Environment, Sustainability and Society

The Winter 2010 Dalhousie Environment, Sustainability and Society Thursday
Evening Lecture Series

Thursdays at 7:00 p.m.
Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Ave.
All welcome

March 4, 2010
God/gods and Biodiversity: Are they related? Does it matter?
Anne-Marie Dalton
Department of Religious Studies, Saint Mary's University
All welcome

March 11, 2010
The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
Maude Barlow
Council of Canadians, Ottawa, ON
Co-sponsored by the Dalhousie Student Union Sustainability Office & Green Week
Reception to follow

http://sustainability.dal.ca/index.php

BIO-Oceans Association’s “Winter Celebration”

Date / Time:      Sunday, 28 February,  2010 at 2 p.m.
                       (lecture at 2:00  pm ; refreshments will be served)

Location:         

Main Auditorium

Bedford Institute of Oceanography

1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

FACING THE ATLANTIC: HOW THE MARINE SCIENCES BEGAN ON CANADA’S EAST COAST

Eric L. Mills

Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University

Nova Scotian Institute of Science

Regular NSIS Meeting:

Date / Time:   Monday, 1 March 2010, 7:30pm
Location:        Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
Speaker:         Karine Le Bris
Department of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University
Title:              Greenhouse effect and ozone depletion-monitoring: trace gas-detection by spectroscopic techniques

Sixth Annual Sable Island Update (Ecology Action Centre - co-sponsored by NSIS)

Date / Time:      Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 7:00 pm

Location:           Theatre Auditorium, McNally Bldng
[changed from Scotiabank Conference Theatre]

 Saint Mary's University Campus

More details at:
Sixth Annual Sable Island Update

Nova Scotian Institute of Science

Regular NSIS Meeting:

Date / Time:	Monday, February 1, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
Location:	Nova Scotia Museum of Science, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax
Speaker:	Patrick McGinn, IMB (NRC)
Title:	Perspectives and outlook for bioenergy: from fossil fuels to holy grails

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Planetarium Presentation: The Christmas Star

Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University

Planetarium Presentation - The Christmas Star

Santa comes but once a year, but our unique Christmas Star show has an encore presentation, for those who were just too busy shopping before Christmas.

 Thursday, January 7th, 7:15 p.m. in the Halifax Planetarium, Room 118, Dunn Building, Dalhousie University. "The Christmas Star -- Fact or Fiction?" by Quinn Smith (Minimum age 8 yrs.) (The presentation is directed towards adults). Admission is charged: $5 per adult; reductions for families with children (8 to 15 years) Please e-mail planetarium@dal.ca with the number of adults and children.

See also http://astronomynovascotia.ca

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Nova Scotian Institute of Science

Regular NSIS Meeting:

Date / Time:	Monday, January 4, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
Location:	Scotia Bank Conference Theatre, Sobey building, Saint Mary's University

Panel Discussion
Land protection in Nova Scotia    - How do we get to 12%?

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