Environmentl Symposium at UNCG on March 26

Environmental Symposium 2010


What major challenges do we face?
How can we practically meet these challenges?
“Practical Steps toward Sustainability”



The UNCG Biology Department, with financial support from
Syngenta, has organized an afternoon symposium to provide the
Triad community with a forum to learn about environmental topics
important to North Carolina. The topic? Sustainability!
Join us.

Free and Open to the Public

Four internationally recognized speakers:

Dr. Robert Jackson, Director of Duke University’s Center on Global Change,
will discuss the problems of nitrogen pollution.

Dr. Patricia Gober, Co-Director of the National Science Foundation’s
Decision Center for a Desert City, will discuss water resource sustainability.

Dr. Susan Smalley, Director of the Michigan State University C.S. Mott Group
for Sustainable Food Systems, will discuss community-based food systems.

Mr. Frank Harmon, FAIA and award-winning architect and leader in the field
of sustainable design, will discuss sustainable architecture.

When: Friday, March 26, 2010

Where: Sullivan Science Auditorium 101, UNCG Campus

Time: 1 – 5 PM

Free parking provided in the McIver Parking Deck

For Directions: http://www.uncg.edu/online_map/

For more information: http://www.uncg.edu/bio/index.