2013-2014 Teale Lecture Series

September 12, 2013

“Bridging the Gap Between the Natural and Social Sciences for Addressing Our Common Future in a Changing World”
Harold Mooney
Professor of Biology, Emeritus, and Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University

October 3, 2013

“This Verse Business”
The Poetry of Robert Frost in a one-person play written by A. M. Dolan, performed by Emmy-winning actor Gordon Clapp

October 24, 2013

“Towards Sustainable Food Systems: A Tale of Three Transitions”
Olivier De Schutter
UN Social Rapporteur on the Right to Food

March 27, 2014

“What Role Will the Oceans Play in Meeting the Global Demand for Food?”
Steven D. Gaines
Dean, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California – Santa Barbara

April 10, 2014

“Climate, Weather, Oceans and Biodiversity: Science in Policy and Politics”
Jane Lubchenco
Valley Professor of Marine Biology, Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Former Administrator of NOAA

2012-2013 Teale Lecture Series

September 13, 2012

“The Natural Environment and the Strategy of Firms”
Forest L. Reinhardt
John D. Black Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

October 4, 2012

“Civilization: Is it Worth the Cost?”
George M. Woodwell
Founder, Woods Hole Research Center

November 8, 2012

“The Long Thaw: How Humans are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate”
David Archer
Professor of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago

February 7, 2013

“The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology”
Mary Evelyn Tucker
Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

March 14, 2013

“Give Science a Chance: Communicating about Environmental Risks”
Baruch Fischhoff
Howard Heinz University Professor, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, and Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

April 18, 2013

“The Lost Woods of Childhood”
Alison Hawthorne Deming
Professor, Creative Writing Program, Department of English, Affiliated Faculty, Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona

2011-2012 Teale Lecture Series

October 20, 2011

Film Premiere: “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for our Time”
Co-Producers Ann and Steve Dunsky and Senior Fellow, Curt Meine
Aldo Leopold Foundation

November 17, 2011

“Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming”
Naomi Oreskes
Professor of History and Science, University of California, San Diego

December 8, 2011

“Integrating Energy and Environmental Policy: The Path Forward for Protecting Our Natural Resources and Building our Economy”
Daniel Esty
Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)

February 23, 2012

“The Future of Plants”
Sir Peter Crane
Dean, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

March 1, 2012

“In Pursuit of a New Environmentalism”
David Gessner
Associate Professor of Creative Writing, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

March 29, 2012

“The Hockey Stick: On the Front Lines in the Climate Wars”
Michael Mann
Professor, Director, Earth System Science Center, The Pennsylvania State University

2010-2011 Teale Lecture Series

September 23, 2010

“The Voice Of Science In Policy Making”
Gene E. Likens
Distinguished Senior Scientist; Ecologist; Founding Director and President Emeritus of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Distinguished Research Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut

October 21, 2010

“From Simple Traits To Complex Systems: What Do The Humble Plant Leaf And “Advanced” Human Societies Tell Us About The Future Of Planet Earth?”
Peter B. Reich
Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota

November 11, 2010

“9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ?”
Andrew Revkin
New York Times Dot Earth blogger, Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University Academy for Applied Environmental Studies

December 9, 2010

“Can we sustain democracy and the planet, too?”
Philip Kitcher
John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University

February 17, 2011

“Finding Common Ground”
Rick Bass
Author, environmental activist

March 31, 2011

“Tropical Forests, Climate Mitigation, and Agricultural Production”
Ruth S. DeFries
Denning Professor of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University

April 28, 2011

“Challenges in Water Provisioning, Delivery, and Quality for Urban Populations: Analysis of Global Patterns and an Aridland Case Study”
Nancy Grimm
Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Science, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

2009-2010 Teale Lecture Series

September 24, 2009

“A Sober Look at Global Warming”
Dr. Kerry Emanuel
Professor of Atmospheric Science and POAC Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

October 22, 2009

“Literature and Sustainability”
John Elder
Professor of English and Environmental Studies, Middlebury College

November 19, 2009

“Coming Down to Earth: Valuing Nature to Improve Decision-Making”
Dr. Stephen Polasky
Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics, University of Minnesota

February 4, 2010

“A Sense of Wonder: a film about Rachel Carson”

March 4 , 2010

“Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It”
Dr. Robert J. Glennon
Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Arizona

2008-2009 Teale Lecture Series

October 16, 2008

“Ecosystem Services Science & Policy – A New Old Idea Finally Comes of Age”
J.B. Ruhl
Matthews & Hawkins Professor of Property Law, Florida State University College of Law

November 6, 2008

“Forces of Nature”
performed by the Connecticut Repertory Theatre

November 20, 2008

“Water: A Continuous Fluid in a Fragmented Policy Framework”
Don Scavia
Professor and Michigan Sea Grant Director, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment

February 5, 2009

“Bridging the Science/Journalism Gap in a Time of Epochal Change”
Bud Ward
Editor, The Yale Forum on Climate Change and The Media

March 5, 2009

“Forest Carbon Stocks and Land-Use: Reconciling the International Agenda With the Needs of Indigenous Populations”
Catherine Potvin
Professor, Department of Biology, McGill University

April 2, 2009

“Sun Tzu and the Art of War: How the Battle of Museums to Survive Has a Negative Impact on Nature and the Environment”
Michael Mares
Presidential Professor of Zoology, University of Oklahoma and Distinguished Research Curator of Mammals, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

2007-2008 Teale Lecture Series

September 20, 2007

“Corporate Environmentalism: Doing Well by Doing Good?”
Geoffrey Heal
Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Columbia University

October 4, 2007

“Endangered Species Conservation: An Assessment and Prognosis”
Michael J. Bean
Attorney, Chair of the Wildlife Program, Environmental Defense Fund

November 15, 2007

“Emerging New Forests in the Shining Star of the Caribbean”
Ariel Lugo
Director, International Institute of Tropical Forestry

February 7, 2008

“Brewing Biodiversity: the Ecology of Coffee Farms in Chiapas, Mexico”
Ivette Perfecto
Professor of Natural Resources, University of Michigan

March 20, 2008

“Hope in a Dark Time: The Promises of Religious Environmentalism”
Roger Gottlieb
Professor of Philosophy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

April 10, 2008

“This Earth, Our Mother”
Joseph Bruchac
Storyteller and Writer

2006-2007 Teale Lecture Series

September 14, 2006

“The Dodo’s Legacy: Conservation on Mauritius”
Carl Jones
International Research Fellow, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust; Scientific Director, Mauritian Wildlife

October 19, 2006

“Carbon Taxes to Slow Global Warming”
William Nordhaus
Member of the National Academy of Science; Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University

February 1, 2007

“Ideas About Time: Recent Projects that Investigate the Relationship of Time, Space and Photography”
Mark Klett
Regents Professor of Art, Arizona State University

March 22, 2007

“Climate, Climate Change, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change”
Richard Somerville
Distinguished Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

April 12, 2007

“The Sibley Guide to Birds: Birds and Bird Guides”
David Allen Sibley
Author and Illustrator

2005-2006 Teale Lecture Series

September 29, 2005

“High Voltage Conservation Action in Tropical America”
Sharon Matola
Founding Director, Belieze Zoo and Tropical Education Center

October 12, 2005

“Trees and Late Paleozoci 02 X XX CO2 Climate Evolution”
Robert A. Berner
Alan M. Bateman Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University

November 3, 2005

“This Sacred Trust: The American Land and the Climate Emergency”
James Gustave Speth
2002 Blue Planet Prize Awardee; Dean, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

February 2, 2006

“Community Gardens as a Response To Environmental Justice Concerns: Evaluating the Effects Gardens Have on the Neighborhood”
Vicki Been
Eliju Root Professor of Law; Director, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University Law School

February 16, 2006

“Producing Wildlife: The Unintended Natures of Conservation in India”
Paul Robbins
Associate Professor of Geography & Regional Development, University of Arizona

April 20, 2006

“Brave New Ocean”
Jeremy Jackson
William E. and Mary B. Ritter Professor; Director, Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of San Diego

2004-2005 Teale Lecture Series

September 22, 2004

“The Role of Science in National Policy Making: Lessons from Working in Congress and The White House”
Rosina Bierbaum
Former Clinton White House Director of the Office of Science, Technology and Policy; Dean, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

October 21, 2004

“Teaming With Life: The Future of Life at the Dawn of the Sixth Great Extinction”
Tom Lovejoy
Director, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment

November 17, 2004

“Leaving Lascaux: The Frontier of Human Nature”
Barry Lopez
National Book Award Winner

February 24, 2005

“Living Sustainably on a Planet of Extremes”
William Hooke
Director, Atmospheric Policy Program, American Meteorological Society

March 24, 2005

“Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism”
Char Miller
Trinity University, Texas

April 21, 2005

“Achieving the Millennium Development Goals on Hunger”
Pedro Sanchez
2002 World Food Prize, Director of Tropical Agriculture & Co-chair, Millennium Project Hunger Task Force, Columbia University Earth Institute