HOUGHTON -- Michigan Tech's Engineers Without Borders and the Society of Environmental Engineers are sponsoring a discussion on "Great Lakes Water Issues" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 18, in the Forestry building lecture hall G002.
This event, part of MTU's "Popcorn and Policy" series, brings together academia, government agencies and the community for discussion on important policy issues. The public is invited.
"The Great Lakes are one of the most valuable (and beautiful) natural resources in the nation," writes Joe Dammel, MTU student in Environmental Engineering, member of Engineers Without Borders and president of Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society. "We live on the shores of the largest Great Lake -- a lake system facing many challenges as we head into the future. Popcorn and Policy is your opportunity to discuss these challenges with experts."
The experts who will make up the panel for this event include the following:
Dr. Alex Mayer, professor of Geological and Environmental Engineering and director of MTU's Center for Water and Society. Mayer is the principal investigator for a recently-awarded, $1.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to assess the future value of Great Lakes water resources under conditions of land use and climate change.
Katie Alvord, freelance writer, author of Divorce Your Car! Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile and winner of the 2007 Science Journalism Award for Online Reporting from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her series of articles about the Great Lakes, published on Keweenaw Now. Read about her award and find links to the articles.
Jay Glaser, biologist for the National Parks Service (NPS) Midwest Regional Fishery, stationed at Isle Royale National Park, whose work on aquatic invasive species, among other things, spans the "Great Lakes Network" of the NPS.
Bruce Lindgren, co-chair of the Lake Superior Binational Forum, acting president and CEO of the Coalition for Eco-Industrial Development.
More info on the Great Lakes can be found at the following sites:
http://www.iaglr.org/factsheets/iaglr_crossroads.pdf
http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/
http://www.keweenawnow.com/contributors/katie_alvord.htm
http://www.greatlakes.org/
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment