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Sustainability Showcases
​ Fall 2019

The Sustainability Showcase Series

The CSL will be hosting twelve Sustainability Showcases this fall to make connections between faculty research, personal and professional interest and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals while broadening the discourse surrounding sustainability. Speakers are invited to give a thirty-minute talk, answer questions and hang around to mingle with attendees.

This year, the theme for the showcase series is: The Time is Now.

According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, “Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities, and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow. Weather patterns are changing, sea levels are rising, weather events are becoming more extreme and greenhouse gas emissions are now at their highest levels in history. Without action, the world’s average surface temperature is likely to surpass 3 degrees centigrade this century. The poorest and most vulnerable people are being affected the most” (SDG). For decades we have been talking about climate change but not taking the necessary, immediate actions. There is no more time to waste; the time to act is now.

This year, the Sustainability Showcase Series is highlighting the actions that people are taking in their communities, locally and globally. The series covers a wide range of topics based around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and all support the notion that climate change is becoming a more urgent issue that everyone must pay attention to and act on. Attendees will leave these events feeling inspired and will be able to identify actions in their own community to be an active, educated, and engaged citizen.

Events are on Fridays 12 - 1:30 pm, are held in 233AB HUB and include lunch for RSVP'd guests.

The dates for the showcases are as follows: 
Sept 6, 13, 20, 27 | Oct 4, 11, 18, 25 | Nov 1, 8, 15 | Dec 6
LIVE Streaming will be available Every Friday at noon
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Kirk French
​September 6, 2019
HUB 233AB

Penn State ​Professor of Anthropology

​​​On the Rocks: The Sobering Effects of Climate Change on Global Alcohol Production
Thanks for coming!
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Paul Shrivastava
September 13, 2019
HUB 233AB

Penn State Chief Sustainability Officer, Director of the Sustainability Institute
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​Institutionalizing Sustainability at Penn State

Thanks for coming!
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Cheryl Capezzuti
September 20, 2019
HUB 233B

Pittsburgh-Based Artist

IllumiNATION: Creating Community, Promoting Sustainability, and Celebrating Global Cultures Through The Arts
Thanks for coming!
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Graham Bullock
September 27, 2019
​HUB 233AB
Davidson College Professor of Political and Environmental Science

Connecting Information and Action: A Sustainable Consumer's Playbook

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thanks for coming!
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Elly Engle
October 18, 2019
​HUB 233AB
McDaniel College Professor of Environmental Studies
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Seeding a Sustainable Transition


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Watch her talk here!
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Steve Levitsky
October 4, 2019
​HUB 233AB
Vice President of Sustainability for Perdue Farms

The Time is Now... To Set BHAG Goals and Drive Change in Large Organizations​
Watch his talk here!
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Peter Buckland
October 25, 2019
HUB 233AB
Academic Programs Manager at the Sustainability Institute

Resounding Threats. Threatening Sounds. 
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-change of speaker-
Watch his talk here!
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Deanna Behring
October 11, 2019
HUB 233AB
College of Agricultural Sciences Assistant Dean for International Programs

Think Globally, Act Locally
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Watch her talk here!
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Amy Collins (MD)
November 1, 2019
HUB 233AB
Senior Clinical Advisor for Health Care Without Harm

Do No Harm: How the Health Care Sector is Taking Climate Action

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Watch her talk here!
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Joanne Shafer
November 8, 2019
HUB 233AB
Deputy Executive Director for Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority

​A Circular Economy, Recycling Markets, and China's Local Effects
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Watch her talk here!
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John Gershenson
November 15, 2019
HUB 233AB
Penn State Director of Humanitarian Engineering & Social Entrepreneurship (HESE)

​The Penn State HESE Program and Sustainable Ventures in Kenya
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Thanks for coming!
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Alex Klippel
December 6, 2019
HUB 233AB
Penn State Professor of Geography and Director for the Center of Immersive Experiences

Extended Realities - Creating Visceral Experiences for Sustainability
Watch his talk here!

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