World Population Growth & The Hunt for Sustainability

The 1/18/2011 earth2lincoln radio program will discuss the implications of sustainability relative to world population growth. W. Cecil Steward, CEO & Founder of the Joslyn Center Institute for Sustainable Communities, will be our guest for program.

Cecil Steward is professor and dean emeritus of the College of Architecture at UNL, where he served as dean for 27 years. In 1996 he founded the Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities. He currently serves as the President and CEO of the JCI. Cecil is also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a former national president of the American Institute of Architects.

Cecil will outline his international work along with the myriad of local sustainability initiatives that he has seeded in Lincoln and other Nebraska communities. Local work includes:

• Josyln Center Institute for Sustainable Communities - www.ecospheres.com
• EcoStores Nebraska - www.ecostoresne.org
• Lincoln Green by Design - www.lincolngreenbydesign.com

Cecil has also played a pivotal role in organizing a statewide dialogue on sustainability and Nebraska's environment called Conversation Conferences via his work with the Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshop Series. More info on the discussion can be found at, www.nslw.org.

earth 2 lincoln encourages listeners to check these sites out for more info on how to get involved with sustainability actions here in Lincoln and Nebraska.

Human Dimensions and Population Growth

This is a first! I'm actually posting information about a show BEFORE the show!

My guest is Donna Woudenberg, Drought Management Specialist at UNL's School of Natural Resources. She is the first person at UNL to receive a degree in Human Dimensions with a Natural Resources emphasis. We chatted about what Human Dimensions is, how it combines social science with physical science and what is classes are emphsized in the Human Dimensions major. To find out more about the program, visit http://snr.unl.edu/gradstudent/special/spec-humandimensions.asp

The Earth2Lincoln program's January theme is population growth and resulting overpopulation. Donna and I talked about how understanding cultures, countries, religions, and many other aspects of humans will help policy makers' strategies in the future. National Geographic Magazine has an interesting article about population growth in their January issue. You can access it at this website: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/featurehub

If you would like to get involved with in sustainability and the environment here in Nebraska, there is an upcoming conference that may be of interest to you. It is called the "Conversations Conference on Nebraska Environment and Sustainability", and it is being held on Feb. 11, 2011, for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus Union. For more information, visit http://www.nslw.org/conversations_registration.html by January 14.

You can also contact Katie Torpy at ktorpy@sustainabledesign.org or 402-933-0080.

Thanks for visiting.

Chris the Bird Lady

Daniel Quinn, Alan Thornhill Dialogue

Hi folks, the rest of the dialogue can be heard here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7826621532426926190#
Take Care,
Adam