Gaylord Nelson Lecture Series - Archived Lectures

This public lecture series, launched in the fall of 2005, honors the legacy of Gaylord Nelson. Support is provided by the Holstrom-Kineke Environmental Studies Fund.

Transcripts and/or audio recordings of lectures in this series, if available, are offered below. Please note: The audio files are large and may download slowly.

2010-11

• Merchants of Doubt, Naomi Oreskes, March 8, 2011 (Video)

2009-10

• The Case for Human-Centered Sustainability, Dr. Howard Frumkin, March 4, 2010 (Video)
• Speaking for the Land: Aldo Leopold as a Writer, Scott Russell Sanders, November 17, 2009 (PDF)
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2008-09

• Global Population and the Global Environment to 2050, Joel E. Cohen, October 7, 2008 (no audio or PowerPoint available)
• Putting Dinner on 6.7 Billion Plates Today and 3 Billion More by 2050, Florence Chenoweth, November 18, 2008 (MP3)
• Population and the Climate Problem: Silver Bullet or Red Herring?, Dr. Brian O'Neill, February 24, 2009 (no audio or PowerPoint)
• Half the Sky: Climate Change, Population, and the Lives of Women, Robert Engelman, April 14, 2009 (PDF)

2007-08

• Environmental Justice, Health, and Sustainability: An Urban View, Peggy Shepard, October 24, 2007 (MP3 and PDF)
• Environmental Justice, Autonomy, and Resilience, Devon Peña, November 12, 2007 (MP3 and PDF))
• Nuclear Power's Dirty Little Secret: Uranium Mining, Doug Brugge, February 27, 2008 (MP3 and PDF)
• Environmental Justice and Climate Change, Michel Gelobter, April 9, 2008 (MP3)

2006-07

• The Future(s) of Conservation, Steven Sanderson, October 26, 2006 (MP3 and PDF)
• The State of Wisconsin's Environment (panel discussion), Scott Hassett, Rod Nilsestuen, Jim Holperin, and Stephen Bablitch, December 7, 2006 (MP3)
• The Apollo Alliance: How Global Warming Can Save Democracy, Joel Rogers, March 28, 2007 (MP3 and PDF)
• From the Death of Environmentalism to the Art of the Possible, William Meadows, April 17, 2007 (MP3)

2005-06

• Series Introduction, Tia Nelson, (transcript) October 25, 2005
• Landscape and Home: A Sense of Place in Wisconsin, William Cronon, October 25, 2005 (MP3 and transcript)
• Keeping Our Wild Places Wild, Mike Dombeck, December 13, 2006 (transcript)
• Disaster, Environment and Social Order: Reflections on Katrina, Kai Erikson, March 21, 2006 (transcript)
• Plan B 2.0: Rescuing and Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, Lester Brown, April 20, 2006 (transcript)