The Weston Roundtable is made possible by a generous donation from Roy F. Weston, a highly accomplished UW-Madison alumnus. Designed to promote a robust understanding of sustainability science, engineering, and policy, these interactive lectures are co-sponsored by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Office of Sustainability.
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Speaker: Michel Wattiaux, Professor, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, UW–Madison Humanity faces the grand challenge of reconfiguring food systems to…
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Our Carbon Hoofprint: Meat and Climate Diane Mayerfeld, Senior Outreach Specialist, UW–Madison Division of Extension What role does livestock agriculture play in…
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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…
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Bridgett vonHoldt, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University The last known red wolves were captured in southwestern Louisiana and …
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Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Examining Beef Supply Chain Agreements in the Amazon Rainforest Livestock farming stands out as one of the main drivers of deforestation…
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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…
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The Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal in Meeting Climate Targets Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is increasingly being considered by climate stakeholders to meet global…
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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…
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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?…
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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…
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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…
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Water Treatment in the 'Anthropocene Epoch' Science fiction fans of the 20th century may be disappointed that flying cars did not replace automobiles and…