Environment and Sustainability Seminars
Join the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability and the Dornsife Environmental Studies Program this fall to learn more about research and careers in the environment and sustainability!
These weekly seminars will include presentations from both academics and industry professionals, who will share their work and career paths firsthand. Each seminar will include time for Q&A with the speaker.
Registration is not required, and all members of the USC community are welcome. Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are both in-person (ZHS 130) and on Zoom.
Schedule
August 29
Kelly Sanders
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
“The Air-Conditioning Paradox: Protecting vulnerable populations from extreme heat”
September 5
No seminar
September 12
Tamra Gilbertson
Indigenous Environmental Network
“Barriers to Climate Justice at the UN and Federal Levels”
September 19
Summer Gray
University of California Santa Barbara
“In the Shadow of the Seawall”
September 26
Ans Irfan
Keck School of Medicine
“Infusing Social Equity into Technology-based Climate Innovation”
October 3
Juliann Emmons Allison
University of California Riverside
“Boxing Lessons: Amazon, the Politics of Exploitation, and Global Resistance” (co-authored with Ellen Reese, University of California Riverside)
October 10
David Thomas
Keurig Co.
“Corporate Sustainability: A Food Industry Perspective and Lessons Learned”
October 17
Pamela Chasek
Manhattan University
“The UN Convention to Combat Desertification: The Challenge of Linking Scientific Knowledge and Multilateral Environmental Governance”
Zoom only
October 24
Anne Petermann
Global Justice Ecology Project
“Greenwashing Green Deserts | Brazil: Tree Plantations, Human Rights, and Carbon Offsets”
Zoom only
October 31
Josh Goldstein
USC Dornsife College
“Beyond Divestment: Fossil Free Research as the Next Step in Fighting Oil Industry Influence on Higher Ed”
November 7
Victoria Piunova
Loliware
“Blue Plastic: The Use of Seaweed-based Materials to Replace Single Use Plastics”
November 28
Gibson Climate Justice Lab students
“Top 6 Climate Justice Issues to Watch at COP28”
NOTE SPECIAL LOCATION: This seminar will take place in the USC Sustainability Hub.