Dr. Kevin M Anderson does some very interesting lunch time lectures each month. Many will qualify for Advanced Training and all are interesting and worth your time to drive into Austin.
Time: Noon to 1pm
Free and Open to the Public-bring a lunch and learn
Location and Day of the Month
Every 2nd Wednesday – Senior Activity Center-Lamar (SAC-Lamar) at 2874 Shoal Crest Ave, South Room
Every 3rd Tuesday – Austin Water Center for Environmental Research (CER) at Hornsby Bend
Every 4th Wednesday– University of Texas Norman Hackerman Building (NHB). 100 E 24th St
Various Thursdays – One Texas Center (OTC) at 505 Barton Springs Road and South First Street, Room 325
Topics for this year:
Concepts of American Nature
January – Wild Nature: The New World and Wilderness
February -Pastoral Nature: Agrarianism and Rural America
March – Urban Nature: Perspectives on Nature and the City
April – Resilient Nature: Discordant Harmony and New Ecology
Science and American Nature
May – American Natural History: Thoreau and New World Nature
June – American Biology: Natives, Immigrants, and Humboldt’s Children
July – American Ecology: Stability, Integrity, and Leopold’s Legacy
August – American Environmental Science: Carson and the Politics of Nature
Management of American Nature
September -Saving American Nature: Preservation, Conservation, and the Wild
October – Farming with Nature: Sustainable Agriculture and the American Family Farm
November -The Ecological City: Sustainability, Ecology, and Urban Metabolism
December – The End of Nature: Prospective Ecology, Environmental Ethics, and the Anthropocene