Dr. Karen Seto, Associate Professor at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, will present “Rethinking urbanization and sustainability: Lessons from China and India.â€
Dr. Wallace Broecker, Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, will present “The global CO2 problem and some possible solutions: What it all means for cities.â€
The agenda includes update presentations on CAP’s current research in the areas of water, climate, biodiversity, and biogeochemistry. There also will be two interactive poster sessions featuring 40 posters from a variety of CAP LTER initiatives as well as exhibits from high school and middle school students participating in the Ecology Explorers program.
January 13, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
ASU Skysong (map), Convergence 150
Scottsdale, Arizona
The Convergence Room is in the northeast corner of the building. There is FREE PARKING north of the building, and SkySong is also accessible by Valley Metro (bus 72) from the Tempe Transit Center.
Established in 2007, the School of Sustainability brings together multiple disciplines and leaders to create and share knowledge, train a new generation of scholars and practitioners, and develop practical solutions to the most pressing environmental, economic, and social challenges of sustainability - especially as they relate to urban areas.
5/2 - Crow, faculty present ideas at American Innovation for Sustainability forum
5/1 - Sustainable Army: Creating a Net Zero Bootprint
4/25 - ASU team to represent US in worldwide student technology competition
4/23 - High school students show off research experience, win big
5/18 - Science Café: Traffic Noise Pollution