Events: 2013
Connecting the Dots: The Energy, Water, Food, and Climate Nexus »
April 19, 2013 12:30 pm
In celebration of Earth Day, leading energy researchers at Stanford from a range of disciplines will discuss the interconnections and interactions among humanity's needs for and use of energy, water, food, and the environment. Drawing on their own research, speakers will illustrate and evaluate some of the ways in which decisions in one resource area can lead to trade-offs or co-benefits in others. This year we will start with energy and consider opportunities to make decisions that can have positive benefits in one area while avoiding negative or unintended consequences in another area. Symposium attendees will also be able to participate in breakout sessions, led by Stanford students and faculty, on a range of challenges associated with energy.
What Has China Learned that is Relevant for African Agricultural Development and Food Policy? »
April 17, 2013 3:30 pm
FSE, FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC, REAP Symposium with Scott Rozelle - Stanford University and Alain de Janvry - Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC-Berkeley.
Gary Snyder Reading and Talk »
April 11, 2013 6:15 pm
Since 1959, when he published Riprap (poems arising from his early fire lookouts in the North Cascades), Gary Snyder has become this country’s ecologic poet, deeply adept Zen Buddhist, environmental activist. His Turtle Island and other books won Pulitzer and Bollingen prizes, while Mountains and Rivers Without End was celebrated during his last visit to Stanford in 1997.
A Conversation with Gary Snyder »
April 10, 2013 12:00 pm
Since 1959, when he published Riprap (poems arising from his early fire lookouts in the North Cascades), Gary Snyder has become this country’s ecologic poet, deeply adept Zen Buddhist, environmental activist. His Turtle Island and other books won Pulitzer and Bollingen prizes, while Mountains and Rivers Without End was celebrated during his last visit to Stanford in 1997.
2013 Conradin Von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture featuring Mary Nichols »
March 13, 2013 5:30 pm
Mary Nichols, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board, is responsible for leading California's new carbon cap-and-trade system. She will discuss the system and the current thinking around regional and federal policies. Registration required.
Earth Matters Distinguished Lecture: Chris Field »
March 13, 2013 4:15 pm
Stanford Woods Senior Fellow, Professor Chris Field will discuss how climate change is increasing the number and severity of extreme events, how social and environmental factors interact with weather and climate events to create disasters, and what can be done to make societies more resilient to extremes.
Energy Seminar: Part 2 of Entrepreneurship mini-series - Recent Stanford Grads in Energy Start-Ups »
March 11, 2013 4:15 pm
Featuring Max Kelman, Manager of Materials & Print Development at Innovalight, Inc./DuPont and Jacob Woodruff, Senior Scientist at SunPower Corporation
Environmental Forum featuring Nancy Knowlton »
March 7, 2013 3:30 pm
Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair in Marine Science at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, will give a talk titled Coral Reefs and the Anthropocene: What the Future Might Hold.
The Future of Environmentalism: Creating/Imagining New Environmentalisms »
March 6, 2013 6:00 pm
Featuring a historian/activist, an ecocritic/bioregionalist, a social/political philosopher, and a classicist, our interdisciplinary panel of scholars will discuss what environmentalisms of the future can and should look like.
Free Screening of Climate Change Documentary »
March 4, 2013 7:00 pm
Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow Terry Root (Biology) is featured in the acclaimed documentary Chasing Ice. In collaboration with Yost House in Residential Education, the Stanford Woods Institute will screen the film, then host a panel discussion including the film’s producer and director, Jeff Orlowski (’06) and three Stanford Woods Institute fellows who focus on climate change: Root, Noah Diffenbaugh and Michael Wara.
Energy Seminar: Sustainable Materials: With Both Eyes Open »
March 4, 2013 4:15 pm
Featuring Julian Allwood, Cambridge University, Low Carbon Materials Processing Group
Stanford Woods Environmental Forum featuring Stephen Luby »
February 28, 2013 3:30 pm
Dr. Stephen Luby; Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases & Geographical Medicine), Director of Research at the Center for Innovation in Global Health, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Environmental Forum featuring Te Maire Tau »
February 26, 2013 12:00 pm
Te Maire Tau, FSI-Humanities Center International Visitor, will give a talk titled The Quiet Revolution: How Neo-Liberal Economic Theory Contributed to Greater Maori Independence.
Energy Seminar: Extreme Environment Sensing for Smart Power and Propulsion Systems »
February 25, 2013 4:15 pm
Featuring Debbie Senesky, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
Stanford Woods Environmental Forum featuring Alexander van Geen »
February 14, 2013 3:30 pm
Lamont Research Professor Alexander van Geen, Geochemstry Division and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Energy Seminar: Deep Geologic Disposal of Nuclear Waste: A Small Dose of Science and Politics »
February 11, 2013 4:15 pm
Featuring Andrew Orrell, Director of Nuclear Energy Programs, Sandia National Laboratories
Environmental Forum featuring Te Maire Tau »
February 7, 2013 3:30 pm
Te Maire Tau, FSI-Humanities Center International Visitor, will give a talk titled Rebuilding Christchurch After the Earthquake: Incorporating Maori Values in New Zealand's Most English City.
Africa's Food Systems in 2035 »
February 5, 2013 3:30 pm
FSE, FSI Stanford Symposium with Paul Collier - Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University; Derek Beyerlee - Independent Scholar, Director, 2009 World Development Report; Jane Karuku - President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Energy Seminar: Efficiency Limits of Energy Conversion and Storage Through Rational Materials Design »
February 4, 2013 4:15 pm
Featuring William Chueh, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Science and Religion: A Dialogue Sermon »
February 3, 2013 10:00 am
William Durham, Stanford Woods Institute senior fellow and Bing Professor in Human Biology will have a dialogue with Rev. Scotty McLennan, Dean for Religious Life, as part of Science and Religion Sunday. Durham will speak about evolution and Darwin, and McLennan will speak on the religious understanding of the meaning of creation.