EnviroThursday Spring 1999
Contact
Environmental StudiesOlin-Rice Science Center, Room 249 651-696-6274
esson@macalester.edu
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Presentations take place at 12 noon, Olin-Rice Room 250
| Title | Date | Type of Presentation | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Rachel Carson” | 2/4/99 | Video | PBS documentary on Rachel Carson’s life. |
| “Sea Soldiers” | 2/11/99 | Video | Documentary on the use of marine mammals by the military worldwide. |
| “Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise” | 2/18/99 | Video | National Geographic documentary on the effect of exotic species in the Hawaiian Islands. |
| “Iceman” | 2/25/99 | Video | NOVA documentary on the frozen human from the Bronze Age found in the Alps, from an environmental perspective. |
| “Biosphere 2” | 3/4/99 | Speaker: William C. Harris | Activities and opportunities at Columbia University’s Biosphere 2 in Arizona. |
| “Amazon Deforestation” | 3/11/99 | Speaker: | Current research at the Marine Biological Laboratory on global warming and the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon. |
| “Dolphins with Robin Williams” | 3/18/99 | Video | PBS documentary on current research in dolphin behavior hosted by Robin Williams. |
| “Warriors of the Amazon” | 3/25/99 | Video | NOVA documentary about the Yanomami tribe in the Venezuelan Amazon. |
| “Affluenza” | 4/8/99 | Video | KCTS/Oregon PBS production on how consumption patterns affect the environment. |
| “Namib: Africa’s Burning Shore” | 4/15/99 | Video | Documentary on the Namib Desert in West Africa. |
| “Lead Poisoning” | 4/22/99 | Speaker: Herbert Needleman | The history of lead pollution and its effects on children’s I.Q. and social behavior. |
| “Guide to Green Consumers” | 4/29/99 | Speaker: Michael Brower | Latest studies on lifestyle patterns that affect environmental health. |
| “Imagery and Reality in the Amazon” | 5/6/99 | Speaker: Mariya Navazio | How international environmental organizations have altered the reality of the Brazilian Amazon. |