Environmental Management Certificate Program

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The Henry Luce Speaker Series features leading authorities in environmental sustainability, and experts in topics addressed in the current Keystone projects and other related environmental policy, business or science issues.

These distinguished experts present public lectures and meet with Keystone project teams in workshop sessions to provide expertise and input on the Keystone project topics.

Henry Luce Speaker Series for 2007-08

April 22 , 2008 - Jim Puckett: "Toxic Trade: The case of Electronic Waste and the Basel Convention "
Tuesday, 6:30 pm, Kane 110

Mr. Puckett will explore the issue of toxic trade through the lens of electronic waste trade and he will provide the context, history, evolution and relevance of the Basel Convention -- one of the world's landmark multilateral environmental agreements. The Basel Convention is not an esoteric United Nations treaty, but is relevant to anyone who owns a computer or cell phone. Mr. Puckett will explore the effects of globalization and free trade on electronic waste. The life cycle of electronic products, which is unseen by consumers, is unsustainable, economically inefficient and impacts some of the most vulnerable peoples on earth. Mr. Puckett will discuss the role of individuals in preventing the Digital Dump.

For more information, please see flyer. Free and open to the public!

January 15, 2008 - Ann Thorpe: "The Central Debates of Sustainable Design "
Monday, 7 pm, Kane 210

Ann Thorpe is the author of The Designer’s Atlas of Sustainability (Island Press, 2007). She teaches and researches sustainable design in the fields of product design and architecture at several universities in and around London, England. Prior to England, she worked in the U.S. Pacific Northwest with professional industrial designers and architects on sustainable design issues.  She has lectured widely on sustainable design.

Reception immediately following the lecture. Co-sponsored by the NW Chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America. For more information about this series, please visit depts.washington.edu/poeweb/gradprograms .

For more information, please see flyer. The public is welcome!

2006-07 Henry Luce Speaker Series

Alan Durning - Founder and CEO of Sightline Institute
L. Hunter Lovins – President and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions and co-creator of the Natural Capitalism concept

2005-06 Henry Luce Speaker Series
Technology for Sustainability: Words to Action

John Plaza – President of Seattle BioDiesel
Lester Brown - Founder of the Earth Policy Institute, Author, Plan B2.0
Burr Stewart - Strategic Planning Manager, Port of Seattle
Alyson Slater -  Associate Director of Communications, The Global Reporting Initiative
Steve Lippman - Vice President, Trillium Asset Management
Dr. Freda Pagani - Director and Founder, Campus Sustainability Office, UBC

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