| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.95 |
| Liaison | Rob Andrejewski |
| Submission Date | Feb. 18, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Richmond
ER-T2-6: Sustainability Events
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Todd
Lookingbill Faculty Advisor Geography/Environmental Studies |
Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
A brief description of the event(s):
Every year the Department of Geography & the Environment, the Environmental Studies Program and International Studies Program hold the Global Environmental Speaker Series. The goal of this series it “to bring noteworthy speakers and scholars to Richmond to present lectures related to our global environment”. All of the speeches are free and open to the public. A few of the 2011-2012 presentations included: Dr. Peter Leimgruber, conservation GIS Lab Director of the Smithsonian Institution talking about "From Pixels to Elephants—Applications of Spatial Analysis Technology for Species Conservation”, and Dr. David Campell, professor in Natioans and the Global Environment at Grinnell College speaking about “The Specter of Empire: is La Selva Maya a feral forest garden?”.
The website URL where information about the event(s) are available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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