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Green Living Seminar Series

 

Presented by the Environmental Studies Department and the MCLA Berkshire Environmental Resource Center

 

Assistance provided by Imagining North Adams

 

Every semester the Green Living Seminars center around a different topic, timely and relevant in current sustainability issues. 


Missed a seminar?
Presentations are broadcast on local cable access television:

Fridays at 4 pm

Sundays at 11:30 am

Tuesdays at 7:30 pm

or click the podcast link after the seminar title, below, to listen anytime.

 

2013 Green Living Presentations

All seminars are at 5:30 in Murdock Hall, Room 218.

Listen to a podcast from earlier this year, below, or hear podcasts from previous years. 

The Return of Placecraft (podcast)
Jennifer Krouse, Imagining North Adams, and Ian Rasmussen
1/24/2013 

Strong Towns (podcast)
Charles Marohn, Strong Towns, Executive Director
1/31/2013

Short-Term Action, Long-Term Change (podcast)
Andrew Howard, Team Better Block
2/7/2013 

Green Certification: The Sacred and the Profane (podcast)
R. John Anderson, Principal at Anderson Kim Architecture & Urban Design; and Stephanie Boyd, Director of the Williams College Zilkha Center
2/14/2013

The Original Green (podcast)
Steve Mouzon, Mouzon Design, Principal
2/21/2013

The Agrarian City (podcast)
Andres Duany, Principal of Duany Plater Zyberk & Company; and Jennifer Munoz, Director of the Growing Healthy Garden Program
2/28/2013 

The Environmental Argument for Smart Development (in Sullivan Lounge)  (podcast)
Lee Sobel, Real Estate Development and Finance Analyst at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and Jon Ford, Principal at Morris Beacon Design
3/7/2013

Shared Space (podcast)
Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut, Professor of Civil Engineering 3/21/2013

Legalizing Main Street (podcast)
Caleb Racicot, Tunnel-Spangler-Walsh & Associates, Senior Principal
3/28/2013

Revitalizing Downtown (podcast)
Russell Preston, Design Director at Principle Group; and Judy Grinnell, President of Hoosic River Revival
4/4/2013

Mobility's Contribution to Sustainability (podcast)
Aurash Khawarzad, Change Administration
4/11/2013 

TCE Contamination

This mini-documentary about TCE contamination of North Adams ground water was produced by students in the 2011 Green Living Seminar.