Nature & The Environment: The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series
About the Series
The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series developed as a joint effort of a number of departments, out of discussions initiated in
1995 by faculty members and graduate students with common interests in the many facets of environmental issues. The Lecture
Series is designed to bring a variety of distinguished speakers to the University to speak on various aspects of nature and
the environment.
The Teale Lecture Series received the Joshua's Trust Conservation Award in
recognition of Outstanding Conservation Efforts in 2007.
A downloadable copy of the flyer can be found here (pdf format)
All lectures are free, open to the public and held at 4:00 pm in the Konover Auditorium (with the exception of Thursday, October 20th, which will be held at 7pm) at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
***Rescheduled** Thursday, September 1, 2011 **Rescheduled**
This lecture with Commissioner Esty has been rescheduled for Thursday, December 8, 2011.
"Integrating Energy and Environmental Policy: The Path Forward for Protecting Our Natural Resources and Building our Economy”
Daniel Esty
Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Thursday, October, 20, 2011
Film Premier "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for our Time"
The film will be followed by a comments from producer/ directors Ann and Steve Dunsky and Senior Fellow Curt Meine from the Aldo Leopold Foundation
**Please note, this film will be shown at 7:00pm in the Konover Auditorium, Dodd Research Center
Thursday, November 17, 2011
"Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming"
Naomi Oreskes
Professor of History and Science
University of California, San Diego
Thursday, December 8, 2011
"Integrating Energy and Environmental Policy: The Path Forward for Protecting Our Natural Resources and Building our Economy”
Daniel Esty
Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)
Thursday, February 23, 2012
"The Future of Plants"
Sir Peter Crane
Dean
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
March 1, 2012
"In Pursuit of a New Environmentalism"
David Gessner
Associate Professor of Creative Writing
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Co-sponsored by Aetna and the Aetna Celebration of Creative Nonfiction
March 29, 2012
"The Hockey Stick: On the Front Lines in the Climate Wars"
Michael Mann
Professor, Director
Earth System Science Center
The Pennsylvania State University
Want to learn more about the impacts of climate change? Join us for " Climate Impact, Mitigation and Adaptation: A Reflection on Our Future"
March 26-29th, 2012
Downloadable flyer (pdf)
This lecture will be streamed live and can be viewed from your computer at this link
Past Lecturers
The Lecture Series is sponsored by:
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, the Graduate School, Offices of the President & Provost, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, School of Engineering, Center for Conservation & Biodiversity, Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, Office of Environmental Policy, Center for Environmental Science & Engineering, School of Fine Arts, UConn School of Law, Department of Agriculture & Resource Economics, Natural Resources Management & Engineering, Geosciences Program, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and the departments of Economics, English, Geography, Philosophy, and Political Science.For further information about the Teale Lecture Series, or to suggest a future speaker, please contact
Kathleen Segerson, Lecture Series CoordinatorJean Nelson, Lecture Series Administrator
This page is maintained by J. Nelson.