faculty     students     alumni     courses     major/minor requirements      internships     study abroad     newsletters/journals


Home
Advising
CERF
EcoHouse
Environmental Audits
Environmental Groups
EnviroThursday
Graduate Programs
Honors Thesis
In the News
Related Links
Scholarships
Student Projects
Sustainability Office
Talloires Declaration
Presidents Climate
    Commitment

Three Rivers Center

 

Environmental Studies Department
Olin Rice 249
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-696-6274
Comments & questions to:
esson@macalester.edu

Fall 1999 EnviroThursday Schedule

12 noon, Olin-Rice Room 250

Title Date Type of Presentation Description
Moby Dick 9/16 Video A documentary on Herman Melville's novel and its scientific significance.
The Perfect Pearl 9/23 Video A documentary on the pearl industry, covering the history of pearl harvesting and current pearl farming techniques and their impacts.
Environmental Education in Japan 9/30 Speaker: Kazuyuki Mikami A presentation on the environmental education program at Miyagi University in Sendai, Japan.
Three Mile Island 10/7 Video Documentary on the worst nuclear accident on U.S. soil and its environmental effects.
Saving Baby Whales 10/14 Video A documentary on the rescue and release of three baby pilot whales after a beaching.
Automobile Pollution in Los Angeles 10/21 Speaker: Sarah West A presentation on the current air pollution situation in L.A. and the measures that are being taken to improve it, plus some suggestions.
How Not to be a Sheep: Questioning Popular Science 11/4 Speaker: Theodore Rockwell A discussion of several widely-accepted scientific theories that may not be true.
WTO Ministerial Conference 11/11 Speaker: Brett Smith A presentation on the objectives on the World Trade Organization's approaching Third Ministerial Conference and its environmental concerns.
Successful Environmental Partnerships 11/18 Speaker: Mike Harley A presentation from a member of the Minnesota Environmental Initiative.
Ecological Restoration: The Next and Permanent Revolution 12/2 Speaker: Ray Tricomo This presentation, from the founder and director of Kalpulli Turtle Island Multiversity project, will be focused on the necessity of restoring native ecologies and cultures.
Solar Energy: Current Status and Future Potential 12/9 Speaker: Dr. James Doyle Presentation on the use of solar energy as an alternative energy source.
   


Macalester College · 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105  USA · 651-696-6000
Comments and questions to esson@macalester.edu