Fall 2023 Weston Roundtable Seminars
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From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable December 7th, 2023
Speaker: Michel Wattiaux, Professor, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, UW–Madison Humanity faces the grand challenge of reconfiguring food systems to… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable November 30th, 2023
Our Carbon Hoofprint: Meat and Climate Diane Mayerfeld, Senior Outreach Specialist, UW–Madison Division of Extension What role does livestock agriculture play in… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable November 16th, 2023
Aaron Wolf, Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University In the West, we are generally trained to base our approach to managing water… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable November 9th, 2023
Bridgett vonHoldt, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University The last known red wolves were captured in southwestern Louisiana and … -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable November 2nd, 2023
Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Examining Beef Supply Chain Agreements in the Amazon Rainforest Livestock farming stands out as one of the main drivers of deforestation… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable October 26th, 2023
How the Energy Transition is Going: A View from the Front LinesSpeaker: Rob Witwer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Onward EnergyThe energy transition is the… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable October 19th, 2023
The Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal in Meeting Climate Targets Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is increasingly being considered by climate stakeholders to meet global… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable October 12th, 2023
Refocusing Climate Research to Maximize Impacts The impacts of climate change on daily life continue to become increasingly evident, and the unequal nature of those… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable October 5th, 2023
Maximizing Co-Benefits of a Clean Energy Transition What are the opportunities to reduce emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases in China and other countries?… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable September 28th, 2023
Local Voices, Local Choices: Insights from Community-Led Conservation Using the Jane Goodall Institute’s Tacare Model The Weston Roundtable is made possible by a… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable September 21st, 2023
Feeding the World as if People Mattered: A Diverse, Political Ecology of Agrarian Change Although farms are living spaces that anchor diverse economies, the challenge of… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable September 14th, 2023
Water Treatment in the 'Anthropocene Epoch' Science fiction fans of the 20th century may be disappointed that flying cars did not replace automobiles and…