Monday, 06 Apr 2015
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Is performance regulation based on life cycle assessment feasible?" Richard Plevin, UC-Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. Plevin will discuss the semantics and uses of LCA, epistemological issues with "carbon intensity," the challenges of modeling complex environmental problems, and the requirements for a successful performance-based regulation.
Wednesday, 08 Apr 2015
Beyond Farm-to-Table: The Future of Food
Dan Barber is the author of "The Third Plate" and an award-winning chef. Shivvers Memorial Lecture.
Thursday, 09 Apr 2015
Lecture: Marshall Saunders, founder of Citizens' Climate Lobby
"Citizenship: The Solution to Global Warming" - Saunders is founder and president of the Citizens' Climate Lobby, a nonpartisan organization that educates and supports citizens to lobby their members of Congress, the media and their fellow citizens to address climate change.