Recent Speakers and Events at the Boyer Colloquium Series
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1996 Gordon Durnil, author of The Making of an Environmental Conservative spoke to the topic of “Creating a Sustainable Society.” |
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1997 Gary Snyder, noted environmental poet and speaker read from his poetry and examined the “Ethics of Capitalism” in protecting the environment. |
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1998 Thomas Welch, Chairman of the Maine Public Utility Commission discussed the ethics of governmental regulation of the environment. Copy of his speech, "Utility Regulation, the Environment, and Bureaucratic Ethics." (PDF file) |
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1999 Gary Gardner of the Worldwatch Institute spoke on the role of education as it relates to environmental protection. |
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2000 Dr. Kamyar Enshayan, adjunct professor at the University of Northern Iowa teaches environmental studies. His topic for the April 27, 2000 colloquium will be “A Tale of Two Chickens: Why Buying Locally-grown Food is Essential.” |
| 2001 A panel of experts representing differing points of view discussed the theme of “Land Use and Development.” |
| 2002 Richard Pirog and John Hendrickson will present a program entitled “Local Food Systems: The Load Less Traveled,” an examination of energy inputs for conventional and local food distribution systems. Tuesday April 2, 2002, 7 p.m. Room H-201 at Highland Community College. Richard Pirog is the Education Coordinator at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture located in Ames Iowa. John Hendrickson is an Outreach Specialist and Coordinator at the Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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