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’76/’86 Sustainability Talks: Making Peace with Nature, Part 1: When Will Average Temperatures Bend Downward?

Thursday, May 21 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
McCosh Hall, Room 10

Short, high-impact cross-disciplinary talks with Q & A:

Lillie Szemraj ’26 (Astrophysics) EcoRep, and Collin Guedel ’26 (Geosciences) EcoRep: “Perspectives and Thoughts from Graduating Seniors”

Jim Waltman ’86, Executive Director, The Watershed Institute: “We’re in Hot Water. What Do We Do About It?”

Reed Maxwell, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI): “Where Did All the Water Go? High-tech Hydrology in the American West”

Jonathan Conway, J.N. Allison Professor in Environmental Studies and Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: “Tiny Partners, Big Impact: Beneficial Microbes and the Future of Farming”

Jonathan Levine, Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology/HMEI: “Biodiversity Impacts of Land-based Climate Mitigation Efforts Including Reforestation and Bioenergy Cropping”

Allison Carruth, Director, Program in Environmental Studies, Director, Blue Lab, and Professor of American Studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute: “Environmental Media Trends and Princeton’s Climate Story Incubator”

Host: Susan Haig ’76, Co-chair of the Class of 1976 50th Reunion Sustainability Committee

 

Sponsored by the Class of 1976 and the Class of 1986

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  • Date: Thursday, May 21
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    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Host: Susan Haig ’76, Co-chair of the Class of 1976 50th Reunion Sustainability Committee; Participants: Lillie Szemraj ’26 (Astrophysics) EcoRep, and Collin Guedel ’26 (Geosciences) EcoRep; Jim Waltman ’86, Executive Director, The Watershed Institute; Reed Maxwell, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI); Jonathan Conway, Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering/HMEI; Jonathan Levine, Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology/HMEI; Allison Carruth, Professor, American Studies and HMEI, and Director of Program in Environmental Studies

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