Sustainability Speaker Series

Edward Cameron, Director of Collective Climate Action Program at World Resources Institute, talks about the ideas and implications of development in today's climate constrained world.

Peter Berek, Professor at University of California Berkeley, discusses the importance and implications of climate change legislation in California.

Professor Scorse explains key concepts of environmental policy and international economics from his new book, What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics. He examines mistakes made by both sides of the current environment vs. economy debate and offers recommendations for improving the quality of the ongoing dialogue.

Professor Scorse explains key concepts of environmental policy and international economics from his new book, What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics. He examines mistakes made by both sides of the current environment vs. economy debate and offers recommendations for improving the quality of the ongoing dialogue.

President of WildAid, Peter Knights, speaks on environmental campaigning using the success story of his own organization as an example of how to and how not to use media to enhance a campaign.

Keegan Eisenstaldt, CEO of Clear Sky Climate Solutions, speaks on Carbon Markets and addresses issues in forest conservation, climate change and forest ownership. He also explores environmental regulation policy and its effect on greenhouse gas reduction.

Chris LaFranchi, founder of environmental organization National Equity, speaks on conservation Incentive agreements, forest ownership, forest conservation. Chris expands on the current model for conservation incentive agreements used by the Conservation Stewards and Conservation Economics program at CI and by National Equity.

The chief economist of Conservation International, Richard Rice, speaks on conservation agreements and forest carbon projects, with particular emphasis on a developing project in the Solomon Islands. He explains the conservation aspects of the project, the conservation agreement and delivers a prognosis for what is needed to help it progress from a conservation agreement to a carbon project.

Stephan Schwartzman, director of Environmental Defense's Tropical Forest Policy program, delivers the Keynote Address on Forest Carbon Projects and International Climate Change Policy. He discusses what happens in the UN environmental policy making and the origins of the term REDD.

A panel discussion on long-term international implications of REDD and how conservation agreements can help indigenous peoples in other countries participate in a carbon economy.

Richard Rice speaks on 2 types of forest carbon projects: those that reduce emissions and those that increase the uptake of carbon.

Alexandra von Meier, professor at Sonoma State University, speaks on the applications of passive solar energy. She addresses issues of energy quality and conversion efficiency

Miriam Horn, of the Environmental Defense Fund, discusses her book "The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming". She talks about emerging energy technology and obstacles to its implementation.

Jan Hamrin, international energy policy specialist, discusses how economic constructs limit our vision and how forecasts and scenarios limit perception of possibilities in energy development. A Q&A session with the audience is also included in the last 20 minutes.

David Fridley, staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, examines structural elements that shape China's attitude towards a global climate. He talks about the roles of coal and oil and their effect on the national economy, policy and energy consumption patterns.

A panel discussion on weaker definitions of "sustainable seafood", problems with dishonesty in labeling sustainable seafood, ecological marine recovery and bi-catch.

John Isham, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, makes a case for and points out the weakness points of the Carbon Offset system, which allows corporations to buy their way toward carbon neutrality.

Founder and president of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Elliot Norse, speaks on the importance of marine ecological systems, threats to our oceans and how people can protect and maintain oceans in order to continue receiving their benefits.

Co-director of the Institute for Analysis of Global Security and Chair of the Set America Free Commissio, Anne Korin, discusses relationship between oil and national security and the role that individuals can play. She explains the role of OPEC countries in world politics and the dangers they pose to western civilization.

Dara O'Rourke, Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, discusses our role and impact as consumers and the push towards and environmentally friendly economy. Dara shares the results of an experiment done at Berkeley on global supply chains and their effects on the environment.