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Presentations take place at 12 noon, Olin-Rice Room 250<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Title<\/th>Date<\/th>Type of Presentation<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr>
“Rachel Carson”<\/strong><\/td>2\/4\/99<\/td>Video<\/td>PBS documentary on Rachel Carson’s life.<\/td><\/tr>
“Sea Soldiers”<\/strong><\/td>2\/11\/99<\/td>Video<\/td>Documentary on the use of marine mammals by the military worldwide.<\/td><\/tr>
“Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise”<\/strong><\/td>2\/18\/99<\/td>Video<\/td>National Geographic documentary on the effect of exotic species in the Hawaiian Islands.<\/td><\/tr>
“Iceman”<\/strong><\/td>2\/25\/99<\/td>Video<\/td>NOVA documentary on the frozen human from the Bronze Age found in the Alps, from an environmental perspective.<\/td><\/tr>
“Biosphere 2”<\/strong><\/td>3\/4\/99<\/td>Speaker: William C. Harris<\/td>Activities and opportunities at Columbia University’s Biosphere 2 in Arizona.<\/td><\/tr>
“Amazon Deforestation”<\/strong><\/td>3\/11\/99<\/td>Speaker:<\/td>Current research at the Marine Biological Laboratory on global warming and the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon.<\/td><\/tr>
“Dolphins with Robin Williams”<\/strong><\/td>3\/18\/99<\/td>Video<\/td>PBS documentary on current research in dolphin behavior hosted by Robin Williams.<\/td><\/tr>
“Warriors of the Amazon”<\/strong><\/td>3\/25\/99<\/td>Video<\/td>NOVA documentary about the Yanomami tribe in the Venezuelan Amazon.<\/td><\/tr>
“Affluenza”<\/strong><\/td>4\/8\/99<\/td>Video<\/td>KCTS\/Oregon PBS production on how consumption patterns affect the environment.<\/td><\/tr>
“Namib: Africa’s Burning Shore”<\/strong><\/td>4\/15\/99<\/td>Video<\/td>Documentary on the Namib Desert in West Africa.<\/td><\/tr>
“Lead Poisoning”<\/strong><\/td>4\/22\/99<\/td>Speaker: Herbert Needleman<\/td>The history of lead pollution and its effects on children’s I.Q. and social behavior.<\/td><\/tr>
“Guide to Green Consumers”<\/strong><\/td>4\/29\/99<\/td>Speaker: Michael Brower<\/td>Latest studies on lifestyle patterns that affect environmental health.<\/td><\/tr>
“Imagery and Reality in the Amazon”<\/strong><\/td>5\/6\/99<\/td>Speaker: Mariya Navazio<\/td>How international environmental organizations have altered the reality of the Brazilian Amazon.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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