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The 2024 Rachel Carson Distinguished Anniversary Lecture Series honors the 60th anniversary of the passing of Rachel Carson and celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability. Support is provided by the Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science.
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September 12 (Thursday, 10 am ET) "Ocean Governance: Past, Present, Future" by Scott Barrett
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September 26 (Thursday, 10 am ET) “Converting science into policy: a career inspired by Rachel Carson” by William Sutherland
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October 10 (Thursday, 10 am ET) "Community Disaster Resilience: To What? For Whom?" by Susan Cutter
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October 17 (Thursday, 10 am ET) "The importance of evidence and data to hold a spotlight on food systems" by Jessica Fanzo
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April 11 (Thursday, 11 am ET) "Spatial Optimization and Conservation Biology" by Richard Church Video
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April 4 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "Uncovering the Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation for Health and the Economy" by Drew Shindell Video
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Mar 28 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "Captured sunshine: what can an energetic view of life on Earth tell us about nature decline and recovery?" by Yadvinder Malhi Video
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Mar 19 (Tuesday, 9 am ET) "From Environmental Progress to Climate Change Challenges" by Claire L Parkinson Video
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Mar 14 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "Designing effective environmental and conservation policies: The role of individual and collective incentives" by Kathleen Segerson Video
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Mar 7 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "Incorporating Air and Water Pollution into the National Income and Product Accounts" by Maureen Cropper Video
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Feb 22 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "Environmental Science and Behavioral Science Need One Another" by Baruch Fischhoff Video
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Feb 15 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "Agrifood systems innovations to boost human and environmental resilience to shocks" by Christopher B Barrett Video
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Feb 1 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "What can “the commons” mean to policy and practice in a rapidly changing climatic, cultural, and political world?" by Bonnie J. McCay - Video
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Jan 25 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "Cloudy with a Chance of Science - Shaping a discussion at the intersection of wicked problems and society" by James Marshall Shepherd - Video
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Jan 18 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "The Social Cost of Water Pollution" by Catherine Kling - Video
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Jan 11 (Thursday, 9 am ET) "Biodiversity - The Next Frontier in Economics" by Geoffrey Heal - Video
2022 Rachel Carson Lecture by Andrew Balmford
2019 Rachel Carson/Boone & Crocket Club Lecture by William Demmer
2017 Rachel Carson Lecture by Carl Folke
2017 Rachel Carson Lecture by Marcia McNutt
2012 Rachel Carson Lecture by Ian Cowx
2011 Rachel Carson Lecture by Emilio Moran
2010 Rachel Carson Lecture by Elinor Ostrom
2009 Rachel Carson Lecture by Billie Lee Turner II
2009 Rachel Carson Lecture by Simon Levin
2008 Rachel Carson Lecture by Ruth DeFries - Slides
2008 Rachel Carson Lecture by Peter Raven
2007 Rachel Carson Lecture by William C. Clark - Slides
CHANS-Net: International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems facilitates communication and collaboration among scholars from around the world who are interested in coupled human and natural systems. Those scholars blur the traditional boundaries and combine social and physical sciences – such as biology, economics, ecology, sociology, demography, and more to find sustainable solutions that both benefit the environment and enable people to thrive.
CHANS-Net was created with support from the Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems program of the National Science Foundation. The Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University coordinates the effort.
“Achieving sustainability depends not only on bold new science, but also on research that can bring drastic changes in human attitudes, intentions and -- most importantly – behaviors,” said Jianguo “Jack” Liu, CSIS director and principal investigator of the CHANS-Net. “The CHANS-Net Network harnesses the best minds from across disciplines that will create a revolution in sustainability.”
MSU’s role includes building a global database of scholars and their projects, fostering collaboration, helping identify and train new talent, and raising awareness.