Past Lectures

Lecture	Speaker
Instability: Climate Change, Health, Loss of Wildlife, and what we can d about it	Dr. Alexander More, Associate Professor of Environmental Health at Long Island University, in NYC, Assistant Research Professor at the Climate Change Institute and group leader at Harvard University
Sinking Ocean	Rob Moir, Executive Director of the Ocean River Institute
Building toward US federal climate action – a look at key strategies needed to win federal action to cut carbon emissions	Margie Alt, Environmental Campaigner and Strategist at Climate Action Campaign DC
Offshore Wind: Power, Policy, and Promise	John Rogers, Senior Energy Analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists
The effects of ocean acidification on the shell mineralogy of Crassostrea virginica (Eastern Oyster)	Isabel Gutowski, Research Assistant and Outreach Instructor at Northeastern University Marine Science Center in Nahant MA ( March 6, 2019)
Wildland Fire Ecology in Massachusetts and Beyond	Alexander Etkind, Specialist at Northeast Forest and Fire Management, LLC in Sandwich MA (February 13, 2019)
A Volunteer’s Perspective on Youth, Gender, and the Environment	Torey Hart, Peace Corps, Malawi (January 24, 2019)
Optimizing Community & Business Resilience: Preparing for Natural Disasters by Practicing Pollution Prevention	Mary Dever-Putnam, Chief of the Environmental and Compliance Assistance Unit of EPA Region 1
Nature and Maritime Archaeology: Can Massachusetts’ hidden history be used to better understandsea level rise and global warming?	Victor T. Mastone, Director and Chief Archaeologist of the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources.
Consumer product chemicals in the environment: How did they get there and what can we do? Preventing Cancer at Home and About Town	Dr. Laurel Schaider of the Silent Spring Institute
We Need to Come Clean – the Fight Belongs to Everyone!	Emily Norton, Massachusetts Chapter Director for the Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental advocacy group in the country
Habitat Diversity- Can ecosystems thrive when species diversity is declining?	Christian Alsterberg currently pursues a postdoctoral degree at UMASS Boston. He obtained a PhD in Marine Ecology and BS in Biology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ocean Acidification: Are coral reefs and clams fizzing away?	George D. Buckley, Assistant Director of the Sustainability program at the Harvard University Extension School.
Plastic Pollution in the Ocean- And what you can do about it!	Jessica Donohue, Research Assistant, Sea Education Association (SEA; Woods Hole, MA).
Flood Mitigation Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy	Sarah Hamm, M.S. Geology, Colorado School of Mines; Coastal Geologist, an expert in flood hazard analysis.
Legal From the Start: Partnering Legal and Policy Research with Current Science for Better Coastal Management	Julia Wyman, J.D., Director of Marine Affairs Institute & Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program
From Antarctica to the Arctic: A Story of Snow, Sea Ice, and the Frigid Cold	Dr. Ross Lieb Lappen
Size matters: The fate of vernal pools and their inhabitants	Steven Schwartz
Developing 21st Century Green Students & Schools	Robin Organ
What’s Behind the Revised FEMA Flood Maps and Understanding Storm Surge Impacts to the Coastline	Ingeborg E. Hegemann & Matthew Creighton
Coastal Habitat Resiliency	Mary B. Griffin
Restoration of Coastal Wetlands on the South Shore	Jason D. Burtner
Learning from Coastal Systems how to adapt to Environmental Changes	Dr. Anamarija Frankic
Diversity in the Spice of Life in Coastal Ecosystem	Jarrett Byrnes
Exploring the Bowhead Whale Feeding Hotspot near Barrow, AK	Carin Ashjian PhD
Beside Still Waters: Exploring Vernal Pools	Jonathan Twining
From Headwaters to Harbor – A Look at Restoration and Research in the Gulf River	Dr. Sara Grady
Current Issues in Environmental Policy: Climate Change Adaptation, MA Initiatives	John Clarkeson