where: 213 ICC, GU
Cost: Free
Notes: Two urban gardeners from the Washington, D.C., Area will speak about their experiences and to have a group discussion about urban agriculture. Free farmer's market food!
Contact: Ms. Mara Schechter
Sponsor(s): The Georgetown Community Garden and EcoAction
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What: Georgetown’s First Rooftop Residential Solar Installation
When: Sunday, 10 October 2010, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Where: Dr. Patrick Clawson’s House: 1541 33rd St, NW, Washington, DC 20057
Cost: Free
Notes: Bring your family and friends! Please forward this email to anyone who may be interested.
Contact: For more information, please email Anthony Conyers at georgetownenergy@gmail.com or Leon Keshishian atlkeshishian@cleancurrents.com
More information:
Sponsor(s): Hosted by Georgetown Energy, Clean Currents, and 350.org. The installation will showcase renewable energy and energy bill savings in D.C. Stop by for free refreshments, and feel free to ask Dr. Clawson about his experiences. We will have a short video recording of the solar installation process so venturing to the roof isn't necessary. This event is part of the D.C. Coalition for the 10/10/10 Global Work Party sponsored by 350.org. Please visit http://world.350.org/dc/ to see other events occurring in the D.C. area

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October 2010
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What: Seminar: Investigating Cultural Implications and Local Knowledge of Global Climate Change in Northeast Siberia, Russia
Who: Dr. Susan Crate, George Mason University, VA.
When: Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 12 noon
Where: Center for Arabic Studies Boardroom
Cost: Free. open to the public
Notes: This talk describes the central findings of a 3-year NSF-funded anthropological study working with native agropastoralist Sakha communities in NE Siberia, Russia facing unprecedented climate change. The main objective of this community-based collaborative project is to ascertain local perceptions and understandings of environmental change to develop a knowledge exchange process, integrating local and regional scientific knowledge to produce more robust and holistic understandings of how global climate change is affecting the physical and cultural terrains of the Russian sub-arctic.
Contact: RSVP, Ms. Tammy Ganey
More information:
Sponsor(s): Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES); GU Center for the Environment (GUCFE); GU Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA)
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What: Woodstock Forum: Are We Eating Ourselves to Death? Food, Ecology, and Consciousness
Who:
When: Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 7:30–9 p.m.
Where: Rafik B. Hariri Building, Lohrfink Auditorium
Cost: Free
Notes: “Our patterns of food consumption are reaching a level that may outweigh the capacity of the natural ecological cycles to regenerate. The choices we make today, both individually and collectively, could have a major impact on the life of the planet far into the future. But to what extent do our shopping carts affect changing weather patterns or the loss of biodiversity? As business leaders pursue innovative solutions for a ...new "green economy," municipalities begin thinking about "food security" and words like "locavore" make their way into our dictionaries, do religious traditions like Roman Catholicism have anything to offer? In this forum, a panel of experts in biology, ethics, and Catholic tradition will examine the impact of our present patterns of food consumption on the environment, the poor of the earth, and the future of the planet. Discussion will focus on three critical questions. What are the principle challenges to ecological sustainability based on our present patterns of food consumption? How has catholic social teaching addressed the need for food and care for the poor? What changes are necessary for a sustainable future?”
Contact: Woodstock Theological Center
More information:
Sponsor: Woodstock Theological Center

November 2010
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What: CFE Distinguished Lecture: Society, Kinship, and Genetic Structre in the Spotted Hyena
Who: Professor Kay E. Holekamp, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University
When: 9 November 2010. Refreshments, 4:45–5:15 p.m.; lecture, 5:15–6:05 p.m.
Where: 103 Reiss Science Center, GU Main Campus
Cost: Free, open to the public
Notes: Professor Holekamp’s research focuses on the ontogenetic development, physiological mediation, and evolution of mammalian behavior. She is currently pursuing various lines of research investigating how social , ecological, and physiological variables interact during an individual mammal’s early development and influence its subsequent behavior and its reproductive success as an adult. She and her students primarily study Crocuta crocuta (Spotted Hyenas). They are long-lived, gregarious carnivores exhibiting a unique suite of behavioral, endocrine, and morphological characteristics. Since 1988, her lab has been studying the behavioral ecology of members of multiple large Crocuta crocuta groups in Kenya mainly in the Masai Mara National Reserve and also in Amboseli National Park. Her lab also studies Hyaena hyaena (Striped Hyenas) in Shompole, Kenya.
Contact: Professor Janet Mann, mannj2@georgetown.edu
More information: For more information on Hyenas, see http://hyenas.zoology.msu.edu/ and http://www.hyaenidae.org/.
Sponsor: GU Bookstore; Center for the Environment (CFE); Department of Biology; Department of Psychology; EcoAction; Outdoor Education; Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA); Women’s and Gender Studies; and Sigma Xi; and The Corp Green Initiative
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What: Seminar: Inbreeding Effects on Plant-Insect Interactions
Who: Professor Dave Carr, University of Virginia
When: Thursday, 11 November 2010, 12 – 1:05 p.m.
Where: Reiss Science Center 112
Cost: Free.
Notes: This event is limited to Georgetown University students, faculty and staff.
Contact: Department of Biology, 202-687-6247
More information: Refreshments start at 11:40 a.m.
Sponsor: Department of Biology
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November 2010
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What: EcoWeek Kick-off Talk: Personal Choices — Environmental Consequences
Who: Julie Lawson, Chair of the Washington, D.C., Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation
When: Monday, 15 November, 7:30 p.m.
Where: GU, St. Mary’s Hall, room 126
Cost: Free. This event is limited to Georgetown University students, faculty and staff
Notes: This talk is part of EcoWeek at GU. Find out more about EcoWeek in Red Square during Monday–Friday, 15–18 November, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., daily.
Contact: Benjamin Anderson, Off-Campus Student Life, 571-723-2819.
Sponsors: EcoAction and Office of Off-Campus Student Life.
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What: Lightbulb giveaway and e-cycling drive
Who: All students, faculty, and staff
When: Monday–Friday , 15–19 November, Noon–3 p.m.
Where: Red Square (rain site: Leavey Center)
Cost: FREE!
Notes: Bring in your crummy old incandescent lightbulb and we'll give you a shiny, new, efficient CFL bulb. Come recycle old electronics, including cell phones, and learn about how the administration and student groups are working to move our school and our planet beyond coal.
Contact: Claire Austin, 305-632-4757
More information: Check out sustainability.georgetown.edu
Sponsors: Corp Green Initiative; GU EcoAction, University Facilities, Off-campus Student Life, Recycling & Waste Management, Georgetown Energy, Georgetown Conservation Corps, and Center for the Environment
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What: Arthropods of Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve. A talk and hands-on arthropod workshop using preserved specimens.
Who: Professor Edward M. Barrows, Department of Biology, Georgetown University.
When: Wednesday, 17 November 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Huntley Meadows Park Visitor Center, 3701 Lockheed Boulevard, Alexandria, VA 22306, 703-768-2525
Cost: Free, open to the public
Notes: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve (Virginia) is a rich and complex habitat with thousands of arthropod species. Edd Barrows, who has been studying DMWP arthropods since 1996, will present an overview regarding these abundant animals which are intrinsically fascinating, as well as being major parts of food webs. The audience will form break-out groups to discuss arthropod specimens and work on their arthropod life lists. Be sure to bring your magnifying glass.
Contact: Edd Barrows, barrowse@georgetown.edu
More information: If you can can to Huntley Meadows early and before dark, enjoy a self-guided walk on its boardwalk through a beautiful marsh — home of Bull Frogs, Canada Geese, Lizard’s-tail, North American Beavers, Red Maples, Red-winged Blackbirds, Snapping Turtles, White-tailed Dragonfly, and thousands of other species.
Sponsors: Friends of Dyke Marsh, GU Center for the Environment (CFE); GU Department of Biology; and Science, Technology, and International Affairs Program (STIA).
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What: 16th Annual Maryland Water Monitoring Council Conference. Environmental Justice: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities.
Who: Maryland Water Monitoring Council
When: Thursday, 18 November 2010.
Where: Maritime Institute, North Linthicum, Maryland
Cost: $55 (early registration), $70 (regular registration)
Notes: www.marylandwatermonitoring.org , http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/MWMC/conf/2010/2010_registration_form.pdf
Contact: Mr. Dan Boward, dboward@dnr.state.md.us
More information: A morning plenary session will include plenary talks by Steward Pickett (Director of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Long Term Ecological Research Program) and Vernice Miller-Travis (Vice Chair of the Maryland State Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities), and five concurrent sessions with up to three talks each. A buffet luncheon and a poster session with up to 25 posters will occur at noon. Posters will be on display throughout the day. The afternoon will consist of eight concurrent sessions with up to three talks each. Session topics currently include Stream Restoration, Innovative Monitoring Methods, Anacostia River Updates, Citizen Science and Stewardship, Climate Change Adaptation: from Blacktop to the Bay, Stream Health Assessment, Urbanization and Eco-hydrology: Storm water Management and Beyond, Harmful Algal Blooms, and Restoration Success Stories.
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December 2010
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What: Seminar talk: Gypsy Moths, their virus, and Red Oak leaves: Old wine in new bottles?
Who: Professor Brian Rehill, Chemistry Department, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.
When: Thursday, 2 December 2010, 12 – 1:05 p.m.
Where: 112 Reiss Science Building
Cost: Free.
Notes: This event is limited to Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff.
Contact: Department of Biology, 202-687-6247
More information: Refreshments start at 11:40 a.m.
Sponsor: Department of Biology
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What: Talk: The dolphin hunt in Japan
Who: Mr. Louie Psihoyos, the director of The Cove, an Oscar® Award winning documentary about a dolphin hunt in Japan
When: Thursday, 2 December 2010, 6 p.m.
Where: 112 Reiss
Cost: Free
Notes: Mr. Louie Psihoyos, widely regarded as one of the world's most prominent still photographers, directed his first documentary film, The Cove, which has garnered over 70 awards globally from festivals and critics, including the Oscar® for Best Documentary Feature in 2009. The Cove touches many with its unflinching examination of a dark subject and its ability to reveal the humanity and compassion in each of us. Its underlying themes transcend the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji to address the larger picture of the threat our entire world faces due to human impacts. Mr. Psihoyos is the Executive Director of Oceanic Preservation Society and has circled the globe dozens of times for National Geographic and has shot hundreds of covers for other magazines including Discover, Fortune Magazine, GEO, Newsweek, Rock and Ice, Smithsonian, Time, The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, and Sports Illustrated. His work has also been on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, and National Geographic Television. His imagination, wit, and iconic imagery have helped him illustrate a wide array of complex subjects in his filmmaking.
Contact: Mr. Eric Wright, egw22@georgetown.edu
Sponsors: The GU Center for the Environment; Lecture Fund; Program Board; Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA)
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December 2010
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What: First GU Forest Ecology Poster Symposium
Who: Students of Forest Ecology 355.
When: Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 3–6 p.m.
Where: Reiss Science Center, second floor, near the foyer staircase.
Cost: Free, open to the public
Notes: The goals of this Symposium include informing people about forests and threats to them in this time of dire global change. Students will man their posters which focus on descriptions of the threats, impact of the threats, and solving problems regarding the threats. There are six posters manned by six teams of two students. Each team needs at least five visitors to digest and assess its poster (using a 1-page form) as part of its poster assignment.
Comment: Light refreshments. You are cordially invited to visit the posters and learn more about forests.
Contact: Professor Barrows, barrowse@georgetown.edu
Sponsors: GU Center for the Environment and the Department of Biology.