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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Tim Killeen, author, Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff MercadoThe Amazon Forest is in jeopardy. Macroeconomic approaches designed to transform commodity supply…
Tim Killeen: A Perfect Storm in the Amazon…
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Judy Yang, assistant professor of civil, environmental, and geo-engineering, University of Minnesota A wide variety of global environmental issues involve physical and…
Judy Yang: How Fluid, Sediment, and Biota…
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Christopher Timmins, Professor of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, Wisconsin School of Business, UW–Madison A long literature in environmental justice has…
Christopher Timmins: Housing Markets,…
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Joe Parisi, Former Dane County ExecutiveThe climate crisis is the ultimate bad news/good news scenario. The bad news is obvious – our planet is literally on fire…
Joe Parisi: Dane County's Response to the…
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Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute This lecture will focus on the politics and governance of transforming food…
Danielle Resnick: The Politics and Governance of…
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Ben Davidson, PhD candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UW–MadisonWhile the manufacture and use of plastics is a recent development in geologic and…
Ben Davidson: Plastics on Beaches (October 24,…
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Dustin Mulvaney, Professor of Environmental Studies, San Jose State UniversityImperial Valley is a leading case to explore several themes critical to just energy…
Dustin Mulvaney: Sunlight and Salvation at the…
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Trish Kahle, Assistant Professor of History, Georgetown University QatarHow much risk—bodily, environmental, economic, or political—is acceptable in a…
Trish Kahle: Energy Citizenship: The History of…
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Jim Smith, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering, Princeton University Are there bounds on rainfall? Can physical arguments or statistical evidence…
Jim Smith: How Hard Can It Rain? (October 3, 2024)
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Lisa Naughton, Professor of Geography, UW–Madison The world’s most biodiverse and carbon-heavy forests grow where land ownership is ill-defined, and people…
Lisa Naughton: Good for the Poor, Good for the…
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Gregory Lowry, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Nanocarriers that can precisely deliver active agents, nutrients, and genetic…
Greg Lowry: Precision Delivery of Active Agents…
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