ECI's 2008 Retreat
October 17, 2008

Agenda and Online Registration

ECI's Evening Lecture Series
Environment and Society: Untangling the Web

Population and Environment in the Amazon Basin: Toward Integrative Land Change Science

Emilio F. Moran: Director, Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change (ACT); Co-Director, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC), Indiana University

Thursday, October 23 at 6:00 p.m. in MacMillan Hall 117

The African Green Revolution Moves Forward

Pedro Sanchez: Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment; Director, Millennium Villages Project; The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Tuesday, November 18 at 6:00 p.m. in MacMillan Hall 117

Environmental Change Initiative

The nature of environmental problems requires a broad interdisciplinary approach that brings together scientists and students from the physical, life and social sciences as well as the public policy arena. Brown’s Environmental Change Initiative fosters collaborations with colleagues across the campus and around the world.

Urgent environmental problems occur at all scales from local to global. By integrating and relaying information between specialists, ECI builds relationships that cross scales.

Solving environmental problems not only requires creating new knowledge but also effectively communicating problems and solutions to various stakeholders, from everyday citizens to elected officials. ECI helps researchers communicate specialized knowledge toward effective solutions.