Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Speaker: Christian Wells, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Brownfields Research and Redevelopment at the University of South Florida A student describes the relationship between anthropologists and engineers as like that between waffles and spaghetti. Engineers, she says, think like waffles, which are made up of structured little compartments into which everything […]

Speaker: Andrea Feldpausch-Parker, Dept. of Environmental Studies, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry In this talk, Dr. Feldpausch-Parker will discuss her recent research in small scale dam removal public workshops in New York State’s Hudson and Mohawk Watersheds. The goal of these workshops are to help communities think through local […]

2019 McBride Distinguished Lecturer in History * Please note the change in venue to Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall. Geoff Cunfer, Professor of History, University of Saskatchewan For most of human history, farmers were society’s crucial energy suppliers, fueling human labor and animal transportation. Firewood and charcoal from farms cooked food, heated homes, and fired industry. […]