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RESEARCH
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article submitted to The Conversation by SoGES Visiting Fellow,
Ademola A. Adenle of Nigeria.
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article submitted by SoGES Resident Fellow, Andrea E. Duffy,
in Volume 3 of Resilience.
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SAVE THE DATE
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2011 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE: LEYMAH GBOWEE
Leymah Gbowee is the founder and president of The Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, leader of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace, and founder of the Liberia Reconciliation Initiative. Leymah is an advocate for the rights of women to fully participate in peace-building work and to promote the safety of women in Liberia.
Free admission. Reserve your ticket at csutix.com. This is a co-sponsored event.
March 6 | 6 pm | Lory Student Center Grand Ballroom
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Americans depend on the Environmental Protection Agency to protect their health and environment. Clean air and water protection, for example, save thousands of lives every year. How many will suffer if deregulation of the EPA becomes the symbol of lost protection for public health? Join four CSU expert panelists in a discussion as they engage in addressing environmental policy and regulations.
March 8 | 5-6:30pm | Avogadro's Number, 605 S. Mason
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Peter Van Arsdale is the director of Africa Initiatives at the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies. The 'Tree of Rights' serves as a metaphor and offers a communitarian vision, illustrating the evolutionary nature of human rights in diverse cultural settings, as we wrestle with how best to help one another. The tree demonstrates that rights are continually growing and changing. Just as a tree is never static, neither are rights.
March 9 | 4-5:30pm | Lory Student Center Grey Rock Room
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The dispute over the salinity of the Colorado River between 1961 and 1973 remains the most significant water controversy between Mexico and the United States since the landmark 1944 Water Treaty was ratified in 1945. This symposium explores the diplomatic history, impact, and contemporary significance of this extraordinary agreement shaping bi-national cooperation and operations on the Colorado River.
March 21 | 1-5:15pm | Lory Student Center Room 376-378
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HUMAN NATURE BLOG
by Sustainability Leadership Fellows
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By Stacey Elmore, Post Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
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 BEARS AND PEOPLE AND GARBAGE, OH MY!
By Stacy Lischka, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
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 SIX WAYS SOIL BIODIVERSITY SUSTAINS US!
By Elizabeth Bach, Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Biology.
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 AS THE MOSQUITO BITES
By Ajit Karna, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology.
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 SOIL HEALTH AND AN ERA OF ECOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTATION IN AGRICULTURE
By Steven Rosenzweig, Ph.D. Student in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
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 HERBICIDE RESISTANCE: AN AGRICULTURAL ARMS RACE
By Anita Kuepper, Ph.D. Student in the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
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 REFLECTIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND JUSTICE: "MY SUSTAINABILITY WILL BE INTERSECTIONAL..."
By Stacia Ryder, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology
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The Global Environmental Sustainability (GES) Minor
offers undergraduate students in every department at CSU a curriculum that enhances their major with the core knowledge to address real world sustainability challenges and the tools to bring sustainability into their careers. To enroll, schedule an appointment with GES Advisor Dale Lockwood,
[email protected].
The Sustainable Water Interdisciplinary Minor (SWIM) jointly offered by the CSU Water Center and SoGES. This minor offers undergraduate students from all major an opportunity to learn about water issues from social, political, economic, and ecological perspectives. Click
HERE for further details. Schedule an appointment with SWIM advisor, Julie Kallenberger,
[email protected] to enroll in the minor.
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