Sustainability Snapshots

Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., during the Fall 2021 semester. Held in person, Lindquist Hall 395, with an option to join virtually through Zoom.

Together we must strive toward a more just and sustainable world in which the activities and lifestyles of people are in greater harmony with the natural world, its systems, and resources that enable our lives. Understanding and addressing the critical challenges that face us across the intersecting realms of environment, society and economy (such as climate change, water quality and quantity, air pollution) requires expertise and skills from a wide array of disciplines. This series aims to showcase how many of our award winning faculty from across campus are engaging with sustainability in their teaching, research, and/or through applied projects.

Topics cover a variety of areas including climate change, air and water pollution, business and environmental regulation, political thought, creative writing, accounting, outdoor recreation and access, perceptions of water use and conservation, and more!

The series is open for free to all as a drop-in/lunch and learn event. To receive the Zoom link and reminders of the week's topic directly to your inbox, please complete this brief form.

Students may also attend the series for credit with Dr. Alice Mulder Geog 4920 (1-credit), CRN 28125. A key learning outcome for students in this 1 credit course is to see the wide interdisciplinary connections to sustainability and be exposed to what/how different areas approach sustainability topics and challenges.

Zoom link to join a session in the series: https://weber.zoom.us/j/91860508462?pwd=eHA1ek1xZVJlUVJOV0dhUU55elpidz09

08/31/2021	Introduction to the Course/Series - What do we mean when we talk about and teach sustainability? Alice Mulder, Associate Professor Geography, Department of Geography, Environment & Sustainability, WSU
09/07/2021	The Economics of Secondary Water – What’s it Worth? Matt Gnagey, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, WSU
09/14/2021	EcoPoetics Presentation and Reading Forrest Gander, Pulitzer Prize winner in Poetry, and visiting writer to WSU NOTE: This session will be held OUTDOORS in the area WEST of Elizabeth Hall on campus (The Zoom option should still function)
09/21/2021	Accounting for Environmental Sustainability David Malone, Professor of Accounting, School of Accounting & Taxation, WSU
09/28/2021	Toward a Low Carbon Future: Net Zero Housing and Energy Performance Jeremy Farner, Associate Professor Construction Management, Wadman Center of Excellence Director, Building Design & Construction Program Coordinator This session is also being promoted as part of the Utah Climate Action Network's Utah Climate Week
10/5/2021	Course-Based Research on Local Sustainability Issues Carie Frantz, Assistant Professor Geochemistry & Geobiology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Co-Director Environmental Science Program, WSU
10/12/2021	Global Warming, Hotter Cities: Urban Heat Islands in Ogden and Beyond Dan Bedford, Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, Environment & Sustainability, and Director of the Honors Program, WSU
10/19/2021	Do Pollution Regulations Hurt Producers? How do they Affect Consumers and Society? François Giraud-Carrier, Assistant Professor Supply Chain Management, Department of Supply Chain & Management Information Systems, WSU
10/26/2021	Teaching Climate Change Julian Chan, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics
11/02/2021	Access to the Outdoors and Recreation Lisa Meerts, Assistant Professor, Department of Outdoor & Community Recreation Education, WSU
11/09/2021	Environmental Sociology in Practice: Uncovering Attitudes Toward Water at WSU through Course-Based Research Carla Trentelman, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, WSU
11/16/2021	Summer Wildfire Smoke and Wintertime Inversions: Utah's Air Quality Problems and Solutions Hal Crimmel, Brady Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of English Language and Literature, WSU
11/23/2021	No session this week. Enjoy Thanksgiving!
11/30/2021	The Anthropocene in Western Political Thought Thom Kuehls, Professor Political Science and Chair, Department of Political Science and Philosophy
12/07/2021	Teaching Climate Change Solutions Maria Groves, Ph.D, Instructor, Department of Geography, Environment & Sustainability, WSU

Sustainability Snapshots

Schedule: Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Introduction to the Course/Series - What do we mean when we talk about and teach sustainability?

The Economics of Secondary Water – What’s it Worth?

EcoPoetics Presentation and Reading

Accounting for Environmental Sustainability

Toward a Low Carbon Future: Net Zero Housing and Energy Performance

Course-Based Research on Local Sustainability Issues

Global Warming, Hotter Cities: Urban Heat Islands in Ogden and Beyond

Do Pollution Regulations Hurt Producers? How do they Affect Consumers and Society?

Teaching Climate Change

Access to the Outdoors and Recreation

Environmental Sociology in Practice:

Uncovering Attitudes Toward Water at WSU through Course-Based Research

Summer Wildfire Smoke and Wintertime Inversions: Utah's Air Quality Problems and Solutions

No session this week. Enjoy Thanksgiving!

The Anthropocene in Western Political Thought

Teaching Climate Change Solutions