Errington Lecture: Feeding the World, Sustaining the Planet
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 20 Oct 2011 at 7:00 pm |
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| Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
| Phone: | 515-294-5980 |
| Channel: | Agronomy Department |
| Categories: | Lectures Live Green |
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Jonathan Foley is the director of the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the University of the Minnesota, where he is a professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. He also leads the IonE's Global Landscapes Initiative.
In this year's Errington Lecture, Professor Foley will address fundamental issues of global land use, food security and the environment. His work focuses on complex global environmental systems and their interactions with human societies. Dr. Foley and his students have contributed to our understanding of global-scale ecological processes, global patterns of land use, the behavior of the planet's climate and water cycles, and the sustainability of our biosphere. This work has led him to be a regular advisor to large corporations, NGOs and governments around the world.
You can learn a bit more about Professor Foley at
http://environment.umn.edu/about/ione_bi...foley.html.