Monday, April 1, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Pack Institute Call for Proposals
Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute
Advancing scholarly and popular knowledge of key contemporary issues
related to environmental policy and regulation.
Call for Proposals
Graduate Student Research Travel Grants in Environmental, Natural
Resources, or Conservation Policy
ESF's Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute
announces a Call for Proposals to provide partial financial support for a
limited number of ESF graduate student research travel grants in the
area of environmental, natural resources, or conservation policy. The grants
likely will not exceed $500, and are for travel for purposes of data collection
commencing prior to June 30, 2013, or for non-reimbursed research travel
expenses incurred during the current academic year prior to that date. Conference paper presentation is not included
in this small grant program.
To apply, prepare a brief proposal
with the following information:
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name and contact information
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graduate degree program
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research abstract (max. 250 words)
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brief description of research site (destination)
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relation to Pack Institute mission
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total travel expenses
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how remainder of travel will be paid for
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other grants supporting this research (amount and
purpose)
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graduate degree program
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adviser's name and dated signature
Proposal may be in electronic or hard copy form, and should be submitted
to: Professor Valerie A. Luzadis, Director, Randoph G. Pack Environmental
Institute, 106 Marshall Hall, SUNY-ESF, e-mail: envsty@esf.edu . Deadline:
5:00 pm, Monday, April 15, 2013.
The
Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute supports and encourages the research
and public service activities in domestic and international environmental,
natural resources, and conservation policy.
Monday, March 25, 2013
ESF's Department of Environmental Studies presents a public talk:
Outcomes of Rio+20 and
The Future of Sustainable Development
Dr. David O’Connor
Division of Sustainable Development
United Nations
12:00-1:30pm, Friday, March 29
Nifkin Alumni Lounge, Marshall Hall
SUNY-ESF, Syracuse
Dr. David O'Connor heads the Policy and Analysis Branch of the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development. His team provided the technical and analytical support for the negotiations before and during the Rio+20 Conference of June 2012, that resulted in the document entitled, The Future We Want. Dr. O'Connor has worked for almost a decade in his current capacity, before which he spent a decade and a half at OECD's Development Centre in Paris. He has been working on sustainable development issues since the first Rio Conference in 1992. He is the author of a book, Managing the Environment with Rapid Industrialization: Lessons from the East Asian Experience; and has published extensively on climate policy in developing countries, estimating the co-benefits of climate policies using economy-wide modeling, and the intersection among the climate change, forests and biodiversity agendas. His team at the UN soon will launch a new, flagship Global Sustainable Development Report to support the work of the newly established, High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. Dr. O'Connor's team is also leading the technical work in support of an intergovernmental Open Working Group that is defining the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, as post-2015 successor to the Millennium Development Goals.
OCC Presents: Climate and Energy Author, Jeff Deyette
Cooler, Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living
Wednesday, March 27, 11:30am
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College
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| Jeff Deyette |
Hear from Jeff Deyette, assistant director of energy research and senior energy analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists who will discuss strategies to reduce our impact on global climate change. Deyette is co-author of Cooler, Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living. Deyette has written multiple books related to climate change and alternative energy including:
• “Ripe for Retirement: The Case for Closing America’s Costliest Coal Plants”
• “A Bright Future for the Heartland: Powering the Midwest Economy with Clean Energy”
• “Tapping Into Wind Power”
• “Burning Coal, Burning Cash: Ranking the States that Import the Most Coal”
• “Clean Energy, Green Jobs”
In Storer Lobby, the Whole Earth Club will have local food, drink, a raffle, and prizes for all participants. Educational displays will provide information about green living and Whole Earth Club mugs, T-Shirts, and Frisbees will be available. Sponsored by the Whole Earth Club.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Chasing Ice Documentary Screening
Chasing Ice
Climate Change - Impacts and Solutions in CNY
Monday, April 22 Earth Day
7:00 pm
The Palace Theatre, 2384 James St.
75 minute documentary
by James Balog,National Geographic photographer
Immediately following the film a Climate Impacts and Actions in CNY panel presentation will explore the documentary's environmental implications from a local perspective. The panel will consist of Dave Eichorn, syracuse.com meteorologist; Chris Carrick, Energy Program Manager for the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board; and Yvonne Rothenberg, Founder of the CNY chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby. Moderating the panel will be Chris Bolt, WAER news and public affairs director.
The film follows nature photographer James Balog as he documents melting glaciers in Alaska, Iceland, Greenland and Montana. Using time-lapse cameras, his videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Called the Extreme Ice Survey, Balog sets up still cameras that have been programmed to take a picture, once every hour, for three years, of the same glacier, from a fixed spot.
The scale of the glaciers, and the almost hallucinogenic clarity of the images, make the resulting footage, based on three years' shooting, most impressive. One piece of ice we see breaking off is said to be the size of lower Manhattan.
The visuals are riveting, and they drive home the point that the film makes in voice over narration by Balog, interviews with glaciologists and climate scientists and occasional charts and graphs: Ice is melting at an alarmingly unglacial pace.
Chasing Ice has won 23 awards at film festivals around the world, including: The Environmental Media Association's 22nd Annual BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD.
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Ticket prices: (suggested donations) At the door: Adults - $10, Seniors & Students - $5, Children 12 and under - Free. Advance sale tickets Adults only $7. For advance sale tickets go to http://www.greeningusa.org/chasing-ice/
Free parking in rear of Palace Theatre.
Green and energy related organizations will be staffing display tables in the lobby prior to and after the event.
For information on how to help sponsor this event contact Sam Gordon, 422.8276 ext.204,
sgordon@cnyrpdb.org or Peter Wirth, 476-3396, pwirth2@verizon.net
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