Welcome to the very first post on the Environmental Studies Program’s News and Updates blog! This is the place for ENST students, staff, and faculty to share items of interest, celebrations of achievement, and notes of concern related to any topic in the broad field of environmental studies. Please contact Pamela Gramlich or Chris Henke with any ideas that you would like to suggest for this page. We need only the basic details to create a post, though it is helpful to get any links, images, and text that you can share to get started.
So let’s kick off the news and updates with a quick note about our first Environmental Studies Brown Bag presentation of the fall 2021 term: Associate Professor of Geography Mike Loranty spoke on the topic of, “Fire and Ice; Climate Change, Wildfire, and Permafrost Dynamics in Northeastern Siberia.” Beginning the talk by noting the reference to Game of Thrones in his title, Professor Loranty went on to discuss a number of his research findings related to Siberian taiga ecologies and the impacts of a warming climate. Prof Loranty explained that the northern polar region has been warming at a faster rate than any other area on Earth, and those increased temperatures are leading to complex interactions between plants, fire, and land (especially permafrost) that have big implications for climate change. Many of the studies cited by Prof. Loranty were completed in partnership with his students and with colleagues around the world, demonstrating the hands-on research that ENST students and faculty use to understand our changing world.
Many thanks to Prof. Loranty for sharing his research and passion for understanding complex environmental systems.
Please join us for our upcoming ENST events this fall. All events listed below are held in the ALANA Cultural Center at 12:15 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
10.1 | CAN A YOUTUBE VIDEO CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL
ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS?
Christine Moskell, Instructional Designer — Connected Learning; Bob Turner, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
10.5 | MICROPLASTICS IN WATER RECLAMATION (PHYSICS LECTURE)
Anne Sun, PhD Candidate, University of California–Irvine
Time: 11:30 a.m. Location: Ho 101
10.15 | PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: COLGATE COMMUNITY GARDEN
Ramy Berenblum ’22; John Pumilio, Director of Sustainability; Beth Roy, Garden Manager
10.22 | COLGATE COMMUNITY GARDEN RIBBON CUTTING
Time: Noon; Location: Colgate Community Garden
10.29 | MY OCTOPUS TEACHER (FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES)
Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed
Time: 5:00 p.m.; Location: Golden Auditorium, 105 Little Hall
11.12 | BRAIDING SWEETGRASS: A CAMPUS CONVERSATION
Panel Discussion
11.4 | BRAIDING THE SACRED: A MOVEMENT OF INDIGENOUS CORN
CULTURES (NAST LECTURE)
Angela Ferguson, Founder, Braiding the Sacred
Time: 4:30 p.m.; Location: Persson Auditorium
12.3 | ENST 490 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
12.10 | WHAT’S UP WITH THE DEER IN HAMILTON?