The Art of Being Free - Energy, Entrepreneurship & the Environment Speaker Series

Tennessee Biofuels Initiative
Dr. Kelly Tiller
October 10, 2008
10 a.m.
Leu Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) 117
Dr. Kelly Tiller, Director of External Relations, Office of Bioenergy Programs at the University of Tennessee, will talk about the "Tennessee Biofuels Initiative".

Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises
Cameron Sinclair
October 14, 2008
Noon
Beaman Student Life Center A&B
Architecture for Humanity (AfH) is building a more sustainable future by bringing professional design services to communities in need. AfH goes where resources and expertise are scarce and innovative, sustainable and collaborative design can improve lives. AfH provides a range of professional services to community groups, NGO's and others seeking architecture and design solutions. AfH provides support to designers seeking to provide pro bono services to community groups through their design fellowship program and fiscal sponsorship.

The Seven Futures
Erik Peterson
February 11, 2009
10 a.m.
Beaman Student Life Center A&B
Erik Peterson will visit from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank. The SEVEN FUTURES project assesses the defining outlines of the world in the year 2025 by examining the "alternative futures" of seven key regions of the world. Seven Futures zooms in on specific policy challenges raised by global strategic trends - ranging from demographic change to the allocation of scarce resources to systems of governance.

Making Conservation Work for People
Peter Kareiva
March 24, 2009
7 p.m.
Massey Boardroom
Dr. Peter Kareiva, Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy will talk about "Making Conservation Work for People". Nature provides benefits to people - everything from clean water and flood control, to fiber from forests, and fish from aquatic ecosystems. The scientific and practical challenge lies in developing credible tools that allow routine consideration of nature's assets (or ecosystem services) in a way that informs the choices we make every day at the scale of local communities and regions, all the way up to nations and global agreements.