GEM Critical Issues
International Seminar Series

2008-09 Academic Year Theme: Water Issues on the Water Planet
Water trickles from a pool of the Menali River in India

View the series program in PDF format

for biographical information on featured speakers and more information about the presentations.

The GEM Critical Issues International Seminar Series returns for its fifth season during the 2008-09 academic year.

All seminars are free and open to the public.

Every presentation will be videotaped and made available on this website. Information about prior season presentations, including links to videos of those presentations, is on the bottom of this page.

Location

Dreyfus University Center Theater on the UWSP Campus, Stevens Point (campus map)

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.

Bolivar Pou

The Panama Canal: The watershed and its people, issues past, present, and future
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, 7 p.m., Dreyfus University Center Theater

Jay O'Keeffe

A brief mystery of time: Long-term sustainability versus short-term economics
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, 7 p.m., Dreyfus University Center Theater

Simone de Hek

Public-private partnerships for water: Are we together?
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 7 p.m., Dreyfus University Center Theater

Susan Kilani

Water resource issues in Jordan: Facing limits in an arid environment
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 7 p.m., Dreyfus University Center Theater

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.

The 2007-2008 series updated progress in reaching the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. You can view a PDF copy of the series program here.