The next event in our 2014-2015 WICI Speakers Series is a lecture by Dr. Sander van der Leeuw, “Invention and innovation: the long term.” The event will take place on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 from 2-4pm in DC 1302.
Dr. van der Leeuw is a Foundation Professor in the School of Sustainability and School of […]
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Title: Understanding Tipping Points in Climate and Sustainability
Date: Monday, August 18, 2014
Abstract:
The term “tipping point” describes the moment when a system suddenly changes state, with no obvious trigger other than a slowly changing environment. Tipping points are difficult to predict and difficult to reverse. Examples […]
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Mary Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
Waterloo Mathematics – Public Lecture
Monday, August 18, 2014
QNC 2502
4:30 p.m.
(Refreshments at 4:30 p.m., lecture begins at 5:00 p.m)
Abstract
The term “tipping point” describes the moment when a system suddenly changes state, with no […]
Speaker: Dr. Madhur Anand, Professor in Environmental Biology at the University of Guelph
Title: Human-Environment Sustainability and Alternative Stable States in Mosaic Ecosystems
Date: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Category: Seminar
Abstract:
We all know that humans are part of the so-called ‘environment’, but the collapse of human-dominated ecosystems in not so distant […]
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Speaker: Dr. Dendoncker, Director of Namur Research Group on Sustainable Development (NaGRIDD). Department of Geography, University of Namur, Belgium.
Title: Participatory Valuation and Modelling of Ecosystem Services under Land Use Change: Example from the VOTES project (Belgium) and Perspectives for Future Research
Date: Friday, June 1st, 2012
Category: Non-WICI Event
Speaker: Victor Galaz
Title: Can Information Technology Really Help Save the Planet?
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Category: Talk
Abrupt climate change, “planetary boundaries” and the failure of international institutions to deal with multiple interacting global crises have gained considerable scientific and political attention over the last years. Few sustainability scientists however, […]
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