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		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). The second Boyer presentation for 2007 was titled "Flying after Oil." Although debated and denied frequently, a massive shortfall in oil production is coming faster than many are willing to admit. Dr. Alex Kuhlman assesses the situation and its effect on the airline industry, and reminds us to start thinking about tomorrow. Click here to read more or visit www.oildecline.com 2006 Planting Seeds for a Positive Future: Working with fruits harvested from the various Take Five for the Environment programs, Highland Community College biology and ecology instructor Keith Blackmore demonstrated how our culture can live it up as we power down for a sustainable future. 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 University of Illinois, where he teaches environmental law. He has written several books, including Bounded People, Boundless Land : Envisioning a New Land Ethic and The Land We Share: Private Property and the Common Good. Dr. Freyfogle is a native of central Illinois and has a long history of activity in local, state, and national conservation efforts. 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, Iowa State University was the featured speaker. For more information click here. 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. Richard Pirog is the Education Coordinator at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture located in Ames Iowa. 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 University of Northern Iowa teaches environmental studies. His topic for the April 27, 2000 colloquium will be "A Tale of Two Chickens: Why Buying Locally-grown Food is Essential." 1999 Gary Gardner of the Worldwatch Institute spoke on the role of education as it relates to environmental protection. John Hendrickson is an Outreach Specialist and Coordinator at the Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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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