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GCSC Seminar: Asia Dowtin “Linking Water, Trees, and Stakeholders in the Urban Forest”

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Please register in advance for this meeting: https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckde-oqjItH9djxviR2GQiSl-PRYJI6tep After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting Abstract: In recent years, local, domestic, and global-scale efforts have been made to increase urban canopy cover. The motivation behind these initiatives is clear: trees provide a vast array of highly valued ecosystem […]

GCSC Seminar: “From Climate Action to Climate Justice: driving equitable urban sustainability and resilience planning in Portland, Oregon”

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Please register to attend online: https://utah.zoom.us/j/99692197734?pwd=N1FzeWlMa1hpOU9XQ05wVndsT01Ddz09  Combined efforts are shifting the City of Portland’s policy focus from Climate Action to Climate Justice, specifically through the formation of a Climate Justice Initiative and updated Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan that will center and uplift BIPOC community voices and initiatives. Read more here. Abstract: The City of Portland, Oregon […]

GCSC Seminar: Jessica Grindstaff “Storytelling, Imagism and Empathy: Awakening an Audience”

Phantom Limb Company has literally gone to the ends of  the earth from Antarctica to Fukushima  to research stories that would be turned into emotionally hybrid theatre pieces about human relationship to nature and environmental change in hopes that they could awaken a viewer's perception of their own power to create change. Read more here. Please […]

Phantom Limb Company “Falling Out” | UtahPresents

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Visit UtahPresents for tickets.     https://www.utahpresents.org/events/falling-out/ A highly anticipated and deeply researched production, Falling Out examines the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear meltdown that ravaged the region of Fukushima, Japan in 2011, marking the most fatal natural disaster in history. Blending puppetry with the distinct Japanese art of Butoh, Phantom Limb Company collaborates with Dai Matsuoka […]

GCSC Seminar: “Human-Ecosystem Dynamics on the Forgotten Peninsula”

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You must be logged in to your Zoom account to join. Zoom link https://utah.zoom.us/j/91594101737?pwd=ZWFHV2dWK2ZuektJeGJxUWQxUjdnUT09 Meeting ID: 915 9410 1737     Passcode: 310125 Shane Macfarlan, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah This presentation explores human population dynamics and cultural responses to the hot, arid ecosystems of the Baja California peninsula (Mexico). The Baja California peninsula is […]