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2009 In 2009, the Boyer Colloquium featured a program of upbeat thinking on sustainability, global warming, and students' amazing power to change their world. The "Furgal Citizen's Guide to Global Warming: How We Can Save Money, Rescue the Economy and Save the Planet, Too." program was presented by Jay Butera, an entrepreneur, writer and speaker living near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Brown University and the Haverford School, he has independently studied the issues and technologies of energy and global warming for over 20 years. 2008 The 2008 program, "Pain or
Progress" explored both sides of industrial expansion in agricultural
communities. The presenter, Dr. Richard Shaten,
discussed the impact of wind farms, mega farms, retail expansion, and
highway construction in our communities. 2007 The 2007 Boyer Colloquium featured two topical
presentations. The first was titled “Local Solutions to Global
Problems." The speaker was Wilson Rickerson, a
Boston-based consultant focusing on state and municipal clean energy and
climate policy. He is currently the Policy Advisor to the Center for
Sustainable Energy at Bronx Community College, where he helps manage New York
City's Million Solar Roofs Initiative, and an Adjunct Policy Fellow at the
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Delaware
(from where he completed his graduate studies). 2006 Planting
Seeds for a Positive Future: Working with fruits harvested from the various
Take Five for the Environment programs, 2005 The topics for the 2005 Boyer
Colloquium were the ethical, legal, and environmental dimensions of land use.
The speaker was Dr.
Eric Freyfogle, the Max L. Rowe Professor of Law at the 2004 Dr. Jack Herrmann, DVM,
MPH, Diplomate, American College of Theriogenologists, Wendy Parker, a
Congressional Science Fellow working with the Environment and Public Works
Committee in the U.S. Senate, and Terry Feinberg, Extension Educator,
Community and Economic Development, University of Illinois Extension,
provided a panel discussion with the title "Chemical and Cancer Risks:
Challenges for Communities". Click here for more
information. 2003 Michael Duffy, Associate Director, Professor
of Economics, Agricultural Extension, 2002 Richard
Pirog and John Hendrickson presented a program entitled "Local Food
Systems: The Load Less Traveled," an examination of energy inputs for
conventional and local food distribution systems. 2001 A panel of experts representing differing points of
view discussed the theme of "Land Use and Development." 2000 Dr.
Kamyar Enshayan, adjunct professor at the 1999 Gary Gardner of the
Worldwatch Institute spoke on the role of education as it relates to
environmental protection. 1998 Thomas Welch, Chairman of the Maine Public Utility
Commission discussed the ethics of governmental regulation of the
environment. A copy of his speech, "Utility Regulation, the Environment,
and Bureaucratic Ethics." (PDF file) can be read here. 1997 Gary Snyder, noted environmental poet and speaker read from his poetry and examined the "Ethics of Capitalism" in protecting the environment. 1996 Gordon Durnil,
author of The Making
of an Environmental Conservative spoke to the topic of "Creating a
Sustainable Society." |
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