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Nicholas J. Gotelli: Specimen-based modeling, stopping rules, & the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker
The reported rediscovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in 2004 was one of the most exciting and controversial events in the history of conservation biology. This tea presents new quantitative analyses of historical museum specimen records and the results of contemporary avian surveys to estimate the probability that the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is extant today. The talk is a mixture of conservation biology and statistical modeling, with some elements of economics, history, and psychology added for flavor.
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Flourishing in a Time of Flows: What Role for Environmental Health Social Sciences?
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Gillian Galford and Friends: Vermont Climate Assessment
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The Rehabilitation of Old Havana: Challenges of a Utopia
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Power Struggles: Social Dimensions of Electricity System Change
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Carbon Shock: Economic and Political Implications of the Revolution in Fossil Fuel Technology
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Ecological Economic Leadership
The way in which we understand and articulate our place in the economy influences our behavior. Reframing to focus on . . .
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Meeting UVM's Land Grant Mission: A Reflection on the Vermont State Climate Office
The Vermont State Climate Office is an AASC-recognized State Climate Office. As such, Dr. Dupigny-Giroux' mandate to . . .
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Ecosystem Accounting in National Accounts: From the Local to the Global
The UN recently developed and adopted a new framework for integrating information on ecosystem services into . . .
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Valuing Ecosystem Services in Vermont: Flood Mitigation and The Otter Creek Wetlands
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Optimization of Environmental Conservation and Public Health
Speaker Christopher Golden comes to speak at the Gund Institute. He has PhD, MPH, and is Director of HEAL(Health & . . .
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Asim Zia: Post-Kyoto Climate Governance
In his Gund tea, Asim discusses key findings from his recent research about the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol . . .
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Michael Coe: Feedbacks between deforestation, climate, and hydrology in the Amazon
Deforestation in the Amazon causes important changes in the energy and water balance by altering how incoming . . .
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Nicholas J. Gotelli: Specimen-based modeling, stopping rules, & the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker
The reported rediscovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in 2004 was one of the most exciting and controversial events . . .
Watch Now »
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James Boyce: Carbon Pricing as Property Creation
Dr. James Boyce, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, discusses how carbon pricing - via a carbon tax or a . . .
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Peter Dodds: Health, Happiness, and Hahaha
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Cheryl Hanna: Connecting Gender Equality to Environmental Sustainability
Cheryl Hanna, Professor of Law at the Vermont Law School, discusses violence against women in the context of both the . . .
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Abdon L. Schmitt: Southern Brazil Agroecology
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Lini Wollenberg: Climate Change Mitigation on Agriculture-Forest Landscapes
Dr. Lini Wollenberg discusses how agriculture and forestry contribute about one-third of anthropogenic emissions, yet . . .
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Joe Roman - Raising Whales: How Cetaceans Engineer the Oceans
Dr. Joe Roman discusses how the restoration of whales is essential in maintaining the integrity and resilience of . . .
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V. Ernesto Mendez: Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary, Participatory & Action-oriented Approach
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Taylor Ricketts: Mapping Marginal Values of Saturating Ecosystem Services
Dr. Taylor Ricketts, Professor RSENR and Director of the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics, presents on the . . .
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Gillian Galford: Land Use Change in Tropical Agroecosystems
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Gioia Thompson: UVM Campus Sustainability Commitments
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Asim Zia: REDD+ and Foreign Direct Investments
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Taylor Ricketts: Natural Capital Project
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Saleem Ali: Sustainable Pearl Farming
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Madhu Verma: Himalayan States of Indian Forests
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Chris Koliba: Dynamic Systems and Governance
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Chris Robinson: The Politics of Ecological Economics?
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Brian Kelly: Property Rights for the Future
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Andrea Castelo Branco Brasileiro: Brazilian Environmental Social Accounting Matrix
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Eric Zencey: Alternative Indicators - What Should We Be Measuring in Vermont?
This Tea addresses the outstanding issues with Vermont's Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) that we all need to think . . .
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Stuart Kauffman: Ethics
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Gary Johnson: Spatially Quantifying Ecosystem Services
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Bernardo Aguilar: Costa Rica Wetland Conservation
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Christine Vatovec: Eco/Health Impacts of End-of-Life Medicine
Christine Vatovec examines governance factors that determine the ecological and human health impacts of end-of-life medicine.
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Diane Gayer: Why Do We Build What We Build?
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Stuart Kauffman: The Impact of Complex Systems on Ecological Economics
Stuart Kauffman, one of the world's most eminent scientists — a founder of the field of complex systems science, . . .
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Bob Herendeen: Is a Non-Nuclear, Non-Carbon Future Possible?
This event is part of the weekly Gund Tea Series, an opportunity for affiliates of the Gund Institute for Ecological . . .
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Asim Zia: Cross-Scale Value Trade-Offs in Managing Socio-Ecological Systems
Management of socio-ecological systems takes place amidst complex governance processes and cross-scale institutional . . .
Watch Now »
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Flourishing in a Time of Flows: What Role for Environmental Health Social Sciences?
Flourishing: thriving; prospering; term often used in describing visions of sustainability, i.e. sustainability = . . .
Watch Now » -
How Inclusive Is Inclusive Wealth?
PRESENTER: Steve Polasky TOPIC: How Inclusive is Inclusive Wealth? DATE: October 31st, 12-1pm A Production of the . . .
Watch Now » -
Gillian Galford and Friends: Vermont Climate Assessment
A Production of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, an affiliate of the Rubenstein School for Environment & . . .
Watch Now » -
The Rehabilitation of Old Havana: Challenges of a Utopia
Ulice Acosta Lanes received his undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Havana. He worked for several . . .
Watch Now » -
Greenhouse Gas Calculators: How Good Can They Get?
Meryl will discuss her work to develop methods to quantify greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in order to . . .
Watch Now » -
Developing a Dengue Early Warning System in Coastal Urban Ecuador
Emerging mosquito-borne viral diseases, such as dengue fever and chikungunya, present a major global health threat. To . . .
Watch Now » -
Measuring and Managing Resilience Under Climate Change in Northern Great Lake Forests
Some of the most dramatic climate change effects to forests may be a decline in resilience to acute disturbances. I . . .
Watch Now » -
Power Struggles: Social Dimensions of Electricity System Change
As societal expectations for electricity systems evolve, individuals and organizations have different perspectives, . . .
Watch Now » -
Carbon Shock: Economic and Political Implications of the Revolution in Fossil Fuel Technology
The development and deployment of such new extraction technologies as hydro-fracking, steam-assisted gravity drainage, . . .
Watch Now » -
Ecological Economic Leadership
The way in which we understand and articulate our place in the economy influences our behavior. Reframing to focus on . . .
Watch Now » -
Meeting UVM's Land Grant Mission: A Reflection on the Vermont State Climate Office
The Vermont State Climate Office is an AASC-recognized State Climate Office. As such, Dr. Dupigny-Giroux' mandate to . . .
Watch Now » -
Ecosystem Accounting in National Accounts: From the Local to the Global
The UN recently developed and adopted a new framework for integrating information on ecosystem services into . . .
Watch Now » -
Valuing Ecosystem Services in Vermont: Flood Mitigation and The Otter Creek Wetlands
Following Hurricane Irene, Rutland Vt experienced more severe flooding than Middlebury, which lies downstream of . . .
Watch Now » -
Optimization of Environmental Conservation and Public Health
Speaker Christopher Golden comes to speak at the Gund Institute. He has PhD, MPH, and is Director of HEAL(Health & . . .
Watch Now » -
Asim Zia: Post-Kyoto Climate Governance
In his Gund tea, Asim discusses key findings from his recent research about the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol . . .
Watch Now » -
Michael Coe: Feedbacks between deforestation, climate, and hydrology in the Amazon
Deforestation in the Amazon causes important changes in the energy and water balance by altering how incoming . . .
Watch Now » -
Nicholas J. Gotelli: Specimen-based modeling, stopping rules, & the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker
The reported rediscovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in 2004 was one of the most exciting and controversial events . . .
Watch Now » -
James Boyce: Carbon Pricing as Property Creation
Dr. James Boyce, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, discusses how carbon pricing - via a carbon tax or a . . .
Watch Now » -
Peter Dodds: Health, Happiness, and Hahaha
Dr. Peter Dodds, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, and Director of the Complex Systems Center, UVM, . . .
Watch Now » -
Cheryl Hanna: Connecting Gender Equality to Environmental Sustainability
Cheryl Hanna, Professor of Law at the Vermont Law School, discusses violence against women in the context of both the . . .
Watch Now » -
Abdon L. Schmitt: Southern Brazil Agroecology
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is a biodiversity hotspot harboring more threatened and endangered species than any other . . .
Watch Now » -
Lini Wollenberg: Climate Change Mitigation on Agriculture-Forest Landscapes
Dr. Lini Wollenberg discusses how agriculture and forestry contribute about one-third of anthropogenic emissions, yet . . .
Watch Now » -
Joe Roman - Raising Whales: How Cetaceans Engineer the Oceans
Dr. Joe Roman discusses how the restoration of whales is essential in maintaining the integrity and resilience of . . .
Watch Now » -
V. Ernesto Mendez: Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary, Participatory & Action-oriented Approach
Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary Participatory & Action-oriented Approach | PRESENTER: V. Ernesto Méndez, Gund . . .
Watch Now » -
Taylor Ricketts: Mapping Marginal Values of Saturating Ecosystem Services
Dr. Taylor Ricketts, Professor RSENR and Director of the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics, presents on the . . .
Watch Now » -
Gillian Galford: Land Use Change in Tropical Agroecosystems
Dr. Gillian Galford, Research Assistant Professor discusses RSENR and presents a range of her current remote sensing . . .
Watch Now » -
Gioia Thompson: UVM Campus Sustainability Commitments
Gioia Thompson, Director of the Office of Sustainability, discusses policy and action relating to the University's . . .
Watch Now » -
Asim Zia: REDD+ and Foreign Direct Investments
-
Taylor Ricketts: Natural Capital Project
In this tea, we learn about the science, applications, and people behind the worldwide Natural Capital Project. The . . .
Watch Now » -
Saleem Ali: Sustainable Pearl Farming
Pearl farming has the potential to offer unique opportunities in terms of livelihoods and marine conservation in the . . .
Watch Now » -
Madhu Verma: Himalayan States of Indian Forests
Himalayan states of Indian Forests - CBA of Forest Diversion and Conservation and Incentives for Forest Conservation | . . .
Watch Now » -
Chris Koliba: Dynamic Systems and Governance
Governing Our Way Out: A Dynamic Systems Approach to Sustainable Development
Watch Now » -
Chris Robinson: The Politics of Ecological Economics?
What are the politics and political implications of Ecological Economics? Ecological Economics has been accused by . . .
Watch Now » -
Brian Kelly: Property Rights for the Future
Modern property rights assignments and regimes are ill-equipped to adapt to increased ecological scarcity, resulting . . .
Watch Now » -
Andrea Castelo Branco Brasileiro: Brazilian Environmental Social Accounting Matrix
The construction of an Environmental Social Accounting Matrix for the Brazilian Amazon Region is necessary, since this . . .
Watch Now » -
Eric Zencey: Alternative Indicators - What Should We Be Measuring in Vermont?
This Tea addresses the outstanding issues with Vermont's Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) that we all need to think . . .
Watch Now » -
Stuart Kauffman: Ethics
Stuart Kauffman, one of the world's most eminent scientists — a founder of the field of complex systems science, . . .
Watch Now » -
Gary Johnson: Spatially Quantifying Ecosystem Services
Gary Johnson is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Vermont. He currently works as a research . . .
Watch Now » -
Bernardo Aguilar: Costa Rica Wetland Conservation
Bernardo Aguilar is a Costa Rican who has lived and worked in the United States for a third of his life. He has . . .
Watch Now » -
Christine Vatovec: Eco/Health Impacts of End-of-Life Medicine
Christine Vatovec examines governance factors that determine the ecological and human health impacts of end-of-life medicine.
Watch Now » -
Diane Gayer: Why Do We Build What We Build?
Sustainable mega-cities versus Vermont-scale. Join Gund Institute's own Diane Gayer to take a critical look at Masdar, . . .
Watch Now » -
Stuart Kauffman: The Impact of Complex Systems on Ecological Economics
Stuart Kauffman, one of the world's most eminent scientists — a founder of the field of complex systems science, . . .
Watch Now » -
Bob Herendeen: Is a Non-Nuclear, Non-Carbon Future Possible?
This event is part of the weekly Gund Tea Series, an opportunity for affiliates of the Gund Institute for Ecological . . .
Watch Now » -
Asim Zia: Cross-Scale Value Trade-Offs in Managing Socio-Ecological Systems
Management of socio-ecological systems takes place amidst complex governance processes and cross-scale institutional . . .
Watch Now »