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Discourses on Nature and Society Series
About the Discourses on Nature and Society Series
In this four-part series, the New York Academy of Sciences and the Nature Conservancy explore the relationship between conservation and our increasingly urban existence. Tickets: Free to Members & Student Members; $10 Nonmember Students; $20 Nonmembers
Purchase all four events and save:
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$60 |
$80 |
| Student / Postdoc / Fellow Nonmember |
$20 |
$40 |
Series Package available for purchase through first event on January 12, 2012. Register now for the full series.
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Other Upcoming Green Sciences Events
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Organizers: Chris Garvin (Terrapin Bright Green), Michel Wahome (The New York Academy of Sciences)
Our intent is to look at the potential data pool for the entire real estate industry and draw out the value between data sets and determine what data we should be collecting in order achieve sustainability and market transformation goals.
May 4, 2012
Speakers: Chris Garvin (Terrapin Bright Green), Cliff Majersik (Institute for Market Transformation), and Chris Pyke (U.S. Green Building Council)
There is an increasing focus on policy, standards, and interoperability of building data. Without the proper tools, the virtual tsunami of building data can overwhelm potential users. This eBriefing focuses on refining the data stream to drive green building innovation.
April 23, 2012
Speakers: Dennis Meadows (author) and Thomas Graedel (Yale University)
This eBriefing explores an updated view of the 1972 hit book The Limits to Growth, with thoughts by an original author of the book and by a world-renowned industrial ecologist.
April 11, 2012
Speakers: Ted Nordhaus (Breakthrough Institute), Sanjayan (The Nature Conservancy), Michael Shellenberger (Breakthrough Institute), Gernot Wagner (Environmental Defense Fund), and Hazel Wong (The Nature Conservancy)
Moderator: David Owen ( The New Yorker)
How can we build a new U.S. conservation and environmental movement to meet the challenges of the new century ... or is the desire to mainstream environmentalism just a symptom of the problem? This eBriefing explores the conundrum.
April 4, 2012
Moderator: David Roberts (Grist.org)
Speakers: Stewart Brand (Long Now Foundation), Joe Fargione (The Nature Conservancy), Jesse Jenkins (Breakthrough Institute), Arne Jungjohann (Heinrich Boell Foundation), and Jeff Opperman (The Nature Conservancy)
How can Earth possibly meet its growing energy demands without destroying the environment? Experts on wind, nuclear, hydropower, and other energy forms debate the most promising paths forward in this eBriefing.
February 2012
Edited by Richard S. Ostfeld and William H. Schlesinger (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York)
The fifth volume of The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology series presents reviews exploring ecology and conservation science and policy.
Volume 1249
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February 15, 2012
This eBriefing highlights research and policy work discussed at the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum. Topics include cultures of entrepreneurship, scientific publishing, innovation in the Arab world, knowledge-based economies, structures of R&D enterprises, regional and global partnerships, and much more.
February 14, 2012
Panelists: Richard Charkin (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, UK), Nader Ardalan (Harvard University & Ardalan Associates, LLC), Mostafa Kharoufi (Economic and Social Council), and Ali Mohayuddin Qaradaghi (Qatar University)
This eBriefing highlights humanities and social sciences research presented at the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum. Topics include civic engagement, urbanization, demography, public health, public administration, education, communications, cultural analysis, Islamic jurisprudence and much more.
February 14, 2012
Panelists: Lynn Gladden (University of Cambridge), Raymond Lee Orbach (University of Texas at Austin), Philippe Tanguy (Total S.A.), and Omar Yaghi (University of California, Los Angeles)
This eBriefing highlights energy research presented at the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum. Topics include fossil fuel and renewable energy research, and energy efficiency in buildings.
February 14, 2012
Panelists: Paul Alivisatos (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), SA Sherif (University of Florida), John Spengler (Harvard University), Adel Sharif (University of Surrey)
This eBriefing highlights environmental research presented at the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum. Topics include soil science, advances in chemical processes and products, CO2 management, and environmental monitoring.
December 2011
Edited by Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences editorial staff.
The ClimAID assessment presented in this volume provides information on climate change impacts and adaptation for eight sectors in New York State: water resources, coastal zones, ecosystems, agriculture, energy, transportation, telecommunications, and public health. Freely available
Volume 1244
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