Helen Sarakinos, executive director of the REAP Food Group, is part of the Caring for Creation Series at Bethel Lutheran Church. Sarakinos is a seasoned advocate and organizer for issues that impact our community’s children’s citizens, food, and water. In her presentation, she will talk about the work of REAP Food Group, which has become a …
Andrea Hicks, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, looks at the environmental, economic and societal impacts of our evolving technology. Tools such as life-cycle assessment and agent-based modeling allow for the quantification of these impacts, and generate an understanding of potential unintended consequences. Hicks will explore these by looking at products such as energy-efficient …
GHI's Tony Goldberg helps unravel cause of orangutan's death in Milwaukee zoo, traces unidentified tapeworm.
James Fairhead is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Sussex. His research covers anthropogenic landscapes and indigenous agro-ecological knowledge. In a trio of books, he examined how the environmental sciences and policy engage with the lives and perspectives of land users. His presentation is part of a year-long “One Health and History in Africa …
GHI Director Jonathan Patz presents “Confronting the Global Climate Crisis May be the Best Way to Fight Chronic Diseases” at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health. Listen live at http://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/events/population-health-spotlight/. The talk will also be available on-demand.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz outlines how health benefits from reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Jacob Atem will share his journey from a genocide survivor to health activist in his home village. Atem was 6 when his parents were killed, his siblings lost, and his village in southern Sudan was decimated by genocide. He became one of nearly 20,000 “Lost Boys” from South Sudan, orphaned and fleeing war. He fled 1,000 …
The Food Sovereignty Symposium and Festival will be held March 10-12 on the University of Wisconsin campus and surrounding sites in Madison, Wisconsin. The symposium component of event is focusing on Indigenous and broader topics of food sovereignty that impact how communities and individuals control and manage their food systems, and the festival component is …
Call for applications: Wisconsin Without Borders Recognition Awards for Global Engaged Scholarship.
Purpose: To bring together women of all backgrounds to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women in many places around the world and to think about ways in which we can accelerate gender parity. Will you Be Bold For Change on International Women’s Day 2017 and beyond by taking groundbreaking action that …