Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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

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