Wednesday, 22 Mar 2023
Series: Conversations about Carbon
"Engaging Farmer Collaborators," Ernest 'Ernie' Shea, president of Solutions from the Land. The series is hosted by the ISU Bioeconomy Institute in collaboration with the ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
Speaker: Amitav Ghosh A Pearl Hogrefe Lecture Award Winning Author, Environmentalist & Climate Advocate, Amitav Ghosh will read from and discuss The Nutmegââ'¬â"¢s Curse. A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, The Nutmegââ'¬â"¢s Curse traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea route to the Indian Ocean.
Thursday, 23 Mar 2023
Indian Contributions to Modern Science and Technology
Nilesh Oak holds BS and MS in Chemical Engineering and Executive MBA. He has written 3 books, 500+ blog articles, and 1000+ lectures on Indian civilization. His original research includes the dating of ancient historical events and the exploration of ancient sciences and technologies in the areas of astronomy, agriculture, domestication of animals, navigation, philosophy, and medical sciences.