Program Agenda and Videos
June 24, 2011
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Conceptually, the program is divided into four areas:
- Perspectives on the difficult global context for sustainability;
- Case studies of compelling worldwide sustainability challenges from participating countries;
- Unanswered transcendent questions; and
- The vision and accomplishments of the coastal protection in Mexico and California
The chronological organization of the July 18-22 time period reflects the availability of speakers, so there is not a sequential progression from one programmatic area to the next. All of the programs between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. occur in Room EDU 1111, Berkeley Place (corner of Campus Dr. and East Peltason on the UCI Campus, parking is available by entering the parking structure at the corner of Campus Dr. and Stanford on the first floor level). The evening programs will be held at other locations identified in the program description.
Monday July 18, 2011
Monday 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Insights from the people who inhabit the most (bitterly) divided cities on Earth such as Belfast, Beirut and Jerusalem; Speaker: Scott Bollens, University of California, Irvine, author of “City and Soul in Divided Societies” (View Video)
Monday 11:00a.m - 12:15 p.m.
The Fate of Arab Authoritarianism; Speaker: Ariel Ahram, University of Oklahoma, author of “The Fate of Arab Authoritarianism” and “Proxy Warriors: The Rise and Fall of State Sponsored Militias”
Monday 2:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m.
The plight of the 1 billion people who inhabit the "planet of slums"; Speaker: Mike Davis, University of California, Riverside, author of “Planet of Slums”, “City of Quartz”, and MacArthur Fellow (View Video)
Monday 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard - Are the current operating rules for capitalism and the effects of globalization compatible with sustainability?; Commentator: Allison Cook, Special Projects Coordinator, The Story of Stuff Project. (View Video)
Monday 7:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. Room 1517 Social and Behavior Science Bldg.
Case Study of Sustainability in Egypt; Sustainability Fellow Tamir ElGindi, and the Egyptian Delegation, Commentary by Professor Ariel Ahram, University of Oklahoma
Tuesday July 19, 2011
Tuesday 9:00 a.m-10:30 a.m.
Sustainability in the context of strife from ethic separatism, ethnic nationalism and fundamentalist religion extremism in Eurasia: Speaker Sergey Markedonov, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (View Video)
Tuesday 10:45 a.m-12:15 p.m.
Case Study of Sustainability in Ecuador; Carlos Zorrilla and Sustainability Fellows from Ecuador. (View Video)
Tuesday 2:00p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Case Study of Sustainability in West Bengal; Deb Debal and the Sustainability Fellows from India.
Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
"Is there a psychology of sustainability which can help preserve the „environmental health‟ of the Planet?”; Speaker: Beth Karlin, University of California, Irvine, Social Ecology Research Center,
Tuesday p.m-7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. SSPA 1100
Case Study of Sustainability in China; Sustainability Fellow Cindy Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences and UCI
Wednesday July 20, 2011
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Case Study of a Changing Arctic; Michael Byers, University of British Columbia: “The Role of Law & Governance In the Arctic”
Case Study of a Changing Arctic; Donald Gautier, United States Geological Survey: “Petroleum Resource Potential of the Arctic Region”
Case Study of a Changing Arctic; Aileen A. Espíritu, Director of The Barents Institute in Kirkenes, Norway: “The Impact of Industrial Oil and Gas Development on Arctic Indigenous Peoples”
Wednesday 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Case Study of Sustainability in Costa Rica; Bernardo Aguilar-González and Sustainability Fellows from Costa Rica.
Wednesday -4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
"Can religion help preserve the environment?"; Speaker Jack Miles, University of California, Irvine, Pulitzer Prize winner for “God: A Biography” and MacArthur Fellow, author of “Christ: A Challenge in the Life of God”
Wednesday -7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. . Social Behavioral Science Building, 1517
Case Study of Sustainability in Israel ; Sustainability Fellows Daniel Orenstein and Gonen Sagy
Thursday July 21, 2011
Thursday 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
"Environmental Justice and Disproportionate Exposure of Communities to Environmental Pollutants”; Speaker: Jerome Nriagu, University of Michigan. Senior Author of “Lead poisoning associated with malaria in children of urban areas of Nigeria” and “Levels of As, Cd, Pb, Cu, Se and Zn in bovine kidneys and livers in Jamaica”.
Thursday 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Case Study of Sustainability in Brazil; Sustainability Fellow Juliana Zanotto and the Brazilian delegation
Thursday 2:00 p.m.- 3:45 p.m.
Case Study of Preserving the Mexican Coast; Sergio Knaebel, Grants Director of the Sandler Foundation; Serge Dedina, WildCoast
Thursday 4:00 p.m.- 5:15 p.m.
"Is sustainable security a viable concept for enhancing the prospects for the developing world?"; Speaker: Sabina Dewan, Center for American Progress, author of “A National Strategy for Global Development”
Thursday 6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. Dinner/program, UCI University Club
“Hijacked Sustainability”; Adrian Parr, Associate Professor, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and School of Architecture and Interior Design, Affiliate Faculty in the Departments of Philosophy and Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati
Mini Case Study of the World Bank in Action; Shyla Raghav and Sustainability Fellows from the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
Friday July 22, 2011
Friday, July 22, 9:00-12 p.m.
"Can law save the climate?"; Speaker: Joseph F. DiMento, School of Law, University of California, Irvine, author of “The Global Environment and International Law”
Speaker: Michael Robinson-Dorn, School of Law, University of California, Irvine, co-author “Climate Change,” Friday
Speaker: Alejandro Camacho, School of Law, University of California, Irvine, author of “Why Federal Climate Change Legislation Shouldn't Stop States From Innovating in Adaptation Efforts," Friday,
Friday, July 22, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Case Studies of preserving the Orange County coast: Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Crystal Cove, and defeating the extension of a toll road through a treasured area for its surfing and ecology.
Friday, July 22, 6:30 p.m. - Sunset
The Bluff-top at Crystal Cove State Park will be the location for the concluding coffee and dessert. The purpose is to demonstrate the power of civil society and organized engaged citizens to make meaningful contributions to sustainability on Earth, as evidenced by the work of the Crystal Cove Alliance in preserving for posterity this beautiful location.
Countries of Sustainability Fellows as of June 24, 2011:
- Brazil
- China
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- India
- Israel
- Italy
- Kyrgyzstan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Russia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Thailand
- United States
- Possible other countries:
- Canada
- Norway
- Philippines