Speakers' Bureau
The Speakers Bureau is a way in which all Faculty, Staff and Students can get involved. If you have expertise in a certain area
and would like to share this knowledge by giving talks and presentations, you can list your activities and interests here.
Alternatively, if you have writtten up a project concerning a sustainability issue, your work can be featured here.
- Kurt W Kolasinski, Department of Chemistry
The human population is now so large that its impact on the environment no longer causes simply local changes. It is forcing global changes. The human impact on global climate is but one aspect - albeit an immensely important one - of the challenges facing civilization going forward. The focus of my presentation is that of sustainable energy. What the laws of physics tell us is that given enough energy, we can do almost anything, even slow time. But we do not have limitless sources of energy and what does an energy-constrained future mean to the future of humanity? What are the scientific challenges (particularly in chemistry) and technologies that need to be addressed in the future?
A version of this presentation is available to download as a pdf file.
Student Contributions
Green In 3 Winning Contribution
Green In 3 Winning Contribution
Congratulations to Angela Cuff, Junior/Elementary Ed Program, Courtland Jackson, Sophomore/Elementary Ed Program, Colleen Kokai, Senior/Music Education and their group leader Dr Jordan Schugar for producing a winning video in the Green in 3 contest.
The contest was established by Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and asked students to create a video that would make the environment better. The parameters of the contest were: (a) the video had to be less than 30 seconds; (b) could only use three words; and (c) no audio. The students made the video using Flip Cameras and iMovie. A total of 15 winners were selected over a 3 month span and each winner was awarded $500. This project was part of Dr. Schugar's one section of EDM 300 (Intro to Ed. Technology), and the students obviously earned an A for their video!
Student Lifestyle and Sustainability
Students in Humans and the Environment (ESS 102) examined and reconsidered their lifestyle choices - decisions about driving,
electricity use, food and water consumption, and waste and recycling - and they wrote about their accomplishments.
Most students want to keep the lifestyle changes they made; many have advice and encouragement for you!
Follow this link to see a slide show about what they thought.
Recycling Essay
In WRT220, Stacy Andrews took on a writing project regarding recycling. Much of her work has been incorporated into our page on recycling.