Tuesday, 11 Jan 2011
Atmospheric Science Seminar
Climate Change Impacts on Iowa: Summary and Expansion on the 1 January 2011 Report to the Iowa Legislature Presenter: Eugene S. Takle, Atmospheric Science and Agronomy, Iowa State University
Farming with Nitrogen Limits in New Zealand: A Farmer's Perspective
The Waikato Environmental Council has imposed nitrogen limits on farmers in the iconic Lake Taupo region of New Zealand. Mike and Sharon Barton farm in this region, raising beef cattle. Mike currently serves as a trustee on the Lake Taupo Protection Trust, which has been charged with reducing manageable nitrogen inflows.
Wednesday, 19 Jan 2011
Interdisciplinary roundtable
"Conceptualizing the Midwest Prairie: Environmental Studies, History and the Visual Imagination," Julie Courtwright, ISU history; Stan Harpole, ISU biology; Margaret LaWare, ISU English; James Pritchard, ISU landscape architecture; and Matt Sivils, ISU English. This brownbag roundtable brings together scholars from varied disciplines to analyze the environment of the Midwest/prairie both past and present.
Wednesday, 26 Jan 2011
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
"Soil and Water Conservation and Climate Change" Presenter: Dr. Rick Cruse, Iowa Water Center
Soil Science Seminar
"The Pyrolysis_Biochar Platform for Sustainable Bioenergy" Dr. David Laird, Professor of Agronomy
Thursday, 27 Jan 2011
ISU Dining: Where Our Food Comes From and Where it is Going
ISU Dining has gone green in so many ways. Come and learn what they are doing to reduce, reuse and recycle on 21 levels of sustainability, and about their "Farm to ISU" program. Your feedback will help guide future plans. There will be a green gift given to attendees. Sponsored by LAS Green Team Student Club.
Monday, 31 Jan 2011
Horticulture seminar
"Creating Increased Value from Non-food Biomass: Utilization of Fractionated Bio-oil in Pavements," Christopher Williams, ISU civil construction and environmental engineering.