REGISTER for this webinar (5:30 pm Pacific) Leena Dallasheh is an associate professor of history at Humboldt State University. She received her PhD in the joint History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies program at...
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Schatz Center
SFSS webinar 10/29 — Energy transitions in a time of intersecting precarities
Energy transitions in a time of intersecting precarities: from reductive environmentalism to antiracist praxis REGISTER for this talk This talk will offer a pragmatic praxis for aligning community solar campaigns with...
SFSS webinar 10/22 — Redwood Coast telecom resilience
Redwood Coast telecom resilience: how broadband, internet, cellular, and emergency communications are changing, and becoming more resilient and climate-smart ** Please note that this talk will be held at 4 pm...
SFSS webinar 10/8 — When Latinx studies and environmental studies meet
REGISTER for this talk This event will feature a panel discussion with the editors of Latinx Environmentalisms: Place, Justice, and the Decolonial — Sarah D. Wald, David J. Vázquez, Priscilla Solis...
SFSS webinar 9/3 — Safer breathing: reducing the risk of airborne COVID 19 infection
The SARS-2 virus is contained in fluid particles that are emitted from the respiratory tracts of people with COVID-19 when exhaling, talking, coughing, and singing. In this webinar, Mark Nicas will introduce the basics...
July 29 @ noon – Thwaites Glacier Research: on board the NBP
Update (9/1/20): watch the event video This spring, the Nathaniel B Palmer (NBP) Antarctic research vessel headed for a new destination: Humboldt Bay, California. The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns had complicated delivery...
SFSS webinar 5/7 — Coming of age at the end of the world: an existential toolkit for the climate generation
Sarah Jaquette Ray has been leading undergraduate environmental studies programs since 2009. During this time, she has observed changes in how students feel about environmental problems, the relationship between those...
SFSS webinar 4/23: The global burden of backup generators
Between 1-2 billion people can’t access a reliable power grid. In some communities, the grid is unstable, with power outages that total hundreds to thousands of hours each year. In others, the grid is unaffordable...
SFSS webinar 4/9: Rethinking Religious Environmentalism: Varieties of Latinx Catholic Expressions
How to attend We are glad to announce that the remainder of this semester’s Sustainable Futures Speaker Series will be going online via webinar… visit our speaker series page for the schedule of upcoming events...
Dec 5 at HSU: Fishing community sustainability planning
Fishing communities are facing a variety of challenges including declines in participation, reduced access to fish resources, aging physical infrastructure, gentrification, competition from foreign imports, the...
Nov 14 at HSU: Calculating the air quality and climate impacts of using forestry residues to generate electricity
California faces a forest management crisis, as severe drought, wildfire, and pest infestation worsen in the face of climate change. If managed properly, bioelectricity could help support sustainable forest management...
November 6 at HSU: a panel discussion on the proposed Terra-Gen wind energy project (NEW DATE)
The proposed wind farm at the Monument and Bear River ridges could generate about 400 GWh annually, which is equivalent to nearly half of Humboldt County’s electricity use. Anticipated project features include a...
