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August 1, 2011
PhD Dissertation Defense, Theresa Nogeire — "Wildlife Habitat Use in Agriculture-Dominated Landscapes" (more)
July 26, 2011
Smart-Energy Public Forum — Hosted by Southern California Edison, the Bren School, Environmental Defense Fund, and the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce. (more)
June 14, 2011
PhD Dissertation Defense — Laura Grant; "Three Essays on Information and the Private Provision of Public Goods" (more)
June 10, 2011
2011 Bren Commencement Exercises
Keynote speaker: Hunter Lovins (more)
Friday, May 27, 2011
PhD Dissertation Defense — Priya Verma; "Linking Policy Process to Environmental Impact in the United States
Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program: A
Comparative Case Study Analysis of the Science-Policy Interface." (more)
May 27, 2011
Research Colloquium — Frank von der Kammer, Department for Environmental Geosciences, University of Vienna; "Nanoparticle Behavior in Environmental and Test Media: conclusions from static and dynamic stability testing." (more)
May 25, 2011
Group Project Panel Discussion; "Exploring the Collaboration Between the Bren School and the School of Environment in Nanjing, China." (more)
May 24, 2011
Community Colloquium — Oran Young, Bren School; "Sugaring Off: Enduring Insights from a Career of Theorising about Environmental Governance." (more)
May 17, 2011
Research Colloquium —Jeremy Littel, University of Washington Climate Impacts Group; "Adaptation to Climate Change in Managed Landscapes: uncertainty, climate-impacts science, and decision making." (more)
May 16, 2011
Research Colloquium — David M. Konisky, Georgetown University; "Environmental (In)Justice and Regulatory Compliance Bias." (more)
May 9, 2011
Eco-Entrepreneurship Community Colloquium — Jordan Ramer, CEO, EV Connect; "Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: a Key Challenge to Electric Vehicle Adoption." (more)
May 3, 2011
PhD Dissertation Defense — Jono Wilson; "Marine Reserves and the Management of Nearshore Fisheries." (more)
May 2, 2011
Eco-Entrepreneurship Community Colloquium — Marc Stuart, Allotrope Partners; "Emissions Trading and Carbon Finance: Past, Present and Future." (more)
April 19, 2011
Community Colloquium — Richard J. Ladle, Dept. of Biological Science and Health, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil; "Scientists and the Media: The struggle for
Legitimacy in Climate Change and Conservation
Science." (more)
April 15, 2011
Master of Environmental Science & Management Class of 2011 Group Project Final Presentations
(more)
April 12, 2011
Community Colloquium —Steve Blank, California Coastal Commissioner and lecturer at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and Columbia University; "Why Accountants Don't Run Start-ups: Getting Eco-Entrepreneurship Righ" (more)
March 29, 2011
Community Colloquium — Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitor on Climate
Change: Denny Ellerman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European University Institute; "European CO2 Trading: Dead End or Path to the Future?" (more)
Jan. 28, 2011
Film Screening and Panel Discussion—"The Spills: Mixing Oil and Water." (more)
Jan. 27, 2011
Community Colloquium — Dariush Rafinejad, Stanford University; "Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Product Innovation." (more)
Jan. 20, 2011
Community Colloquium — Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitor on Climate Change: David Tilman, University of Minnesota; "Food, Energy and the Environment: Can We Feed the World and Save the Earth?" (more)
Jan. 3. 2011
Community Colloquium, Jay Golden, Director, Duke Center for Sustainability & Commerce; "Emerging Trends in Sustainability: Government, Industry & Higher Education." (more)
Dec. 10, 2010
Julie Robinson, PhD Defense — "A Multi-Source Evaluation Model for the Pilot of DigitalOcean: Sampling the Sea — Preliminary Results and Lessons Learned."
(more)
Dec. 2, 2010
Community Colloquium, Tsunetoshi Mizoguchi, Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Japan, and four graduate students. (more)
Nov. 30, 2010
Research Colloquium, Gary Cherr, Professor, Environmental Toxicology, UC Davis — "Oil and Embryos Do Not Mix: Effects of Petroleum Constituents on Developing Marine Organisms." (more)
Nov. 23, 2010
Research Colloquium, Laura Grant, PhD Candidate, the Bren School — "The Response to Third-Party Ratings: Evidence of the Effects on Contributions." (more)
Nov. 18, 2010 Student Films from the UCSB Blue Horizons Summer Program for Environmental Media. (more)
Nov. 16, 2010
Research Colloquium, April Gu, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University — "A Transcriptional Level Effect Based Toxicity Assessment Method for Environmental Monitoring." (more)
Nov. 1, 2010
Community Colloquium, Roland Clift, Emeritus Professor, University of Surrey; President, International Society for Industrial Ecology — The Sustainability of International Supply Chains: Quality, Luxury, and Supply Chain Equity. (more)
Oct. 21, 2010
Community Colloquium — Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitor on Climate Change: Virgilio Viana, Director General, Amazonas Sustainability Foundation; Former Secretary of Environment, State of Amazonas, Brazil, "Sustainable Development in Practice: Lessons Learned from Amazonas." (more)
Oct. 19, 2010
Community Colloquium — Arlene Blum,"Flame Retardants and Health: A Global Concern." (more)
Oct. 12, 2010
Community Colloquium — Riki Ott,"From Exxon Valdez to BP's Gulf Disaster: Changing the Endgame." (more)
Oct. 8, 2010
Community Colloquium — Tyrone Hayes, UC Berkeley, "From Silent Spring to Silent Night: What happens if our canary stops singing?" (more)
Oct. 7, 2010
Commumnity Colloquium — Dave Lobell, Stanford University, "Toward Food Security in a Warmer World." (more) Slides from talk
Sept. 28, 2010
PhD Defense — Darren Hardy, "Volunteered Geographic Information in Wikipedia." (more)
Sept. 28, 2010
Community Colloquium — Leah Gerber, Arizona State University, "Whales, Fish and Sanctuaries: improving the use of science in decision-making." (more)
June 11, 2010
2010 Bren School Commencement Exercises; Keynote Speaker: Angel Martinez, President & CEO, Deckers Outdoor Corporation. (more)
May 26, 2010
Community Colloquium — Jill Baron, Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey; "Climate Change Adaptation Options for Public Lands and Resources." (more)
April 28, 2010
Community Colloquium — Rafael L. Bras, Dean, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine; "Protecting Venice (Italy) from Tidal Flooding." (more)
April 29-30, 2010
2010 Bren Corporate Partners Summit — by invitation; "Corporate Sustainability: Internal Innovation Approaches and New Venture Creation." (more)
April 27, 2010
Community Colloquium — Ron Rice, Co-director, Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media, UCSB; "The Communication of Environmental Science and the Science of Environmental Communication." (more)
April 21, 2010
Community Colloquium — Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitor on Climate Change: Mike Toman, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; "Climate Change: Meeting Present Needs and Not Compromising the Future." (more)
April 14, 2010
Research Colloquium — Klaus Fichter, Professor, Innovation and Sustainability Management, Department of Economics, Management and Law, University of Oldenburg, Germany; "Escaping the Green Prison: the role of eco-entrepreneurship in creating opportunities for environmental sustainability." (more)
April 8, 2010
Master of Environmental Science & Management Class of 2010 Group Project Final Presentations. (more)
March 10, 2010
Research Colloquium — Monica Gavriela Cojocaru, Canada-US Fulbright Visiting Research Chair, Department of Mathematics, UCSB: "Objective and subjective decision factors: modeling human behavior from individual to population scale." (more)
March 3, 2010
Community Colloquium — Lindene Patton, Chief Climate Product Officer, Zurich Financial Services: "Using Insurance to Facilitate Adaptation to and Mitigation of Climate-related Risk" (more)
Jan 27, 2010
Community Colloquium — John Jostes, Senior Mediator, Interactive Planning and Management: "Beyond the Comfort Zone: Building Cross-Sector Partnerships and Capacity for Regional Decision-Making, Climate Adaptation, and Resiliency. (more)
Jan. 26, 2010
Community Colloquium — Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitor on Climate Change Matt Kahn, UCLA: "How Will Our Cities Cope with Climate Change." (more)
Jan. 20, 2010
Community Colloquium — Ernst von Weizsäcker, Dean Emeritus, the Bren School; Co-Chair, the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management: "Decoupling Wealth from Resource Consumption." (View Powerpoint) (more)
Jan. 15, 2010
Community Colloquium & Welcome — Steven Gaines, New Bren School Dean: "Seeking Ocean Solutions: Networks, Incentives, and their Interactions." (View Powerpoint) (more)
Jan. 14, 2010
Panel Discussion — LeeAnne French, Natalija Glusac, Laura Hamman, Alexandra Speers, Robin Vercruse:"Bren Working Group on Vehicle Fuel Efficiency." (more)
Jan. 6, 2010
Panel Discussion — Oran Young, Robert Wilkinson, Simone Pulver, Raymond Clemencon:"Reviewing the Copenhagen Climate Summit." (more)
Jan. 5, 2010
Research Colloquium — Dr. Tim Scheibe, Darcy Lecturer, National Ground Water Research and Education Foundation; Staff Scientist at the Hydrology Technical Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy: “Beyond the Black Box: Integrating Advanced Characterization of Microbial Processes with Subsurface Reactive Transport Models.” (more)
Dec. 4, 2009
Research Colloquium—Hugh Possingham, Director, Applied Environmental Decision Analysis, University of Queensland, Australia; "Optimal Monitoring for Conservation." (more)
Dec. 2, 2009
Heather Coleman—PhD Dissertation Defense; "Ecological Consequences of Natural Oil Contamination." (more
Nov. 19, 2009
Research Colloquium—Jeff McDonnell, Oregon State University; "The two water worlds paradox: Isotope evidence that trees and streams return different water pools to the hydrosphere." (more)
Nov. 12, 2009
Community Colloquium, Bob Boughton, Senior Engineer, Office of Pollution Prevention and Green Technology, California Department of Toxic Substances; "California’s Green Chemistry Initiative- application of LCA in public policy." (more)
Oct 30, 2009
Bren PhD Student Symposium
Presentations of current research being pursued by Bren doctoral students. (more)
Oct. 29, 2009
Research Colloquium—Erica Fleishman, Researcher, the Bren School; "Application of Conservation Science to Management of Public and Private Lands in the Western United States." (more)
Oct. 22, 2009
Community Colloquium—Lynn Scarlett, former Deputy Secretary, U. S. Department of the Interior;
"Cities Meet Nature: Responding to a Changing Climate"
First of three parts in the 2009-2010 Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change (more)
Oct. 15, 2009
Research Colloquium—Patricia Holden, Bren School Professor;
"Interactions Between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and CdSe Quantum Dots." (more)
Oct. 8, 2009
Research Colloquium—Geir Wing Gabrielson; "Does Climate Change Affect Levels of Pollutants in the Arctic?" (more)
Sept. 24, 2009
PhD Defense—Vered Doctori-Blass"Information, Decision-Making, and Corporate Eco-efficiency: Three Essays."
(more)
Sept.23, 2009
Speaker—Chris J. Brown, PhD Candidate, University of Queensland; "Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Food Webs: using ecosystem models to investigate ecological feedbacks. (more)
June 12, 2009
Bren School 2009 Commencement Excercises
Speaker—Joel Reynolds, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council and Co-director, NRDC Urban Program; "Congratulations: Now clean up this mess."
June 1, 2009
Speaker—Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University; "Playing with Snot: What can corals teach us about cystic fibrosis?" (more)
May 18, 2009
Speaker—David Sedlak, UC Berkeley Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; "Oxidant Production from Iron Nanoparticles: Mechanisms, Contaminant Transformation and Impacts on Biological Systems." (more)
May 12, 2009
Speaker—Ernst von Weizsäcker,
Co-Chair, International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management;"The Case for a Tax Shift from Labor to Energy." (more)
May 4, 2009
Speaker—Chris Francis, Stanford University; "Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea: An Important New Player in the Microbial Nitrogen Cycle." (more)
April 28, 2009
Speaker—David L. Revelle, Consultant, Philip Williams and Associates; "Regional Shoreline and Beach Changes in the Santa Barbara Sandshed." (more)
April 9, 2009
Speaker—Bruce Logan, Professor, Environmental Engineering, Penn State University;"Opportunities for Bioenergy Production Using Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies." (more)
April 6, 2009
Speaker—Richard Duke, Director, Center for Market Innovation, Natural Resources Defense Council and Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change; "Cap 2.0: Defining Climate Legislation that Ensures Sustainable Low-carbon Growth." (more)
April 3, 2009
Master of Environmental Science & Management Group Project Final Presentations. (more)
April 1, 2009
Speaker—Dr. Craig Allen, Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey; "Climate-Induced Forest Die-off, Fire, and Erosion as Synergistic Ecological Disturbanaces: Synthesis from Los Alamos, New Mexico, to the Globe." (more)
March 30, 2009
Speaker—Else G. Brodestad, Director, Arctic Governance Project; "Indigenous Rights, Politics, and Institution Building." (more)
Feb. 25, 2009
Speaker—Helen Poynton, U.S. EPA; "Small, Smaller Nano! A Daphnia magna DNA microarray for biomarker discovery and environmental monitoring of metal-based nanomatierials." (more)
Feb. 17, 2009
Speaker—Thomas P. Lyon, Professor, University of Michigan, Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce and Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change; "Climate Change and Environmental Governance: A Pastiche of Policies." (more)
Feb. 13, 2009
Speaker—David Poulson, Associate Director, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University; "Communicating the Environmental Implicatinos of Nanotechnology...or... Can Tiny Stuff Kill You?"
Feb. 12, 2009
Speaker—Arturo Keller, Professor, the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management; "A Learning Journey in the Galálapagos: Traveling with the Toyota International Teacher Program." (more)
Feb. 12, 2009
Speaker—Jorge Gardea-Torresday, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, El Paso; "The Impact of Nonstabilized Nickel Hydroxide Nanoparticles on Mesquite Plants." (more)
Jan. 8, 2009
Speaker—Bren Professor Christopher Costello; "Profitability Can Drive Sustainable Fisheries." (more)
2008 (back to top)
Dec. 5, 2008
Speaker—Bren School Dean Ernst von Weizsäcker, Going-Away Event; "Ernst's Next Steps."
Dec. 4, 2008
Speaker—Wolfgang Sachs, Senior Research Fellow, The Wuppertal Institute; "Sufficiency as a Challenge for Environmental Policy and Management" (more)
Dec. 4, 2008
Speaker—Jasna Tomic, Fuels Program Manager, CALSTART; "Evaluation and Prospects of Biofuels for Transporation."(more)
Dec. 3, 2008
Speaker—Miriam Haran, former Director General, Israeli Ministry of the Environment; "Financial Meltdown Does not Slow Global Warming: The Environment in Israel." (more)
Dec. 2, 2008
Speaker—Ramprasad Sengupta, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; "High Economic Growth, Equity, and Sustainable Energy Development of India." (more)
Dec. 2, 2008
Phd Defense—Darcie Goodman; "Effective Estuarine Management: A case study of a California estuary and its political and ecological characteristics." (more)
Nov. 25, 2008
Speaker—Charles Mbohwa. University of Johannesburg; "The Effects of Industrial Clusters on Greening Manufacturing Processes: The Case of Willowvale Industrial Cluster in Harare, Zimbabwe." (more)
Nov. 18, 2008
Speaker—Ashok Khosla, President, World Conservation Union; "The Value of Ecosystem Services to the Economy." (more)
Oct. 31, 2008
Speaker—Ulf Bossel, PhD, European Fuel Cell Forum; "Building a Sustainable Energy Future Based on Physics, not Fantasies." (more) View the Powerpoint.
Oct. 27, 2008
Speaker—Stephen H. Schneider, Professor, Stanford Universit and First Visitor in the Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change; "Is the Science of Global Warming Settled Enough for Policy?" (more)
Oct. 23, 2008
Speaker—Terry Hazen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; "Systems Biology: The New Frontier for Bioenergy." (more)
Oct. 17, 2008
Speaker—Gregory V. Lowry; "Reactive Nanomaterials for In Situ Aquifer Remediation: Effect of Surface Coatings on Reactivity, Transport, and Emplacement." (more)
Oct. 17, 2008
First Annual Bren PhD Student Symposium (more)
Oct. 9, 2008
Speaker—Bruce Rich, Environmental Defense Fund;"To Uphold the World: The Global Economy Requires a Global Ethic." (more)
Dec. 5, 2008
Speaker—Bren School Dean Ernst von Weizsäcker, Going-Away Event; "Ernst's Next Steps."
Dec. 4, 2008
Speaker—Wolfgang Sachs, Senior Research Fellow, The Wuppertal Institute; "Sufficiency as a Challenge for Environmental Policy and Management" (more)
Dec. 4, 2008
Speaker—Jasna Tomic, Fuels Program Manager, CALSTART; "Evaluation and Prospects of Biofuels for Transporation."(more)
Dec. 3, 2008
Speaker—Miriam Haran, former Director General, Israeli Ministry of the Environment; "Financial Meltdown Does not Slow Global Warming: The Environment in Israel." (more)
Dec. 2, 2008
Speaker—Ramprasad Sengupta, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; "High Economic Growth, Equity, and Sustainable Energy Development of India." (more)
Dec. 2, 2008
Phd Defense—Darcie Goodman; "Effective Estuarine Management: A case study of a California estuary and its political and ecological characteristics." (more)
Nov. 25, 2008
Speaker—Charles Mbohwa. University of Johannesburg; "The Effects of Industrial Clusters on Greening Manufacturing Processes: The Case of Willowvale Industrial Cluster in Harare, Zimbabwe." (more)
Nov. 18, 2008
Speaker—Ashok Khosla, President, World Conservation Union; "The Value of Ecosystem Services to the Economy." (more)
Oct. 31, 2008
Speaker—Ulf Bossel, PhD, European Fuel Cell Forum; "Building a Sustainable Energy Future Based on Physics, not Fantasies." (more) View the Powerpoint.
Oct. 27, 2008
Speaker—Stephen H. Schneider, Professor, Stanford Universit and First Visitor in the Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change; "Is the Science of Global Warming Settled Enough for Policy?" (more)
Oct. 23, 2008
Speaker—Terry Hazen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; "Systems Biology: The New Frontier for Bioenergy." (more)
Oct. 17, 2008
Speaker—Gregory V. Lowry; "Reactive Nanomaterials for In Situ Aquifer Remediation: Effect of Surface Coatings on Reactivity, Transport, and Emplacement."(more)
Oct. 17, 2008
First Annual Bren PhD Student Symposium (more)
Oct. 9, 2008
Speaker—Bruce Rich, Environmental Defense Fund: "To Uphold the World: The Global Economy Requires a Global Ethic." (more)
Sept. 30, 2008
Speakers—Jonathan Fritz and Nancy N. Chen, U.S. Foreign Service Officers: "Experiences in Foreign Service." (more)
Sept. 15, 2008
Speaker: John Raffensperger, Dept. of Management, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: "Smart Markets for Water Resources." (more)
Sept. 2, 2008
PhD Defense, Heather Berkley: "Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Modeling Marine Fisheries" (more)
June 13, 2008
COMMENCEMENT 2008 (details)
Keynote speaker: Lee Stein (more)
June 3, 2008
Speaker: Gordon Grant, Professor of Geosciences, Oregon State University, "The Very Hungry River: Spectacular Geomorphic Response of the Sandy River to Removal of Marmot Dam." (more)
May 28, 2008
Laurens Bouwer, Researcher, Climate and Spatial Analysis, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit: "Climate Change and Flood Risks: Historical Analysis and Projections." (more)
May 23, 2008
Technology Management Program Conference: "Frontiers in Eco-Entrepreneurship Research." (more and conference schedule)
May 22, 2008
Speaker: Matthew Kotchen, Bren Assistant Professor, "Yes, Environmental Regulation Can Increase Profits: New Theory for Green Clubs and the Commons."
Part of the Bren faculty-to-faculty research series. (more)
May 21, 2008
Speaker: Robert Swan
"The Voyage for Cleaner Energy" (more)
May 21, 2008
Speaker: Olivier Deschênes, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara
"Addressing the Effect of Climate Change on Health" (more)
May 16, 2008
Speaker: Scott Taylor, Professor of Economics, University of Calgary
"Buffalo Hunt: International Trade and the Virtual Extinction of the North American Bison"
Part of the 2007-2008 seminar series in Environmental & Natural Resource Economics. (more)
May 9, 2008
Speaker: Mark Jacobsen, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego
"Evaluating U.S. Fuel Economy Standards in a Model With Producer and Household Heterogeneity"
Part of the 2007-2008 seminar series in Environmental & Natural Resource Economics. (more)
May 8-9, 2008
2008 Bren Corporate Summit – by invitation
"Energy and Water: Partners in a Critical Dynamic" (more)
May 5, 2008
A Conversation about Ecological Economics with Richard Norgaard, Charles Perrings, Matthew Kotchen, and Ernst von Weizsäcker. (more)
April 28, 2008
Speaker: Bruce Kendall, Bren Associate Professor
"Advancing the Science of Marine Protected Area Planning: Promoting Flexible Decisions and Ensuring Conservation Goals Are Met" (more)
April 25, 2008
Speaker: Ed Barbier, Professor of Economics, University of Wyoming
"Corruption, Trade and the Political Economy of Resource-Based Development in Asia and Africa"
Part of the 2007-2008 seminar series in Environmental & Natural Resource Economics. (more)
April 15, 2008
Speaker: Jeffrey Brown
"The Impact of Peak Oil Exports: A quantitative assessment of future net oil exports by the top five net oil exporters and the relation to global supply" (more)
April 14, 2008
Speaker: Ruth DeFries, Professor, University of Maryland
"Changing Dynamics of Tropical Deforestation and Atmospheric Carbon Emissions: Science Meets Policy" (more)
April 8, 2008
Speaker: Lee Dehaan, The Land Institute
"Agriculture: After 10,000 Years, It's Time to Upgrade" (more)
April 2, 2008
Bren School Master of Environmental Science & Management Class of 2008 and Reception (more)
March 21-22, 2008
10th Occasional Workshop on Environmental and Resource Economics (more).
March 13, 2008
Speaker: Jinhua Zhao, Iowa State University,
"Will Protecting ANWR Hurt the Growth of Biofuel and Solar Energy?" (more)
March 12, 2008
Speaker: Robert Mendelsohn, Professor of Forest Policy and Economics, Yale University (more)
March 6, 2008
Speaker: Jeremy Prince, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Murdoch University
"The Tyranny of Scale in Marine Fisheries" (more)
March 5, 2008
Speaker: Pietra Rivoli for UCSB Reads:
"The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade"
Feb. 29, 2008
Speaker: Kathleen Segerson, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut
"Eliminating Polluting Products: Voluntary vs. Regulatory Approaches"
Part of the 2007-2008 seminar series in Environmental & Natural Resource Economics. (more)
Feb. 27, 2008
Speaker: David Theobald, Associate Professor, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
"Assessing land-use threats to freshwater ecosystems in the western United States" (more)
Feb. 25, 2008
Speaker: Xue Lan, Professor and Executive Assistant Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Bejing, China
"Climate Policy Challenges and Prospects for U.S./China Cooperation: The View from China" (more)
Feb. 20, 2008
Speaker: Madhu Khanna, Professor, University of Illinois, Affiliate of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs
"What Drives Firms to Be Green? Environmental Management Systems and Pollution Prevention Innovation"
Part of the 2007-2008 seminar series in Environmental & Natural Resource Economics. (more)
Feb. 19, 2008
Speaker: Bren Professor Frank Davis, Bren School
"Setting Conservation Priorities in Densely Settled Landscapes: a case study of Ventura County, California"
First in the Faculty-to-Faculty Research Series. (more)
Feb. 13, 2008
Speaker: Jerome Ringo, President, Apollo Alliance, former Chairman of the Board, National Wildlife Federation
"Environmental Injustices: Another Inconvenient Truth" (more)
Feb. 12, 2008
Speaker: Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians, Founder, Blue Planet Project
"The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water" (more)
Jan. 29, 2008
Speaker: J. Michael Scott, Senior Scientist, USGS; Professor, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho
"Climate Change and Protected Areas: Managing for Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty" (more)
Jan. 24, 2008
Speaker: Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard University
"Science and Citizenship: Reinventing Democracy in the Age of Expertise" (more)
Jan. 23, 2008
Speaker: Kevin Knobloch
"Scientific Integrity and Environmental Problem Solving" (more)
Jan. 16, 2008
Speaker: Steve Blank
"An Investor's View of Environmental Challenges" (more)
Jan. 15, 2008
Speaker: Michael Hanrahan
"Communicating the Urgency: The Instrumental Role of Media in Bringing about a Change in Environmental Perceptions and Actions...and Fast" (more)
2007 (back to top)
Dec. 6, 2007
Speaker: Robert Ayres
"Exergy (Useful Work) and Economic Growth. Are There Growth Implications from 'Peak Oil'?"
Nov. 30, 2007
Speaker: Catherine Wolfram, UC Berkeley
"Sacred Cars? Optimal Regulation of Stationary and Non-stationary Pollution Sources." (more)
Nov. 16, 2007
Guest Speaker: James Wilen, UC Davis
"The Economics of Spatial-Dynamic Processes"
Part of the 2007-2008 seminar series in Environmental & Natural Resource Economics. (more)
Nov. 15
Guest Speaker: Lawrence Buell, Harvard University
"Environmental Memory and Planetary Survival" (more)
Nov. 13-15, 2007
Climate Conference
“The California-European Dialogue on Climate Change: A Transatlantic Initiative During the Portuguese EU Presidency"
(Conference Agenda/Participants)
Nov. 7, 2007
Guest Speaker: James W. Kirchner
"Exploring Watersheds by Studying Their Streams" (more)
Nov. 1, 2007
Guest Speaker: James Makor, Executive Director, Save My Future Foundation
"Postwar Ecological Restoration Projects in Liberia, Africa" (more)
Oct. 30, 2007
Speaker: Christina Vieglais, Visiting Lecturer, Bren School
"The Dirty Side of Global Travel: How an obscure benthic diatom jumped hemispheres and is changing New Zealand freshwaters" (more)
Oct. 26, 2007
Guest Speaker: Erin T. Mansur, Yale University
"Averting Regulatory Enforcement: Evidence from New Source Review" (more)
Oct. 25, 2007
Guest Speaker: Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club
"Changing the U.S. National Agenda"
Oct. 24, 2007
Guest Speaker: Visiting Faculty Member Matthew Potowski
"Green Clubs, Environmental Governance, and Firms' Environmental Performance" (more)
Oct. 23, 2007
Dedication Ceremony and Presentation for Installation of "Rufus Magnus" Steelhead Trout Sculpture.
Presentation by Bren Associate Professor of Marine Ecology Hunter Lenihan
Oct. 19, 2007
Guest Speaker: Stephen Holland, Associate Professor, Economics, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
“When to Pollute, When to Abate? Evidence on Intertemporal Permit Use in the Los Angeles NOx Market” (more)
Oct. 17, 2007
Guest Speaker: Distinguished Visiting Faculty Member Bruce Forsberg
"Using Remote and Ground-based Measurements to Investigate Pattern and Process in the Amazon River System" (more)
October 12, 2007
Guest Speaker: Professor Søren J. Sørensen, Head of Microbial Ecology Group, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen
"Microbial Interactions in Soil"(more)
September 25, 2007
Guest Speaker: Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies
"The Debate over Fixed Price Incentives for Renewable Electricity in Europe and the United States" (more)
June 24-27, 2007
Learn about best practices in sustainability at California campuses, build collaborations with other campuses, government, business, and non-profit entities. Early-bird discount available to those registering before May 15.
June 15, 2007
Keynote Speaker: Jerome Ringo, immediate past Chairman of the Board and current board member, National Wildlife Federation; President, the Apollo Alliance. (more)
June 1, 2007
Guest Speaker: Rögnvaldur Hannesson, Center for Fisheries Economics, The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
"Cooperative Equilibria in Fisheries: How Many Players?" (Read the paper)
May 25, 2007
Guest Speaker: Erin Mansur, Yale University
"Averting Enforcement: Strategic Response to the Threat of Environmental Regulation" (Read the paper)
Part of the seminar series in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics presented as part of the Bren School's National Science Foundation—sponsored PhD training program in economics and environmental science. (more)
May 17, 2007
Colloquium: GreeN.O.LA: Rebuilding Green in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
Architects Andrew Kotchen and Matthew Berman, founding partners of the design firm workshop/apd, speak about having won an international competition that will enable them to use sustainanble design methods in rebuilding a city block in New Orleans that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. (more)
May 1, 2007
Guest Speaker: Peter Barnes, Writer and Entrepreneur, Senior Fellow, Tomales Bay Institute, Point Reyes Station, California
"Cap-and-Auction: Global Warming's Big Cash Dividend" (more)
April 29, 2007
Guest Speaker: Bill McKebben, author, scholar in residence, Middlebury College, Vermont.
"Beyond 'Understanding the Problem': Citizen Action for Global Warming Solutions"
McKibben is the final speaker in the four-part “Global Warming – Science & Society” lecture series presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and UCSB partners. (more)
April 28, 2007
Media and the Environment Conference
What role does the media play in the environment? Which stories get covered, and which don’t? How does coverage shape societal perceptions about environmental issues? These and other related questions are at the heart of this engaging participatory event presented by the Environmental Media Initiative of the Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media.
April 27, 2007
Guest Speaker: Hossein Farzin, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
"Social Norm of Work and the Optimality of Resource Extinction
Part of a seminar series in Environmental Economics presented by the Economics and Environmental Science PhD training program. (more)
April 27, 2007
Guest Speaker: Jon Jungbien Moon, PhD candidate, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
"In Good Companies: A Critical Evaluation of the Corporate Social Performance - Corporate Financial Performance Link"
Part of a seminar series in Environmental Economics presented by the Economics and Environmental Science PhD training program. (more)
April 24, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Michal C. Moore, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy, University of Calgary
"The Emerging role of Alternative Energy Technologies in the Power Grid."
Presented by Dr. Robert Wilkinson, Director, Bren School Water Policy program. (more)
April 22, 2007
The Bren School joins the Community Environmental Council of Santa Barbara to present a daylong Earth Day celebration. The theme this year is "Global Warming: Change Begins with Learning." (more)
April 19, 2007
Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Kolbert, author, Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change
The author of the book that was selected for “UCSB Reads” and made Amazon.com's Top 50 list for 2006 speaks at the third event of the four-part “Global Warming – Science & Society” lecture series presented by the Bren School in collaboration with UCSB Arts & Lectures. Kolbert is a former New York Times political reporter and has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1999. (more)
April 19, 2007
Guest Speaker: Alan Charlton, Deputy Head of Mission, British General-Consul, Washington, D.C.
"Climate Change: The British Response" (more)
April 18–April 23, 2007
Bren School Earth Day Banners
125 banners carrying a powerful image related to global warming will line State Street during the week leading up to Earth Day. (more)
April 11, 2007
Bren School Master of Environmental Science & Management Class of 2007 Group Project Final Presentations Event and Reception
The 13 Group Projects from the past year will be presented through panel discussions, Q&A sessions, and poster presentations at this annual Bren School event. (more)
March 22-23
First Western Forum on Energy and Water Sustainability
Bren School professor Arturo Keller has organized this two-day event, which will bring together more than 50 water and energy experts from around the Western United States. “Electrical energy and water are very interlinked, and since we live in a dry area, water is terribly important for us,” says Keller. The population projections into the century and the specter of climate change put even more pressure on us to think hard about these issues and their connections.” Click the appropriate link to see either the event agenda or a list of speakers.
March 19, 2007
California Climate Policy Forum
Do California’s efforts to control greenhouse gases – such as the passage of AB32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 – represent genuine leadership and meaningful progress in addressing climate change, or do they amount to expensive posturing that will raise the cost of doing business and drive away jobs without reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)? That is the starting point for a discussion featuring leading policy and opinion makers representing the state legislature, the Air Resources Board, the Public Utilities Commission, a public utility and an environmental interest group. Join us in person or by webcast for what promises to be a great discussion. (more)
March 15 , 2007
Guest Speaker: Nobel Laureate Dr. Paul Crutzen
"An Atmospheric Experiment in the Anthropocene"
The renowned chemist was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1995 for his work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly as it relates to the formation and decomposition of ozone. Dr. Crutzen will present as part of the Bren School's Eminent Speaker Series. (more)
March 9, 2007
Guest Speaker: Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California
"Where the Grass is Greener: The value of lawn premiums in the American West"
One in a series of speakers addressing Environmental and Natural Resource Economics as part of the Bren School's National Science Foundation—sponsored PhD training program in Economics and Environmental Science. (more)
March 8, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Steve E. Koonin,British Petroleum and the California Institute of Technology
“Energy Trends and Technologies for the Coming Decades”
The former Provost at Cal Tech, a longtime Professor of Theoretical Physics there, and the current Chief Scientist for British Petroleum (BP), Dr. Koonin is the second speaker in a four-part “Global Warming – Science & Society” lecture series presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and UCSB partners. He will discuss global climate issues with a focus on energy, which he describes as “one of the most important problems facing society." (more)
March 7, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Amro Hamdoun, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Monterey, California "Adaptations of Embryos to Toxic Chemicals and Rapid Environmental Change: key roles of multidrug efflux transporters."
Presented by Bren Associate Professor Hunter Lenihan. (more)
March 6, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Tony Jones ENVIRON International Corporation
"The Synergy of Academic-Industrial Partnerships in Assessing and Applying Bioremediation"
Part of the series "Current Topics in Bioremediation," presented by Bren professor Trish Holden. (more)
March 2, 2007
Guest Speaker: Andrew Plantinga, Oregon State University
"Optimal Reduction of Habitat Fragmentation with Incentive-Based Policies"
Part of a seminar series in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics presented as part of the Bren School's National Science Foundation—sponsored PhD training program in economics and environmental science. (more)
Feb. 28, 2007
Speaker: Bren Guest Professor Laurie Harris
"Becoming Modern, Remaining Traditional:A Discussion of Sunita Narain's Positions on Sustainable Development and their Ethical Dimensions"
Professor Harris will examine the ethical dimensions of ideas raised in the Feb. 22 presentation by Sunita Narain (See "Recent Events, at right, for more on Narain.) (more)
Feb. 27, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Kate Scow, Professor of Soil Science, and Soil Microbial Ecologist, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis
"Impacts of Ethanol Release on Natural Attenuation of Gasoline Components and MTBE in a Contaminated Aquifer at Vandenberg Air Force Base."
Part of the series "Current Topics in Bioremediation," presented by Bren Professor Trish Holden. (more)
Feb. 23, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ramon Lopez, Professor, College of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland
"Structural Change and Sustainable Development in Open Economics"
Part of a seminar series in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics presented as part of the Bren School's National Science Foundation—sponsored PhD training program in economics and environmental science. more)
Feb. 22, 2007
Guest speaker: Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment; Director, Society for Environmental Communications; Publisher, Down to Earth magazine
"Eight Percent Growth with Sustainability: How Is it Possible?"
In recent years, Ms. Narain has emerged as the most important voice from India concerning global warming, "water harvesting," air quality, and toxic contamination of consumer products. (more)
Feb. 20, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr, Jennifer McKay, Director, Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws, University of South Australia
"Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Development in Australian Water Corporations"
Like much of the world, Australia is currently adapting its policies, legislation, and resource management practices to achieve more environmentally sustainable water usage. But does the extent to which water utilities implement appropriate measures depend upon their corporate governance? Join Dr. McKay for a look at governance and water. (more)
Feb. 20, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Gary Sayler, Director, Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee
Dr. Sayler will address the topic of biosensors in bioremediation. Part of the series "Current Topics in Bioremediation," presented by Bren professor Trish Holden. (more)
Feb. 13, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Joan B. Rose, Michigan State University
"Assessing Pathogens in the Great Lakes Waters: the role of microbial detection and risk assessment"
Part of the series "Current Topics in Bioremediation," presented by Bren professor Trish Holden. (more)
Feb. 9-10, 2007
C2C – Emerging Energy Technologies Summit
Bren School Dean Ernst von Weizsäcker will join a group of international experts to take an unbiased look at how our nation might make the transition from dependency on carbon-based fuels to a sustainable, alternative fuels-based future. Summit speakers will present possible alternative energy solutions, examine trade-offs and barriers associated with bringing solutions to market, and work to develop ways of overcoming those barriers.
Feb. 9, 2007
Dean's Council Breakfast Club
Guest Speaker: Bill Duff, Corporate Manager, Environmental Office, Toyota Motor Sales, USA
"Embracing the Environment"
At this breakfast presentation, Bill Duff will describe the vision and policy behind Toyota’s commitment to the environment and its efforts to meet that commitment in North America and globally. (more)
Feb. 8, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Mark Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of San Diego
"Environmental Ethics and Justice for Armed Conflicts and Military Activities"
Feb. 6, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Craig Criddle, Stanford University
Part of the series "Current Topics in Bioremediation," presented by Bren professor Trish Holden. (more)
Feb. 5, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia Unviersity
"How Can We Avoid Dangerous Human-Made Climate Change?"
Dr. Hansen, described by Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President of the National Academy of Sciences, as “one of the most productive and creative scientists in the world,” addresses anthropogenic climate change and what we can do about it. First of a free four-part “Global Warming – Science & Society” lecture series presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and UCSB partners.
Feb. 5, 2007
Guest Speaker: Greg Rogers, environmental lawyer and management consultant and author of Financial Reporting of Environmental Liabilities and Risks after Sarbanes-Oxley. (more)
Jan. 26, 2007
Guest Speaker: Stephen W. Salant, University of Michigan
"Coordination and Free Riding: A Partnership Solution to the Common-Property Problem" Part of a seminar series in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics presented as part of the Bren School's National Science Foundation—sponsored PhD training program in economics and environmental science. (more)
Jan. 25, 2007
Guest Speaker: Mathis Wackernagel
"One Planet Budgeting: Making Sustainability Real with the Ecological Footprint"
Are we running out of planet? Do economies self-correct or self-destruct when operating as if resources are limitless? Can everyone on this planet live as the Chinese do? As Costa Ricans do? As Canadians do? Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, explores such questions and showcases applications from around the world in highlighting how this tool promotes sustainable development. (more)
Jan. 24, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Thomas Dean, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Colorado, Boulder "Toward a Theory of Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Reducing Environmental Degradation through Entrepreneurial Action" (more)
Jan. 24, 2007
Special Event: UCSB Reads for Earth Day The first in a series is designed to create a University-wide shared reading experience related to the theme of this year's Earth Day Earth Day (April 22, 2007) theme: Global Warming: Change Begins with Learning." (more)
Jan. 23, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Sam Webb, Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University
Dr. Webb will speak about synchrotron methods for metals analysis in bioremediation. Part of the series "Current Topics in Bioremediation," presented by Bren professor Patricia Holden. (more)
Jan. 17, 2007
Guest Speaker: Matt Simmons, Chairman of Simmons & Company International and author of Twilight in the Desert, which examines the looming oil-supply crisis.
"Peak Oil: Implications and Options for California"
Co-hosted by the UCSB Technology Management Program and Engineers Without Borders.
Jan. 16, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Lawrence P. Wackett, University of Minnesota
"Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants: in silico and in the Real World."
First in the series "Current Topics in Bioremediation," presented by Bren professor Trish Holden and offered in conjunction with ESM595S, a MESM/PhD-level seminar course covering such topics as pathway determination and predictions, transformations of metals and organics, emerging contaminants, biosensing and monitoring, risk management, and field science. (more)
Jan. 12, 2007
Guest Speaker: Alexander E. Farrell, UC Berkeley
"Risk of the Oil Transition" One of a series of speakers for a seminar in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics presented as part of the Bren School's PhD training program in economics and environmental science. (more)
Jan. 11, 2007
Guest Speaker: Dr. Dennis Aigner, Adjunct Professor and Former Dean, the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management; Professor of Economics/Public Policy, UC Irvine.
"Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line" (more)
Jan. 9, 2007
Speaker: Bren Professor Patricia Holden "Interactions of CdSe Quantum Dot Nanoparticles with Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
Dr. Holden introduces, and presents the first talk of, the speaker series she is presenting in conjunction with ESM595S "Seminar in Current Bioremediation Topics."
2006 (back to top)
Dec. 6, 2006
Guest Speaker: Rajendra Bose
"Geospatial Data Curation: Keeping the (Geo)Scientific Record Intact" (more)
Dec. 4, 2006
Guest Speaker: Sam Hitz
"The California Registry and Evolving State Climate Policy"
The Bren alumnus spoke about his experiences as vice president of the California Climate Action Registry. (more)
Nov. 30, 2006
Guest Speaker: Ryoichi Yamamoto
"Driving Eco Innovation by Increasing Resource Productivity"
A University of Tokyo professor and leading world expert on increasing productivity while decreasing energy use, Dr. Yamamoto sees the critical issue of resource efficiency as one part of the solution to global warming. (more)
Nov. 3-4, 2006
Bren Hosts Economics Workshop
More than 90 economics professors, professionals, and PhD students from the United States and Canada convened at the Bren School November 3-4 for the 9th Occasional California Workshop on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. (more)
Oct. 30, 2006
Regional Governance Conference
The Bren School hosted as some 20 experts on governance from around the nation convened for a major conference focusing on issues of governance and the environment. (more)
Oct. 6, 2006
Dean's Breakfast
Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Corporate Environmental Management Gary Libecap presented "The Problem of Water" — a presentataion on the misallocation of water in the American West and what to do about it — at the quarterly Bren School Dean's Breakfast, which is open to the public by invitation.