Environmental Issues

     The Miami University student chapter of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), in collaboration with Environmental Action Community and Green Oxford, hosts a series of symposia about different, current environmental / sustainability issues. 
     The format of the symposium is such that each speaker will give a10 minute presentation/lecture of their ideas.   Between lectures there will be a brief question and answer period with the bulk of the discussion being held at the conclusion of the last speaker's presentation.  The intent of these symposia is to foster inter-disciplinary communication and discussion about current environmental issues.Each mini-symposia of this semester-long series on Environmental Issues begins at:     7 pm in 107 Boyd Hall (sometimes in 217 Boyd Hall)  
      Please join us for these events.

Smart Growth:   (video is available)
Thursday, January 31  
      Dr. Mark Boardman, will discuss Low Impact Development,
      Dr. David Prytherch will discuss land-use issues and urban development and
      Mr. Scott Johnston will discuss sustainable design in architecture.

Conservation and the Environment: (video)
Wednesday, February 13
     Dr. Hardy Escbaugh: Role of Nature-based Tourism in Conservation
     Dr. Tom Crist: Conservation Biology; Lessons from Landscape Ecology
     Mr. Larry Frimerman: Land Trusts and Greenbelts

Environmental Issues of Developing Nations :
Wednesday, February 27 - 217 BOYD HALL
     Dr. Jonathan Levy: Water Resources and the Developing World
     Dr. Glenn Platt: Market-Based Sustainability Strategies in Costa Rica: Successes and Failures
     Dr. Tom Klak: Supporting Environmental Sustainability in Dominica
     Dr. Kim Medley: Re-Centerting the Development Agenda for Adaptive Collaborative Management