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Stegner Center series: Brenda Bowen “Dynamics of the Changing Bonneville Salt Flats”

Moot Courtroom, S.J. Quinney College of Law (Level 6) 383 South University St., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

The Bonneville Salt Flats is a vast perennial salt pan in northwest Utah that is sensitive to variations in rain, wind, evaporation, groundwater flux, and land use. The ephemeral BLM-managed landscape is valued for land-speed racing and potash mining, but recent environmental changes may be limiting these historic uses. Ongoing research is examining the salt […]

GCSC Seminar – Ananya Chatterjea – ” Choreographies of Resistance: Dancing Ecosystems”

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

" Choreographies of Resistance: Dancing Ecosystems”- Ananya Chatterjea, Professor of Dance, University of Minnesota Read more about Dr. Chatterjea's work here. Abstract In this talk, I will trace the intimate relationship between embodied and environmental sustainability as I have come to understand it in my creative research. What might be some specific methodologies of choreographing eco-feminist stories […]

GCSC Seminar – Terry Irwin “Designing for Systems-Level Change”

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

"Designing for Systems-Level Change" - Terry Irwin, Professor and Head, Carnegie Mellon University School of Design  | 210 ASB In this lecture, Terry Irwin will discuss the role that design can play in addressing the complex problems confronting 21st century societies. She will introduce Transition Design, a new area of design focus aimed at catalyizing systems […]

GCSC Seminar – Jack Williams “Achieving global ecology via dispersed community curated data resources”

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

“Achieving global ecology via dispersed community curated data resources:  Neotoma and PalEON” Jack Williams, Center for Climatic Research, Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin  | 4pm, 210 asb  | read more Ecologists often seek to study processes operating at continental to global scales from amalgams of data originally collected at local to regional scales. Ecological data […]

GCSC Seminar – Kari Norgaard “Climate Change as Strategic Opportunity: Imagination, Responsibility, and Community”

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

“Climate Change as Strategic Opportunity: Imagination, Responsibility, and Community” - Kari Norgaard, DEPT. of Sociology, U. of Oregon Climate change poses profound ecological, social and political crises, but also opportunities to re-imagine our responsibilities to one another and the natural world and to create community. This talk draws upon fieldwork on climate denial and Norgaard's […]