FASB room 295 To attend online, register: https://utah.zoom.us/j/98492126188?pwd=MFhaNkZsNGNrSi93K29nbXIzWkIyUT09 Abstract: Change to address the climate crisis in socially just ways requires integrated action at both collective and individual levels. The connections between beliefs, values and behavior are complex, so promoting environmentally responsible behavior involves far more than educating people about climate change, as a wide variety of […]

FASB 295 and on Zoom. To participate via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcscOurrjMpHdQY-6L81WvBK0jX8N1oKElI "From the illegal ivory trade to nuclear waste – an improbable journey by an accidental geologist" Abstract: Sometimes science questions seem to choose us. In this talk I will discuss my involvement in problems related to nuclear waste, the illegal wildlife trade, and […]

FASB 295 and online. To participate via Zoom, register at: https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOmpqD0vGtCRHWDdpox9LMzS3YMJ0lZZ Using two case studies of ongoing environmental justice struggles in Louisiana, this talk will focus on how advocates can work in partnership with affected communities to advance environmental justice (EJ). Given the limitations of the law and legal tools in the EJ context, EJ […]

FASB 295 and online. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlfumupzIuGtAC6qvbyjY6P5xJjs8h5OFS Abstract Anthropogenic climate change threatens to destabilize human societies and global ecological systems. Indeed, climate change is already forcing mass migrations and producing harmful effects on food security and social stability. As such, a critically important initiative in climate change research concerns how human […]

FASB 295 and online. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEocOmvqzwrGdI7Ea7OLU5Ai_7Q_MxUxoez Abstract: The Colorado River is not stationary. Climate change’s hydrological impacts are one testament (read: aridification/megadrought). So, too, is the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision in Arizona v. Navajo Nation. Focused on Diné (Navajo) needs for and rights to water within the river […]