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EnviroThursday Fall 1999

Presentations take place at 12 noon, Olin-Rice Room 250

Title	Date	Type of Presentation	Description
“Moby Dick”	9/16/99	Video	A documentary on Herman Melville’s novel and its scientific significance.
“The Perfect Pearl”	9/23/99	Video	A documentary on the pearl industry, covering the history of pearl harvesting and current pearl farming techniques and their impacts.
“Environmental Education in Japan”	9/30/99	Speaker: Kazuyuki Mikami	A presentation on the environmental education program at Miyagi University in Sendai, Japan.
“Three Mile Island”	10/7/99	Video	Documentary on the worst nuclear accident on U.S. soil and its environmental effects.
“Saving Baby Whales”	10/14/99	Video	A documentary on the rescue and release of three baby pilot whales after a beaching.
“Automobile Pollution in Los Angeles”	10/21/99	Speaker: Sarah West	A presentation on the current air pollution situation in L.A. and the measures that are being taken to improve it, plus some suggestions.
“How Not to be a Sheep: Questioning Popular Science”	11/4/99	Speaker: Theodore Rockwell	A discussion of several widely-accepted scientific theories that may not be true.
“WTO Ministerial Conference”	11/11/99	Speaker: Brett Smith	A presentation on the objectives on the World Trade Organization’s approaching Third Ministerial Conference and its environmental concerns.
“Successful Environmental Partnerships”	11/18/99	Speaker: Mike Harley	A presentation from a member of the Minnesota Environmental Initiative.
“Ecological Restoration: The Next and Permanent Revolution”	12/2/99	Speaker: Ray Tricomo	This presentation, from the founder and director of Kalpulli Turtle Island Multiversity project, will be focused on the necessity of restoring native ecologies and cultures.
“Solar Energy: Current Status and Future Potential”	12/9/99	Speaker: Dr. James Doyle	Presentation on the use of solar energy as an alternative energy source.