2008 Maclean House Lecture Series

The 2008 Maclean House Lecture Series: Going Green? The Science and Practice of Conservation and Sustainability concluded on April 22, 2008. Select faculty members from various departments talked about current initiatives and theories on the topics of global warming, energy conservation, and sustainability practices.  Each faculty member interpreted this theme according to their own background and research interests, which resulted in a variety of interesting and provocative perspectives. 

The Alumni Association offered an Alumni Studies course in conjunction with this lecture series.  Please visit the Alumni Studies Course Archives if you would like to download audio recordings of these lectures.

Lectures included:

• Technology and Policy for Living in a Greenhouse
  Robert Socolow, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  
  
• The Importance of Carbon Burial in Electricity Generation
  Michael Celia *83, Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Eco-Capitalism and the Power of Worm Poop
  Tom Szaky ’05 and Jon Beyer ’05, TerraCycle, Inc.