All seminars are free and open to the public. Scroll down
for presentation schedules.
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on featured speakers.
Every presentation will be videotaped and made available on this website.
The inaugural season of the GEM Critical Issues International Seminar Series in 2004-2005 featured six international speakers who addressed global security from an environmental perspective. Click here to view or download a booklet, in PDF format, highlighting that series. Click here for links to videos of 2004-2005 speakers.
During the 2005-2006 academic year, five speakers from Native American and overseas indigenous cultures discussed sustainability from the perspective of indigenous cultures' traditional knowledge, spirituality, community and health. Every presentation was videotaped and made available on this website. View a booklet here highlighting the series in PDF format.
In 2006-2007, the GEM Critical Issues Series focused on building sustainable communities. A booklet highlighting the series is available here, and links to videos and flyers for each presentation are here.
Location
UWSP Campus, Stevens Point. Oct. 9 and Nov. 13 presentations will be in Collins Classroom Center Room 101. March 4 and April 15, 2008 presentations will be in the new University Center Theater.
Hosted by:
UW-Stevens Point Global Environmental Management Education Center (GEM)
Sponsored by:
GEM through grants from USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, 7 p.m., Collins Classroom Center Room 101
Gonzalo Pizarro, United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, 7 p.m., Collins Classroom Center Room 101
Galen Y. Fulford, The Ecovillage Institute, Findhorn, Scotland
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 7 p.m., Dreyfus University Center Theater
Sushma Iyengar, Managing Trustee, Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS), Bhuj, Gujarat, India
