Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies at St. Olaf offers both a major and a concentration. As an interdisciplinary department, it draws upon faculty and courses from a number of the traditional departments, though quite a number of our offerings are courses specifically designed for our Department. The Department's strengths arise from our faculty and participants' grounding in traditional disciplines, and an interdisciplinary perspective on environmental problems and issues derived from course work within the department.
St. Olaf Campus Sustainability
St. Olaf Black, Gold and Green
2009-2010 Events
15 Feb 2010, 4:00 pm, RNS 410
Bio in South India students present on their experiences.
17 Feb 2010, 8 am - 1:30 pm, RNS 356
Basin Alliance for the Lower Mississippi in Minnesota (BALMM)
February meeting.
20 Feb 2010, 8 am - 5:15 pm, Buntrock Commons
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota
19th Annual Conference
Sustainable Farming 2020: What does it look like? How do we get there?
Free to St. Olaf Students - contact Anne Borgendale, communications@sfa-mn.org
20 Feb 2010, 2:30-3:45 pm, Buntrock Trollhaugen
Careers in a Sustainable Food System
Panel discussion and presentation
24 Feb 2010, 4-5 pm, RNS 208
Green Economy: New Growth in Green Jobs
CEL presents a look at emerging green jobs for all majors.
01 Mar 2010, 4-5 pm, RNS 410
Emily Stanley, Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin
Ecosystems Dynamics of Rivers & Streams
05 Mar 2010, 3:15 pm, RNS 310/390
Kris Elbein, '10
My Internship with the EPA and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award Competition
12 April 2010, 7-8:30 pm, Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Oles Gone Global - International Career Panel
Recent/Past Events
15 Sep 2009, 7:00 pm
Greenland’s Transformation: Culture, Climate and the New Millennium. A Conversation with Finn Lynge, author of “Arctic Wars, Animal Rights, Endangered Peoples”
Location: Carleton College,
Olin Hall 149
16 Sep 2009
One Hour Preview of Ken Burns’ The National Parks: America’s Best Idea with
Keynote Address from Will Steger
7 – 9 pm, Ted Mann Concert Hall - University of Minnesota
Cost: $10 , tickets available through Midwest Mountaineering
17 Sep 2009
Chad Pregracke, Founder & President, Living Lands and Waters
7:00 pm, Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Link to Chad's bio and CBS video
19 Sep 2009, 9 am - Noon
Annual Cannon River Watershed River Clean-up
Come improve the water quality of the Cannon and Straight Rivers by volunteering a little bit of your time as we come together to clean up the watershed! Contact CRWP's membership coordinator Lisa Carey at (507) 786-3911 or email at lisa@crwp.net
2-4 Oct 2009, Regents Hall, St. Olaf College
Midstates Consortium for Math & Science Workshop:
Moving Campus Sustainability Forward through Collaborative Student-Faculty-Staff Projects
5 Oct 2009, 4 pm,
RNS 310
Robert Askins, Connecticut College
"Conservation of Birds of Early Successional Habitats"
Suzanne Smith, Admissions Officer, Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, will be at information tables in Regents Hall of Natural Science and Buntrock Commons.
6-7 Oct 2009
Nobel Conference"H2O Uncertain Resource"
Gustavus Adolphus College
12 Oct 2009, 7 pm,
RNS 310
Christie Manning, Macalester College, Environmental Studies
Elise Amel, University of St. Thomas, Environmental Studies and Psychology
"Ways to Empower Sustainability in You and Your Community"
19 Oct 2009, 4 pm,
RNS 310
John Pastor, University of MN - Duluth,
Author of Mathematical Ecology of Populations and Ecosystems
"Using Mathematics to Help Us Think Clearly About Sustainable Harvesting of Natural Resources"
2 Nov 2009, 4 pm, RNS 310
Dan Hernandez, Carleton College
"Cars, Cows, and Carbon Cycling: Effects of Grazing and Nitrogen Deposition in Serpentine Grasslands"
5 Nov 2009, 11:30 am, Heritage Room, Buntrock Commons
Richard (Dick) Rortvedt, '69
"USDA Certifications and Standards: the impact on small-scale farms" Distinguished Alumni Award winner. Join Dick for a lunch conversation about the various ways the USDA has helped change our food system through organic certifications, fair trade programs, etc. and how these various certifications and standards impact small-scale farmers.
5 Nov 2009, 4:30-6 pm, Valhalla, Buntrock Commons
Converse with Dick on how a broadly-based liberal arts education prepares one for a variety of international career opportunities.
6 Nov 2009, 2:15 - 4:30 pm Viking Theater & Buntrock 142
Panel: Meet the 6 award recipients
Break Out Sessions 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Richard (Dick) Rortvedt, '69
"Food Diplomacy: A Lifelong Career in USDA" Use your degree in unexpected ways, feed the world and serve your local and global communities while making ethical and moral choices
Jean Leppen Kinsey '63 in Viking Theater "Food, Economics and Public Policy"How do we feed the world? Can we afford to eat local?
16 Nov 2009, 4 pm, RNS 150
Steve Carpenter, Director, Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Early Warnings of Big Changes in Ecosystems" Click here for background readings.
17 Nov 2009, 7 pm, RNS 150
Steve Carpenter, Director, Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Transformation of Global Ecosystem Services" Click here for background readings.
20 Nov 2009, 2 pm - 8:30 pm, Viking Theater, Buntrock Commons
"A Second Genesis: Evolution on Earth and Beyond: Happy 200th Birthday to Charles Darwin" Speakers include:
Martinez Hewlett, Professor Emeritus, Molecular Virologist and Novelist, University of Arizona, “Darwinian Evolution: the Once and Future Paradigm"
Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor, Astrobiologist, University of Arizona, “Beyond Darwin: the Search for Life Beyond Earth"
Margaret Race, Astrobiologist, Ecologist and Ethicist , SETI Institute - Carl Sagan Ctr. For the Study of Life in the Universe, "Ethics and Responsible Exploration: Protecting Life on Earth and Beyond"
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