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December 2020
Psychology and Stuff Podcast LIVE: Psychology and Sustainability
Join Dr. Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges, Professor of Psychology, and Dr. Ryan Martin, Associate Dean of CAHSS, in a live episode where they upcycle classic board games into modern conservation teaching tools. For questions about the talk, contact Ryan Martin at martinr@uwgb.edu. For difficulty joining the event, please contact Amanda Wildenberg at wildenba@uwgb.edu.
Find out more »Projects in Sustainable Literary Citizenship: Undergraduate Editing of Thoreau and Mary Seacole
Students will discuss their transcription, encoding, and editing of sections from writer, activist and naturalist Henry David Thoreau's WALDEN (1854) and the memoirs of "doctress" Mary Seacole Jamaican-British witness of the mid nineteenth- century British Empire's global cholera pandemic. Presented by the English 400: Capstone class. For questions about the talk, contact Rebecca Nesvet at nesvetr@uwgb.edu. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81480264117?pwd=eHhiUUEzZi9XdWtTZGlUbTJpdEt4Zz09 Meeting ID: 814 8026 4117 Passcode: Walden For difficulty joining the event, please contact Amanda Wildenberg at wildenba@uwgb.edu.
Find out more »Multinationals and the Global Common Good
What obligations do multinational corporations have toward the global common good? Manuel Velasquez, a well-known philosopher and business ethicist at Santa Clara University, argues that they have none. According to Velasquez, such firms have no responsibilities when it comes to mitigating climate change, protecting ocean fisheries, or refraining from the dumping and handling of toxic waste. To substantiate this claim, he relies on the thought and work of the seventeenth-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes. In this presentation, Dr. Bozzo presents some…
Find out more »Coming of Age at the End of the World: An Existential Toolkit for the Climate (and COVID) Generation
Dr. Ray will discuss her new book, A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet.
Find out more »Roundtable Discussion on Domesticity and Sustainability
Students from this Progressive-era women's fiction course will use their knowledge and research to answer and discuss the question: What should domesticity -- domestic labor and social relations -- look like? Join Kimberly Davis* RandiJo DeGrave Ally Gorenchan* Samantha Myers Kira Schiffer Aili Zirkle *Will participate in asynchronous/digital component " For questions about the talk, contact Ann M Mattis at mattisa@uwgb.edu For difficulty joining the event, please contact Ryan Martin at martinr@uwgb.edu.
Find out more »Sustaining the future: How students of color can survive and thrive at a predominantly white institution
Students of color hold untapped potential that is not fully utilized by the academy. As UWGB works to expand its diversity and inclusion efforts, what does the research show about facilitating success with students of color? We will discuss best practices as well as a new initiative, BIPOC R.I.S.E. Speakers include Dr. Christine Smith (smithc@uwgb.edu) and Hanette Kamanda. For difficulty joining the event, please contact Ryan Martin at martinr@uwgb.edu.
Find out more »Environmental Sustainability: Where to Start and How to Encourage Others
Presenter: Kyle Chaudoir Where do you begin as an individual concerned with environmental issues like plastic waste, global warming, as well as humanitarian rights in developing nations? I will introduce you to some materials that can help put your every day consumption to work for companies that have better environmental and humanitarian practices than others. As well as talking about what you can do to effectively practice sustainability.
Find out more »Sustainability through Citizen and Community Engagement
A panel of speakers from UW-Green Bay and the broader community. Alise Coen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Public and Environmental Affairs, UWGB (Moderator) Seth Hoffmeister, Organizing and Political Director, Wisconsin Conservation Voters Casey Hicks, Northeast Organizer, Wisconsin Conservation Voters Mary Faydash, Friends of the Black River Forest John Arendt, Director, Office of Sustainability and Environmental Management and Business Institute (EMBI), UWGB
Find out more »Unsustainable Illusions: Patriarchy, White Supremacy, and the Politics of Labor
In our roundtable discussion, we seek to examine alternatives to the social order as imagined under white supremacist, heteronormative patriarchal capitalism. We will focus on how the dominant social order is unsustainable, why it needs to be reimagined, and how it is being imagined on account of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. We believe that there is growing awareness of the pitfalls of conventional domestic, social, and labor arrangements for many people, especially groups that struggle as a result of…
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