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: […]

2003-2004 Teale Lecture Series September 23, 2003 “Greening the Campus: How Universities are Improving Environmental Performance and Sustainability” Julian Keniry Director, National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Program October 9, 2003 “Below-ground Biodiversity of Hot and Cold Deserts” Diana Wall Professor and Director, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University November 20, 2003 “Environmental Esthetics: Beauty […]

2002-2003 Teale Lecture Series September 23, 2002 “Prehistoric Human Impacts on the Environment of Amazonia, With Emphasis on Anthropogenic Dark Earths” William Denevan October 17, 2002 “Environment and Statecraft: The Strategy of Environmental Treaty-Making” Scott Barrett November 14, 2002 “Crossing Thresholds: The Environment as Moral Challenge” Bill McKibben Award-Winning Author, Middlebury College February 20, 2003 […]

2001-2002 Teale Lecture Series October 10, 2001 “Snowball Earth: Testing the Limits of Global Change” Paul Hoffman November 15, 2001 “The Value of Nature and Human Physical and Mental Well-Being” Stephen Kellert February 18, 2002 “The Plaza or the Pendulum: Two Concepts of the Ecosystem” Mark Sagoff March 7, 2002 “Humanist Environmentalism” William Cronon April […]

2000-2001 Teale Lecture Series September 22, 2000 “Tropical Conservation through Biodiversity Development: The Only Hope” Dan Janzen October 11, 2000 “Dividing the Waters: The Challenge of Sustaining People and Ecosystems in a New Era of Scarcity” Sandra Postel November 2, 2000 “Swampwalker’s Journal: Reflections on 50 Years of Turtles and Wetlands” David Carroll Author, Illustrator, […]

1999-2000 Teale Lecture Series September 23, 1999 “Thoreau’s Country: Historical Insights to Ecology and Conservation” David R. Foster October 13, 1999 “Global Climate Change during the Last 400,000 Years” Mike Bender December 9, 1999 “Fertilizer and Global Change in the Nitrogen Cycle, Too Much of a Good Thing?” Pam Matson February 9, 2000 “Sustainable Development […]

1998-1999 Teale Lecture Series September 24, 1998 “Gratitude to Trees: Buddhist Resource Management in Asia and California” Gary Snyder October 27, 1998 “Science, Politics, and the Endangered Species Act” David Wilcove December 3, 1998 “The Science of Nature: The Nature of Science” Gene Likens February 11, 1999 “Regulating Environmental Health Risks” Maureen Cropper March 23, […]

1997-1998 Teale Lecture Series September 24, 1997 “Economics and Ecology: The Value of Ecosystem Services” Robert Costanza October 23, 1997 “Pollution and Prejudice: Who Bears the Burden of Environmental Risk?” Evan J. Ringquist November 13, 1997 “Pricing What Is Priceless: Ecologists vs. Economists” Kerry Smith February 12, 1998 “Financial Challenges to the Implementation of the […]