FREE Sustainability Seminar on Ecosystem Services

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Repeats every week until Mon Mar 19 2012 .
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Portland State University, Shattuck Hall Annex
1914 S.W. Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97201
United States

Join the Institute for Sustainable Solutions this winter as we explore economic solutions to sustain the vital services nature provides us.

Every Wednesday, 5-6:30 p.m.
Portland State University, Shattuck Hall Annex, SW Hall and Broadway
FREE and open to the public

For a full description of each week’s seminar, visit http://pdx.edu/sustainability/solutions-seminars-ecosystem-services.

SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS
January 11
Just enough of a good thing: Nitrogen and ecosystem services
with Jana Compton, Ecologist with the EPA

January 18
Revealing Hidden Benefits: Placing a Value on Nature
with David Batker, Executive Director of Earth Economics

January 25
Ecosystem tradeoffs: Valuing public preferences
with Sahan Dissanayake, Visiting Professor of Economics at PSU

February 1
Getting what you pay for: Tracking Ecosystem Services in the Northwest
with Bobby Cochran, Executive Director of Willamette Partnership

February 8
Bettina von Hagen, CEO of Ecotrust Forest Management

February 15
Pay it forward: Financing the Intertwine regional conservation strategy
with Dan Vizzini (and panel), Portland Bureau of Environmental Services

February 22
Payment for Ecosystem Services in the Ecuadorian Andes
with Kathleen Farley, Assistant Professor of Geography at San Diego State University

February 29
Spatial Systems Modeling of Ecosystem Services
with Scott Heckbert, Research Assistant Professor at the PSU Institute for Sustainable Solutions

March 7
Urbanizing delta regions: balancing water, health and economy
with Alan Yeakley (and panel), Professor of Environmental Science and Fellow of the PSU Institute for Sustainable Solutions

March 14
Valuing Nature: Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Decision-Making
with Steve Polasky, Professor Ecological Economics at the University of Minnesota

Presented by the Institute for Sustainable Solutions, PSU Department of Environmental Science and Management, and the Solutions Journal.

For a full description of each week’s seminar topic, visit http://pdx.edu/sustainability/solutions-seminars-ecosystem-services.

Location

Portland State University, Shattuck Hall Annex
1914 S.W. Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97201
United States

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