The Huxley College Speaker Series brings guest lecturers to the WWU campus to address topics of contemporary environmental concern in the region and beyond, and is intended to bring together environmentally-minded members of the WWU and Bellingham communities.
The Huxley Speaker Series is held Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Miller Hall room 138.
The lectures are free and open to the public.
2016-17 Speakers (Videos now available)
FALL Quarter 2016 - (See also Winter 2017 and Spring 2017)
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9/29/16, 4pm |
Alfredo Prieto |
"The End of the Earth: Biodiversity, Conservation and Cultural Memory in Patagonia" |
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10/6/16, 4pm |
Julie Hirsch |
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10/13/16, 4pm |
Timothy Ballew, Sr. |
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10/20/16, 2:30pm |
Charles Marohn |
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10/20/16, 4pm |
Ted Carlson |
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10/27/16, 4pm |
Joel Swisher |
"Modern, Clean Energy: Entry to the 20th Century and Survival for the 21st Century" |
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11/3/16, 4pm |
Rachel Vasak |
"Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association's Salmon Recovery Efforts" |
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11/10/16, 4pm |
Lorna & Darrell Smith |
"Lions & Bears & Wolves: The Status of Large Charismatic Carnivores in Washington State" |
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11/17/16, 4pm |
Jim Meacham |
"Visualizing the Complexities of Wildlife Migration: Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Ungulates" |
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12/1/16, 4pm |
David Shull |
"Cycling of Carbon and Nutrients in the Bering Sea Sediments" |
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WINTER Quarter 2017 (See also Fall 2016 and Spring 2017)
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1/12/17, 4pm |
Jenise Bauman |
"Interactions between beneficial ectomycorrhizal fungi and chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) on American chestnut (Castanea dentata) used in coal mine reclamation" |
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1/19/17, 4pm |
Chris Greacen |
"Renewable Energy Mini-Grids in Myanmar" |
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1/26/17, 4pm |
Denise DeLuca |
"Re-Aligning with Nature: Ecological Thinking for Radical Innovation" |
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2/2/17, 4pm |
Derek Koellmann, Anchor QEA Christine Woodward, Samish Nation Tribal Government Rose Lathrop, Sustainable Connections Bill Way, The Watershed Company |
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2/9/17, 4pm |
"Teaching the Duck to Fly: Ten Strategies to Enable A High Reliance on Wind and Solar Energy for Electricity" CANCELED due to Campus Closure |
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2/16/17, 4pm |
"Securing Forests from the Scourge of Blight: Nature, Nation, and the American Chestnut" |
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Thursday, 2/23/17, 4pm |
"Blue Ice: Photographic and Scientific Evidence of the Recent Loss of Glaciers in Washington's National Parks" |
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FRIDAY* |
This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge Keynote Speaker for Western Division Canadian Association of Geographers (WDCAG) Conference |
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Thursday, 3/9/17, 4pm |
The Salish Sea (Traditional Territory of the Lummi Nation) Winter 2017 Salish Sea Speaker |
SPRING Quarter 2017 (See also Fall 2016 and Winter 2017)
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Thursday, 4/6/17, 4pm |
"Solutionary Rail: A People-Powered Campaign to Electrify America's Railroads and Open Corridors to a Clean Energy Future" |
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Thursday, 4/13/17, 4pm |
Peter Robinson |
The Future of Environmentalism |
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Thursday, 4/20/17, 4pm |
The Future of Environmental Learning |
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Thursday, 4/27/17, 4pm |
Climate Action and the Struggle for Economic Justice |
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Thursday, 5/4/17, 4pm |
The Great Unconformity |
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Thursday, 5/11/17, 12-2:00 pm |
Jay Julius (Salish Sea Speaker) | #TreatyWin: Reflections on Lummi Nation's Fight to Protect Xwe'ChieXen (Cherry Point) | Northwest Indian College Cultural Learning Center (Log Building #11) |
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Thursday, 5/11/17, 4pm |
Blurred Lines: Multiple Freshwater and Marine Algal Toxins at the Land-Sea Interface |
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Thursday, 5/18/17, 4pm |
Conscious Connections Foundation: Earthquake Relief in Nepal |
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Thursday, 5/25/17, 4pm |
Climate Solutions (TBA) |
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Thursday, 6/1/17, 4pm |
WWU's SEA Discovery Center (TBA) |
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Interested in prior years' lecture series? Visit Huxley Speaker Series 2015-16, Huxley Speaker Series 2014-15, or Huxley Speaker Series 2013-14.