colloquium on the environment
The Colloquim on the Environment is a joint venture between PSIEE and the University's Finance and Business Environmental Stewardship Strategy. The Colloquium is held annually — usually in April . The event features in-depth presentations about Penn State's environmental initiatives, from both operational and academic units. The day's activities culminate with a nationally-known speaker discussing a current topic related to energy or the environment.
2008 Colloquium
Amory
Lovins, Rocky
Mountain Institute Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist, is scheduled to be the keynote
speaker at the 2008 Colloquium on the Environment, which will be held at 5:00 p.m. on April 29th
in the HUB-Robeson Auditorium on the University Park Campus. The title of his talk is "Whole
System Thinking and Radical Energy Efficiency." This year's Colloquium is also supported
by the Center for Sustainability and Penn State Outreach. More
information on Amory Lovins »
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- Don Brown Lecture
This year's event also includes a talk by Don Brown, associate professor of environmental ethics, science, and law, titled "Turning up the volume on the ethical dimensions of climate change." Brown's talk will be held Monday April 21st at 7:00 p.m. in the Berg Auditorium - 100 Life Sciences Building on the University Park Campus. Brown's talk is cosponsored by the Rock Ethics Institute. - Strategies for Our Energy Future
Also included in this year's Colloquium is a panel discussion "Strategies for Our Energy Future" with the six Penn State energy experts that were featured in the 2008 "Running on Empty" edition of the Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science. The panelists include Richard Alley, Jack Brenizer, Matthew Mench, Tom Richard, Harold Schobert, and John Golbeck. The panel discussion will be held on Saturday April 26th at 11:00 a.m. in 100 Thomas Building.
The 2008 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science were jointly sponsored by the Penn State Eberly College of Science and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
Note: Questions for the panel discussion are being accepted until midnight Wednesday – please submit them online at: http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers/index2008roundtable.html. - Penn
State Energy Efficiency Forum
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; HUB-Robeson Auditorium
The Penn State Energy Efficiency Forum is a forum to create a vision for applying Penn State's energy efficiency and energy management expertise to a secure and environmentally sound future.
Note: Lunch is provided so please RSVP to Susan Mann at slm6@psu.edu by Thursday April 24th. Later RSVPs and walk-ins are welcome, but we may not be able to feed you.
2006 Colloquium
William
McDonough, internationally renowned designer and leader in environmental design, was the keynote speaker for the
3rd Annual Colloquium on the Environment. The event was held on Monday April 24, 2006 in
the HUB-Robeson Auditorium.
2005 Colloquium
2005 was the second annual Colloquium on the Environment and featured Christine Todd Whitman as the keynote speaker. She presented "Shaping the Future: America's Environment Today."
2004 Colloquium
2004 was the inaugural year the Colloquium on the Environment. Keynote speaker Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the talk "Our Environmental Destiny."