Environment
Today, February 2, 2023
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Addressing Invasive Species in a Changing Climate
Arboretum Winter Enrichment Lecture (virtual)
9-10:30 a.m.
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Weston Roundtable – Security and Its Role in Achieving Sustainability
Speaker: Patrick McDaniel, Professor, Computer Sciences, UW–Madison
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Friday, February 3, 2023
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Study Abroad in Ecuador & Belize
Drop-in Advising (Ceiba)
1-4 p.m.
Study Abroad Resource Center (3rd Floor Red Gym)
Saturday, February 4, 2023
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Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Wingra Oak Savanna
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Meet at Arbor Dr parking lot (off Monroe St), UW–Madison Arboretum
Sunday, February 5, 2023
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Predator Insects and Wasps: Their Roles and Benefits
3-4:30 p.m.
1111, The Auditorium, Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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CPEP Seminar – Moisture in the Lower Free Troposphere
Speaker: Joe Turk, Radar Science and Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
4-5 p.m.
811 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building
Also offered online
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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CHE Environmental Colloquium – Interdisciplinary Education in the Garden
Speaker: Reba Luiken, Director, Allen Centennial Garden, UW–Madison
12-1 p.m.
140 Science Hall
Thursday, February 9, 2023
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Synthesizing Knowledge for Decision-Making in a Changing World
Arboretum Winter Enrichment Lecture (virtual)
9-10:30 a.m.
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Weston Roundtable – Improving Heat Preparedness in Wisconsin Through a Health-Based Warning System
Speakers: Elizabeth Berg, PhD Candidate, Environment and Resources, Nelson Institute; Sara Pabich, Master of Public Affairs and Public Health Student; Becky Rose, PhD Candidate, Environment and Resources, Nelson Institute
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Saturday, February 11, 2023
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Volunteer in the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve
Help care for this beloved campus natural area
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Frautschi Point parking lot on Lake Mendota Drive. On the 80 bus route.
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Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Core Area and Curtis Prairie
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Monday, February 13, 2023
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The role of carbon dioxide removal in fighting climate change
Sustainable Energy Seminar Series
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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Prioritizing People: Designing as Sociability
10:30 a.m.
Nancy Nicholas Hall, 1300 Linden Drive, Madison
Thursday, February 16, 2023
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At the Confluence: Great Lakes Estuaries in the National Estuarine Research Reserves
Arboretum Winter Enrichment Lecture (virtual)
9-10:30 a.m.
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Weston Roundtable – Participatory Research for Resilient Regional Seed Systems
Speaker: Julie Dawson, Associate Professor, Horticulture, UW–Madison
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Friday, February 17, 2023
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Kyle Harper: Historians and the Sixth Extinction
Lecture, co-sponsored by CANES and CHE
4-6:30 p.m.
Education L196, Education Building
Saturday, February 18, 2023
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Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Grady Tract
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Meet at Grady Tract parking lot (SE corner Seminole Hwy & W Beltline Frontage Rd), UW–Madison Arboretum
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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Navigating the Waters of GIS, Education, and Society – and why it is important to steer
Presentation with Dr. Joseph Kerski
10 a.m.
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CPEP Seminar – Evaluating the Potential Climatic Benefits of Bioenergy Feedstocks: Carbon, Albedo, and Heat Fluxes
Speaker: Bethany Blakely, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4-5 p.m.
811 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building
Also offered online
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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Re-Storying the Landscape: A Conversation about Ecological Transformation through the Arts
A discussion on the ways story can change our sense of 'presence' in the land, and how performances shape narrative.
5 p.m.
Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art
Thursday, February 23, 2023
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Life at the Edge of Sight: A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World
Arboretum Winter Enrichment Lecture (virtual)
9-10:30 a.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
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Volunteer in the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve
Help care for this beloved campus natural area
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Frautschi Point parking lot on Lake Mendota Drive. On the 80 bus route.
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Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Core Area and Curtis Prairie
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Sunday, February 26, 2023
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Winter Birds
Bird and Nature Adventure in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve
1:30-3 p.m.
Picnic Point entrance kiosk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 University Bay Drive, Madison WI 53705
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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CPEP Seminar – This Land is Our Land: Native Lands Partnerships in Conservation
Speaker: Starlyn Miller, Native Lands Partnerships Director, The Wilderness Society
4-5 p.m.
811 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building
Also offered online
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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Visiting Scholars Program Lecture Series
Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism with Thea Riofrancos
12-1:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Saturday, March 4, 2023
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Madison Reads Leopold: Voices of a Land Ethic
Arboretum Community Event
1-4 p.m.
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Sunday, March 5, 2023
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In Leopold’s Footsteps
Arboretum Nature Walk
1-2:30 p.m.
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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CPEP Seminar – Climate Change and Forests: Adaptation and Mitigation as Management Goals
Speaker: Lucas Nave, Research Associate Professor, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, Michigan Technological University
4-5 p.m.
811 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building
Also offered online
Thursday, March 9, 2023
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What Do We Know about PFAS in Wisconsin’s Surface Water and Fish?
Arboretum Winter Enrichment Lecture (in person)
9-11:30 a.m.
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
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Visiting Scholars Program Lecture Series
Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet with George Monbiot
12-1:30 p.m.