Greg Chapman As part of our offshore wind “Seabird 3D” research, engineer Greg Chapman recently joined H. T. Harvey & Associates aboard HSU’s research vessel, the Coral Sea, for a trip to the...
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Thursday, October 7 @ 4 pm: Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org — What can we still do?
REGISTER for this talk (Thursday, October 7 at 4 pm Pacific)View the flyer for this talkView the fall 2021 Sustainable Futures speaker series (SFSS) flyer Bill McKibben (photo by Nancie Battaglia) Clearly we’re not...
Fall 2021 Sustainable Futures speaker series begins this week!
We’re excited to welcome Grace Wu (UCSB), Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins (Bard College), Bill McKibben (350.org), Sam Arons (Lyft), and William Bauer (University of Nevada) this fall for our Sustainable Futures...
Thursday, September 23 @ 5:30 pm: Grace Wu — Building a net zero energy system that protects biodiversity
REGISTER for this talk (Thursday, September 23 @ 5:30 pm Pacific)View the flyer for this talkView the fall 2021 Sustainable Futures speaker series (SFSS) flyer Grace Wu Achieving net zero economy-wide carbon emissions...
Decarbonizing the grid via heat pumps
Hot water and industrial heat are foundational energy services, but with water heaters tucked in a closet or garage, and factories behind fences, the energy consumption of these applications isn’t always apparent...
SFSS webinar — Building a data backbone: using data to drive the design of vaccine cold chains in low income countries
Register for this talk (May 6 at 5:30 pm Pacific) Reliable infrastructure is core to the functioning of most systems, including water, sanitation, and health. Nexleaf’s project work includes integrating sensor data and...
SFSS webinar — Labors of love: on the political ethics and economy of bovine politics in Himalayan India
Register for this talk (April 22 at 5:30 pm Pacific) This talk will explore how conceptualizing love as work can provide a fresh perspective on scholarly concerns about the ethics of a politics rooted in love...
SFSS webinar 4/15 — The hamburger is eating the forest: changing the trajectory of one of Brazil’s largest exports
Register for this talk (April 15 at 4 pm Pacific) — please note revised time Cattle raising is the chief driver of deforestation in many parts of the world, demanding huge amounts of land for both pasture and...
SFSS webinar 4/8 — Quantifying systemic racial and ethnic disparities in air pollution in California
Register for this talk (April 8 at 4 pm Pacific) Despite decades of effort to improve air quality in California, large and systemic racial and ethnic disparities in air pollution exposure still persist. In...
SFSS webinar 4/1 — E kūkulu nā kiaʻi: guarding against green colonialism in Hawaiʻi
Register for this talk (April 1, 5:30 pm Pacific) This talk will explore two recent, interconnected land struggles in Hawaiʻi — one over the proposed Thirty-Meter Telescope on Maunakea, and the other over a renewable...
SFSS webinar 3/25 — The Ecological Superblock / Neo Nature: the city in the Anthropocene
Please note that the time has changed to 7:30 pm (Pacific) on March 25Register for this talk The rapid undergoing and coming climatic and ecological change, coupled with rapid acceleration in population growth, raise...
SFSS webinar 3/18 — Cántaro Azul: An organization’s journey to contribute to the human right to water and sanitation in rural Mexico
Register for this talk (March 18, 5:30 pm Pacific) Back in 2005, a group of students at the University of California, Berkeley, designed the first ultraviolet water disinfection system for rural households. Part of...
