The Priestley Award Celebration Lecture: How to Use the Planet without Using it Up

Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA) presents the Joseph Priestley Award Celebration Lecture, which will be provided by this year's recipient, Dr. Jane Lubchenco of Oregon State University. The live stream lecture will take place via a public YouTube live stream on Wednesday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m. (EST).

Environmental science provides valuable insights into timely solutions to urgent, global challenges. It is possible to address climate change, loss of biodiversity, food provisioning, and inequities, but only with integrated, holistic approaches. Knowledge, coupled with engagement of civil society and leaders from business, faith, youth, and governments, provides hope for the future.

The Joseph Priestley Award recipient is chosen by a different science department each year. The Department of Environmental Studies has selected this year’s recipient. The event is supported by the College’s Priestley Fund and is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the departments of biology, chemistry, earth sciences, environmental studies, mathematics & computer science, psychology, and physics & astronomy and the Churchill Fund. It is part of the Clarke Forum’s Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty Series.

Short Biography (provided by the speaker)
The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor at Oregon State University, is a marine ecologist with expertise in the ocean, climate change, and interactions between the environment and human well-being. She served as the U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and an inaugural member of President Barack Obama’s Science Team from 2009-2013. From 2014-2016, she was the first U.S. State Department Science Envoy for the Ocean, serving as a science diplomat to China, Indonesia, South Africa, Mauritius, and the Seychelles.

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