Sustainability Events Calendar
This calendar includes events focused on issues of sustainability taking place on campus or in the broader community. Faculty, staff, students, and local community organizations are invited to submit items to be considered for posting on this calendar by completing an online request.
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Lecture: Eyewitness to Global Warming
Will Steger, Polar explorer and educatorWill Steger's presentation provides a vivid account of the changes that he's witnessed firsthand, caused by global warming pollutants, in Arctic regions over four decades of polar exploration. Steger shares stunning photographs from his expeditions along with compelling data and satellite imagery to document the deterioration in the polar ice caps. While the changes in the Arctic are dramatic, Steger's message is one of hope and empowerment. Steger will outline solutions that are readily available, and will show that by making economically and environmentally smart choices, people can make a difference.
Date: April 24, 2009
Time: 03:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: Spencer Museum of Art auditorium
Department: Center for Sustainability
Contact: (785) 864-4390
Ticket Cost: Free
After the talk... take the opportunity to view two outstanding exhibitions in the Spencer Museum of Art: "Climate Change at the Poles" in the North and South Balcony Galleries, and "A Greenland Glacier: The Scale of Climate Change Photographs by Terry Evans" in the Asia Gallery II. Co-sponsored by the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), NSF IGERT C-CHANGE program, Spencer Museum of Art, Office of the Provost, KU Department of Geography, and Dole Institute of Politics.
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Note: Unless an event is hosted by CFS, the host organization is listed under the event title. Although the Department name "Center for Sustainability" appears in the event details, not all events are sponsored by CFS.
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