CURRENT EVENTS 2019-2020
SPRING 2020
Thursday, February 13, 6:30 pm, The River and the Wall
Location: Gannett Auditorium
A documentary exploring the potential environmental and human impacts of a wall along our southern border.
Friday, February 21, 3-5:30 pm, Exploremore
Location: Dana 280, 281, and 282
The ESS Program will have an informational table about its majors, particularly focusing on the environmental science side of ESS, along with all other science departments.
Tuesday, March 17, Sustainability Panel
Location: TBD
A panel of experts will discuss sustainability on campus and in the broader community.
Wednesday, March 18, 5:30 pm, ESS Advising night
Location: Emerson Auditorium
Students interested in the ESS Program are invited to learn more about the majors.
Thursday, March 19, Ice on Fire
Location: TBD
A documentary focusing on many never-before-seen solutions designed to slow down our escalating environmental crisis.
Saturday, April 4, 10 am – 3 pm, Sustainability Fair
The Sustainability Office and Sustainable Saratoga will host events, informational tables, and workshops highlighting campus and community sustainability efforts.
April – Dr. Kara Belinsky
Date + Location: TBD
Dr. Kara Belinsky from SYNY New Paltz will give a public talk entitled “A birds-eye view of urbanization: how can we create better suburban habitats for wildlife and humans?”
Wednesday, April 29, 9 am – ESS Senior Capstone presentations
Location: Filene Atrium
ESS Seniors will present their year-long capstone research projects.
Fall 2019
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 5:30 p.m., The Unlikely Road to Making Books
For this year’s Fox-Adler lecture, British author-illustrator William Grills will
discuss his work researching, writing about, and illustrating based on his works Shackleton's
Journey (2014) and The Wolves of Currumpaw (2016)
Location: Gannett Auditorium
Friday, Sept. 20, 3:30 p.m., ESS hike through Skidmore lands
All interested students are welcome to join us on either a hike up a local ADK mountain
or an exploration of Fish Creek in kayaks and canoes, followed by a pizza dinner.
Monday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m., Migration and Climate Change
A panel of experts from the Climate Reality Project and regional colleges explores
the intersection of two of the major challenges to world peace in the 21st century.
Part of Saratoga Peace Week.
Location: Davis Auditorium
Wednesday, Sept. 25, Anthropocene film screening
Edward Burtynsky’s new film, Anthropocene, will be shown on campus in coordination
with the UN Climate Action Summit.
Location: Gannett Auditorium
Friday, Sept. 27, Saratoga regional trails
Seth Brown, from Quantitative Ventures in DC, will discuss the economic opportunities
for trails in the Saratoga Region.
Location: Davis Auditorium
Saturday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m., Bike Travel Film Festival
Saratoga Biketoga will sponsor its annual film fest on campus.
Location: Gannett Auditorium
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m. – Ken Ilgunas “This Land is Our Land”
Ken Ilgunas is an author and journalist whose recent book, Trespassing Across America,
details his hike along the Keystone XL Pipeline and stories he gathered from affected
landowners.
Location: Davis Auditorium
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m. – ESS Keynote Speaker Mace Vaughan: “Bringing Back the
Pollinators: How Farmers, Gardeners, Cities, and Schools Can Join the Global Effort
to Save Biodiversity”
Mace Vaughan is the Co-Director of the Pollinator Program for the Xerces Society for
Invertebrate Conservation. He will discuss his work on the federal Farm Bill, as
a case study for how federal policy can help set up possible solutions to conservation
issues. He will also talk about national programs that are being implemented on a
local level to protect pollinators.
Location: Filene Auditorium
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 5:30 p.m., informational tables from local environmental groups
Informational tables from local environmental and conservation groups will be set
up in advance of the keynote address. If you are interested in finding out about
internship or volunteer opportunities, please come by to talk to local representatives.
Location: Filene Lobby
Monday, Oct. 21, Todd Miller “Border Patrol Nation”
Border scholar and author Todd Miller will discuss the US southern border with Mexico
and its consequences on climate change, migration, and homeland security.
Location: Filene Auditorium
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 5 p.m. – ESS Advising Meeting
In advance of registration for spring courses, the ESS Program will hold a meeting
to introduce students to the ESS curriculum and answer questions about major and minor
requirements and upcoming courses. ESS faculty will give an overview of the program,
and then students will break into small groups to discuss our 2 majors: Environmental
Studies and Environmental Science.
Location: Harder 201
Tuesday, Nov 5, 7 p.m., Yogani Govender
Dr. Govender, Dean of Science and Technology at the Interamericana University of Puerto
Rico, will give a talk entitled “Citizen Science: Civic activism through environmental
action”, about her citizen science work in Puerto Rico.
Location: Filene Auditorium
Wednesday, Dec 12 – ESS Holiday Party
Join ESS faculty and students in celebrating the end of the fall semester.
Location: Dana Atrium