A two-day series of events, organized
around shared
'E-issues'
in science, technology, & society.
Sponsored by http://www.has.vcu.edu/sts/
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THURSDAY afternoon OCTOBER 1st @
VCU Grace St Theatre
(934 W Grace St)
3:30-4PM Introducing "E": John Powers (History/STS), Karen Rader (History/STS), Marian Moser Jones (Wilder School/STS)
4-6 FILM and Panel Discussion:
Transforming
Relations Between Commerce and Nature
“The Next Industrial
Revolution” (featuring the work of landscape architect
William McDonough & chemist Michael Braungart)
6-8PM Hands-on WORKSHOP: “Paint a Recycling
Dumpster”
For Ace Waste Recycling
Company
Supplies provided. Meet at the old Ukrops parking
lot,
corner of Grace St. & Harrison St.
FRIDAY morning OCTOBER 2nd @ VCU Student Commons
Theater
(907 Floyd Ave)
SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABILITY
9:00-9:30 J. Clifford Fox (Center for
Environmental Studies, VCU)
“The Complexities of Environmental Policy:
Paths to Engagement”
9:30AM-10:00 Chris French (Alliance for the
Chesapeake Bay)
“The Reedy Creek Initiative”
10:00-10:30 BREAK
10:30-11:00 Mark V. Barrow
(History & STS, Virginia Tech)
“Alligator Tales: The
Cultural and Environmental History of a Charismatic Carnivore.”
11:00-11:30 Gregory C. Garman
(Center for Environmental Studies, VCU)
“ Fish Ecology and the
James River”
11:30-12:00 Todd
Lookingbill (Geography, University of
Richmond
“Battlefields, Biogeography, and Bacon: Applying Network
Theory to National Park Management”
12-1:30PM Richmond Indigeneous Gourd Orchestra: come and bring your lunch and listen to 'sustainable music' -- VCU Student Commons Courtyard (Commons Theater, if rain)
FRIDAY afternoon OCTOBER 2nd @ VCU Student Commons Ballroom
(907 Floyd Ave)
12-1:30 EXHIBITS: “Sustainable Living in the 21st
Century”
Exhibits presented by VCU science and engineering students and
faculty.
1:30-2PM VCU Green
Unity (VCU student organization) "Sustainable college living"
2-2:30PM William Bennett
(Executive Director& Deputy of FMD, VCU)
“Green Living at
VCU”
2:30-2:45 BREAK
2:45-3:15 Ramana Pidaparti (Mechanical
Engineering, VCU)
“Recycled Materials for Sustainable Housing
Applications”
3:15-3:45 Everett Carpenter (Chemistry
& Life Sciences, VCU)
“Nanotechnology and Sustainability”
3:45-4:15 Xueming (Jimmy) Chen (Urban
Studies and Geography, VCU)
“Cities and Sustainable Transportation in
the 21st Century”
4:15-4:30 BREAK
4:30-5PM Marian Moser Jones
(Political Science & STS, VCU)
“What Blackouts can teach us
about energy independence and life off the grid”
5-6 PM PANEL Discussion: “An Age of Limits, or
An Age of Innovation?: Challenges for a Sustainable Energy
Future”
Panelists include:
Robert Bennett
(Energy & Environment, Inc.)
Bob Blue (Dominion Power Corp.)
Art Reber (Physics, VCU)
Moderated by: Marian Moser Jones
(Political Science & STS, VCU)