Join us for a screening of “the best documentary about fracking”, followed by a discussion with filmmakers Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman. “Triple Divide is…
Rensselaer’s Earth Week Festival Finale will celebrate Interconnections – between students of different ages, between students and sustainability professionals, between the university and the Troy…
Ben Greene, founder of the Farmery, an urban farm, market and cafe, will talk about his vision for a grocery and cafe that grows and sells…
In this talk Cameron Tonkinwise (Carnegie Mellon University) examines the practices of everyday life, and how habitual practices work against sustainable consumption. He also describes…
Cotton Road travels from family farms in South Carolina to the factories of China to tell a story about globalized labor, weaving a portrait of…
This symposium will include lectures by internationally reknown art historians Steve Baker and Monika Bakke, supported by the Vollmer Fries Distinguished Lecture Series. Steve Baker…
Speaker Will Potter is an award-winning journalist and TED Fellow based in Washington, D.C.. His writing and public speaking focus on the animal rights and environmental movements,…
This film is based on a Rolling Stone article by renowned environmental leader Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, which has galvanized people around the world…
In this talk, historian of science Mike Fortun (Rensselaer) describes how scientists came to understand (and design studies to further understand) the vital role of…
Please RSVP below if you are able to participate in a roundtable discussion about the long-term impacts of the shale gas boom, and the intergenerational…