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10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012
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Six talks have been confirmed for Spring 2012 for the 10th Annual Lecture Series in Sustainable Development. This year the series has been organised jointly by the Engineering Department’s Centre for Sustainable Development and the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership. These events are free public lectures open to all and details are as follows: If you have a question about this list, please contact: Dr Dick Fenner. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 0 upcoming talks and 44 talks in the archive. The next 40 yearsProfessor Jorgen Randers (Professor of Climate Strategy at the Norwegian Business School ; Co-author of Limits to Growth). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 14 March 2012, 18:00-19:30 Making peace with the EarthDr Vandana Shiva ( Navdanya International, India and the International Forum on Globalisation). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 07 March 2012, 18:00-19:30 Sustainable capitalism: if not now, when?Jonathon Porritt CBE (Director of Sustainability, Forum for the Future). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 29 February 2012, 18:00-19:30 Making Progress Toward Sustainable Societies in the Context of Global Climate ChangeDr Don Huisingh (Senior Scientist in Sustainable Development, University of Tennessee ). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 15 February 2012, 18:00-19:30 The power of markets to protect natureIan Cheshire (Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher Group). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 08 February 2012, 18:00-19:30 Sustainable Materials - with both eyes openDr Julian Allwood (Cambridge University Engineering Department). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 01 February 2012, 18:00-19:30 Urban water security - a possibility or pipedream?Dr Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, Director, School of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida. Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 04 May 2011, 18:00-19:30 Decarbonising the transport systemProfessor David Cebon and Professor Nick Collings ( Cambridge University Engineering Department) and Mark White (Jaguar Land Rover). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 16 March 2011, 18:00-19:30 Managing the risks of regional climate change using knowledge action networksProfesor Charles Kennel (University of California, San Diego; formerly , Director of the Scripps Institute of Oceanogaphy). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 09 March 2011, 18:00-19:30 A Sustainable Future- The Leadership Challenge of our TimeDr Goran Carstedt ( Chairman of the Natural Step International and Senior Director of the Clinton Climate Change Initiative). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 02 March 2011, 18:00-19:30 Sustainable Energy - an industry view on the obstacles and opportunitiesProfessor Ellen Williams ( BP Chief Scientist, formerly Director of University of Maryland Material Research Science and Engineering Centre). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 23 February 2011, 18:00-19:30 Sustainability and the Perfect Storm (title to be confirmed)Professor Sir John Beddington (Government Chief Scientific Advisor and Head of the Government Office for Science). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 02 February 2011, 18:00-19:30 Energy Security and UK Energy PolicyProfessor Ian Fells (Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at Newcastle University). Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 26 January 2011, 18:00-19:30 Taming leviathan - dealing with (dis)integrated water management (RESCHEDULED from 21st April)This talk has been re-scheduled for 12th May, (postponed from 21st April) Professor Richard Ashley, Peninne Water Group, Sheffield University. Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 12 May 2010, 18:00-19:30 Sustainability in action at University of California San Diego: the campus as a living laboratoryProfessor Paul Linden, Director Sustainability Solutions Institute, University of California, San Diego. Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 05 May 2010, 18:00-19:30 Delivering genuine sustainability in the built environment - obstacles and opportunitiesDr David Strong CEO, Inbuilt Ltd; Board Member of UK Green Building Council. Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 10 March 2010, 18:00-19:30 Cities of the FuturePaul Brown, Executive Vice President CDM Camp Dresser and McKee Inc.. Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 24 February 2010, 18:00-19:30 You must be joking; Cities as a force for good in the environmentProfessor Bruce Beck, University of Georgia. Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 17 February 2010, 18:00-19:30 Roadmap to 2050Professor David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate. Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Wednesday 27 January 2010, 18:00-19:30 Cradle to Cradle DesignBill McDonough William McDonough and Partners. Cambridge Unuiversity Engineerintg Department, LR0. Wednesday 07 October 2009, 18:00-19:30 William MCDonough (CANCELLED)William McDonough Author of "Cradle to Cradle". Wednesday 06 May 2009, 00:00-00:00 Innovating to sustainabilityProfessor Charles Ainger, MWH Ltd and Centre for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 11 March 2009, 18:00-19:30 ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series) The role of fuel cell technology in a low carbon economyNigel Brandon, Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy - Imperial College. LR2, Engineering Department, Inglis Building. Wednesday 04 March 2009, 17:00-18:00 Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Departmental Seminars Sustainable Organic Fuels for TransportDr Richard Pearson, Lotus Engineering, Norwich, Norfolk, UK. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Chemical Engineering. Wednesday 04 March 2009, 15:30-16:30 Alternatives to Fossil FuelsDavid MacKay is a wonderful speaker: lively, funny, wonderfully clear and easy to follow. Do not think that you cannot understand the problem, or that talks by professors of physics are not for you. Professors are not what they used to be! David MacKay, Professor in the Department of Physics, CU. St John's Church Hall, Hills Road, opposite Homerton College. Wednesday 25 February 2009, 19:30-21:45 Sustainability in the resources sectorPaul Skinner Chairman Rio Tinto. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 25 February 2009, 18:00-19:30 A sustainable technology strategy for engineersDr Karel Muldur, TU Delft The Netherlands. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 18 February 2009, 18:00-19:30 Water, health and sustainable developmentDr Jamie Bartram, Co-ordinator of Water, Sanitation and Health at the World Health Organisation. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 11 February 2009, 18:00-19:30 Sustainable Development - great green dream or impossible ambition?Tony Juniper, former Director of Friends of the Earth. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 04 February 2009, 18:00-19:30 The role of engineering in entering the ecological agePeter Head OBE FREng FRSA Director of Sustainability, Arup. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 28 January 2009, 18:00-19:30 Climate Change and Ecosystem Services: Science, Economics and EthicsProfessor Robert Watson (Chief Scientific Advisor, DEFRA and Director of Strategic Development at the Tyndall Centre). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 30 April 2008, 18:00-19:30 Sustainable Development at the Eden ProjectTim Smit (Eden Project). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 23 April 2008, 18:00-19:30 Carbon Footprinting: Industry, People, the Universe and EverythingProfessor Adisa Azapagic (Manchester University). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 12 March 2008, 18:00-19:30 Sustainable Development in the Built Environment; Progress or Procrastination?Professor Peter Brandon and Dr Patrizia Lombardi (Salford University). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 27 February 2008, 18:00-19:30 Creating a Better Place - the Environment Agency - and shaping sustainabilityBaroness Barbara Young, Chief Executive of Environment Agency. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 13 February 2008, 18:00-19:30 Climate change, peak oil, and the coming global energy crisisDr Jeremy Leggett (Solar Century). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 06 February 2008, 18:00-19:30 The challenges of managing the American foreign aid program post-9/11 in Pakistan and AfghanistanMark Ward, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 23 January 2008, 18:00-19:30 Sustainable DevelopmentProfessor Sir David King (Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 02 May 2007, 18:00-19:30 Why sustainable development might be bad for the environmentProfessor Susan Owens, Cambridge University. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 25 April 2007, 18:00-19:30 A new sustainable way of life - the sine qua non of human development ? CANCELLEDClare Short MP (CANCELLED). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 14 March 2007, 18:00-19:30 One Planet LivingPooran Desai OBE (Technical Director and co-founder of Bioregional). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 07 March 2007, 18:00-19:30 Can we quantify sustainability ?Professor Richard Darton, Oxford University. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 28 February 2007, 18:00-19:30 When the Rivers Run DryFred Pearce, New Scientist. Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 21 February 2007, 18:00-19:30 The promise of energy biosciencesDr Steven Koonin (Chief Scientist, BP). Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street. Wednesday 07 February 2007, 18:00-19:30 Please see above for contact details for this list. |
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