2017 guest speakers
Daniel Stokols, Chancellor’s Professor, School of Social Ecology.
Presentation: The Social Ecology of Community Resistance to Environmental Injustice.
Presentation: Social Ecology in the Digital Age: Solving Complex Problems in a Globalized World.
Fran Pavley, Former State Senator and author of California's landmark policies.
Presentation: Politics, policies, and how to build coalitions to effect change.
Heather Box, Co-founder at One Million Person Project
Workshop: Storytelling
Julian Mocine Mc-Queen, Co-founder at One Million Person Project
Workshop: Storytelling
Wendell Brase, UCI Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
Presentation: Sustainability at the University of California, Irvine
Presentation: The Social Ecology of Community Resistance to Environmental Injustice.
Presentation: Social Ecology in the Digital Age: Solving Complex Problems in a Globalized World.
Fran Pavley, Former State Senator and author of California's landmark policies.
Presentation: Politics, policies, and how to build coalitions to effect change.
Heather Box, Co-founder at One Million Person Project
Workshop: Storytelling
Julian Mocine Mc-Queen, Co-founder at One Million Person Project
Workshop: Storytelling
Wendell Brase, UCI Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
Presentation: Sustainability at the University of California, Irvine
2016 guest speakers
Hank Fieger, President of Hank Fieger Assoc., an international management consulting, training & coaching organization.
Workshop: Leading from Inside Out.
Rick Kahn, Senior Communication Trainer and Coach at GrahamComm.
Workshop: Social Styles
Workshop: Leading from Inside Out.
Rick Kahn, Senior Communication Trainer and Coach at GrahamComm.
Workshop: Social Styles
2015 guest speakers
Jade M. Turner, Student Development Coordinator at UCI Cross-Cultural Center.
Workshop: Self-Preservation as Resistance: Tips for Practicing Self-Care & Social Justice.
Workshop: Self-Preservation as Resistance: Tips for Practicing Self-Care & Social Justice.
2014 guest speakers
Marge Brannon, Senior Director of UCI Foundation Relations and Corporate Philanthropy
Workshop: Searching for funding sources.
Workshop: Selling ideas: How to effectively present your organization to funders.
Nina Sideris, Senior Development Analyst at UCI Foundation Development and Corporate Philanthropy.
Workshop: Searching for funding sources.
Roxanne Ford, Executive Director of Development, Strategic Initiatives, University Advancement.
Workshop: Selling ideas: How to effectively present your organization to funders.
Workshop: Searching for funding sources.
Workshop: Selling ideas: How to effectively present your organization to funders.
Nina Sideris, Senior Development Analyst at UCI Foundation Development and Corporate Philanthropy.
Workshop: Searching for funding sources.
Roxanne Ford, Executive Director of Development, Strategic Initiatives, University Advancement.
Workshop: Selling ideas: How to effectively present your organization to funders.
2013 guest speakers
Abigail Reyes, Director, UCI Academic Sustainability Initiatives.
Presentation: EarthRights: Working at the Intersection of Human Rights and the Environment to Create a Just and Sustainable World.
Beth Karlin, Director, UCI Transformational Media Lab, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs .
Presentation: Transformational Media: A New Approach for Sustainability.
Jonas Rabinovitch, Senior Adviser on Socio-Economic Governance and e-Government Development, United Nations.
Presentation: The Future of the Millennium Development Goals: The Role of Public Institutions and Knowledge Management in Supporting Sustainability Efforts / Sustainability Planning and Knowledge Management: Facts and Fiction.
Wendell Brase, Vice Chancellor of the University California, Irvine and Chair, University of California Climate Solutions Steering Group.
Presentation: Welcome message to Sustainability Fellows.
William C. Tang, Assoc. Dean for Research, Samueli School of Engineering, UCI.
Presentation: A Bioengineering Innovative Approach to Reducing the Impact of Malaria at the Border between Burma and Thailand.
Presentation: EarthRights: Working at the Intersection of Human Rights and the Environment to Create a Just and Sustainable World.
Beth Karlin, Director, UCI Transformational Media Lab, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs .
Presentation: Transformational Media: A New Approach for Sustainability.
Jonas Rabinovitch, Senior Adviser on Socio-Economic Governance and e-Government Development, United Nations.
Presentation: The Future of the Millennium Development Goals: The Role of Public Institutions and Knowledge Management in Supporting Sustainability Efforts / Sustainability Planning and Knowledge Management: Facts and Fiction.
Wendell Brase, Vice Chancellor of the University California, Irvine and Chair, University of California Climate Solutions Steering Group.
Presentation: Welcome message to Sustainability Fellows.
William C. Tang, Assoc. Dean for Research, Samueli School of Engineering, UCI.
Presentation: A Bioengineering Innovative Approach to Reducing the Impact of Malaria at the Border between Burma and Thailand.
2012 guest speakers
Alejandro Camacho, School of Law, University of California, Irvine. Author of “Why Federal Climate Change Legislation Shouldn’t Stop States From Innovating in Adaptation Efforts.”
Presentation: Can law save the planet?
Andrea Robinson, Founder and Director of ARC Sustainability.
Presentation: The Path to CSR (Corporate Social Responsibilities).
Anh-Tuan Le, Co-founder of Green Orange, Inc.
Presentation: Green Orange, Inc.
Gregory Trimarche, Chairman of Green Tech OC.
Presentation: Green Tech Development in OC.
Harry Helling, Crystal Cove Alliance.
Presentation: Preserving the California Coast and the World’s oceans.
Jay Famiglietti, Earth System Science and Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Presentation: Is it possible to ensure a sustainable water future for the world? Is there sufficient vision and leadership for this significant challenge?
John Graham, Professor Emeritus of International Business, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI.
Presentation: International Cooperation in Business Toward Greater Sustainability.
Joseph F.C. DiMento, Director, Newkirk Center for Science & Society, Professor of Law and Planning University of California, Irvine. Author of “The Global Environment and International Law.”
Presentation: Can law save the planet?
Kathy Gardarian, Founder and CEO of Qualis International, Inc.
Presentation: Authenticity, Collaboration, and Excellence in the Service of Sustainability.
Richard Matthew, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs in the School of Social Ecology.
Presentation: Is human security possible for the 200 million people whose water supply is threatened by the melting of Himalayan glaciers? What are the lessons from the work of the international community to reduce conflict over natural resources in fragile states?
Scott Bollens, University of California, Irvine. Author of “City and Soul in Divided Societies.”
Presentation: Can bitterly divided cities of the world come together in addressing their long term problems of living and sustainability?
Scott Samuelsen, National Fuel Cell Research Center in the School of Engineering.
Presentation: How viable is renewable energy in the global energy context?
Tom Herbel, URS Corporation.
Presentation: Preparing for Orange County’s Future: The Conversion of a Cold War Military Airfield into the Orange County Great Park.
Tom Sweet, URS Corporation.
Presentation: Preparing for Orange County’s Future: The Conversion of a Cold War Military Airfield into the Orange County Great Park.
Valarie Van Cleave, Oceana.
Presentation: Preserving the California Coast and the World’s oceans.
William Hernandez, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI.
Presentation: International Cooperation in Business Toward Greater Sustainability.
Wendell Brase, Vice Chancellor of the University California, Irvine and Chair, University of California Climate Solutions Steering Group.
Presentation: Welcome message to Sustainability Fellows.
Presentation: Can law save the planet?
Andrea Robinson, Founder and Director of ARC Sustainability.
Presentation: The Path to CSR (Corporate Social Responsibilities).
Anh-Tuan Le, Co-founder of Green Orange, Inc.
Presentation: Green Orange, Inc.
Gregory Trimarche, Chairman of Green Tech OC.
Presentation: Green Tech Development in OC.
Harry Helling, Crystal Cove Alliance.
Presentation: Preserving the California Coast and the World’s oceans.
Jay Famiglietti, Earth System Science and Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Presentation: Is it possible to ensure a sustainable water future for the world? Is there sufficient vision and leadership for this significant challenge?
John Graham, Professor Emeritus of International Business, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI.
Presentation: International Cooperation in Business Toward Greater Sustainability.
Joseph F.C. DiMento, Director, Newkirk Center for Science & Society, Professor of Law and Planning University of California, Irvine. Author of “The Global Environment and International Law.”
Presentation: Can law save the planet?
Kathy Gardarian, Founder and CEO of Qualis International, Inc.
Presentation: Authenticity, Collaboration, and Excellence in the Service of Sustainability.
Richard Matthew, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs in the School of Social Ecology.
Presentation: Is human security possible for the 200 million people whose water supply is threatened by the melting of Himalayan glaciers? What are the lessons from the work of the international community to reduce conflict over natural resources in fragile states?
Scott Bollens, University of California, Irvine. Author of “City and Soul in Divided Societies.”
Presentation: Can bitterly divided cities of the world come together in addressing their long term problems of living and sustainability?
Scott Samuelsen, National Fuel Cell Research Center in the School of Engineering.
Presentation: How viable is renewable energy in the global energy context?
Tom Herbel, URS Corporation.
Presentation: Preparing for Orange County’s Future: The Conversion of a Cold War Military Airfield into the Orange County Great Park.
Tom Sweet, URS Corporation.
Presentation: Preparing for Orange County’s Future: The Conversion of a Cold War Military Airfield into the Orange County Great Park.
Valarie Van Cleave, Oceana.
Presentation: Preserving the California Coast and the World’s oceans.
William Hernandez, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI.
Presentation: International Cooperation in Business Toward Greater Sustainability.
Wendell Brase, Vice Chancellor of the University California, Irvine and Chair, University of California Climate Solutions Steering Group.
Presentation: Welcome message to Sustainability Fellows.
2011 guest speakers
Adrian Parr, University of Cincinnati. Author of The Wrath of Capital (forthcoming 2012), Hijacking Sustainability, and Deleuze and Memorial Culture.
Presentation: Hijacked Sustainability.
Aileen A. Espíritu, Director of The Barents Institute in Kirkenes, Norway.
Presentation: The Impact of Industrial Oil and Gas Development on Arctic Indigenous Peoples.
Alejandro Camacho, School of Law, University of California, Irvine. Author of “Why Federal Climate Change Legislation Shouldn’t Stop States From Innovating in Adaptation Efforts.”
Presentation: Can law change the climate?
Ariel Ahram, Virginia Tech University Campus in Washington D.C., author of “The Fate of Arab Authoritarianism” and “Proxy Warriors: The Rise and Fall of State Sponsored Militias.”
Presentation: The Fate of Arab Authoritarianism.
Bernardo Aguilar-González, Neotropica.
Presentation: Case Study of Sustainability in Costa Rica.
Beth Karlin, University of California, Irvine, Social Ecology Research Center.
Presentation: Is there a psychology of sustainability which can help preserve the ‘environmental health’ of the Planet?
Carlos Zorrilla
Presentation: Case Study of Sustainability in Ecuador.
Daniel Stokols, Chancellor’s Professor, School of Social Ecology. Author of “Introduction to Ecological Systems, Team Science, and Health Promotion.”
Presentation: The Concepts of Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism in the American Context.
Deb Debal, author of “Beyond Developmentality: Constructing Inclusive Freedom and Sustainability.”
Presentation: Case Study of Sustainability in West Bengal.
Donald Gautier, United States Geological Survey.
Presentation: Petroleum Resource Potential of the Arctic Region.
Jack Miles, University of California, Irvine. Pulitzer Prize winner for “God: A Biography” and MacArthur Fellow, author of “Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God.”
Presentation: Can religion help preserve the environment?
Jerome Nriagu, University of Michigan. Author of “Lead poisoning associated with malaria in children of urban areas of Nigeria,” “Oil Industry and the Health of Communities in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.” Editor in Chief of “Encyclopedia of Environmental Health.”
Presentation: Environmental Justice and Disproportionate Exposure of Communities to Environmental Pollutants.
John Graham, Professor Emeritus of International Business, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI.
Presentation: International Cooperation in Business Toward Greater Sustainability.
Joseph F.C. DiMento, Director, Newkirk Center for Science & Society, Professor of Law and Planning University of California, Irvine. Author of “The Global Environment and International Law.”
Presentation: Can law change the climate?
Michael Byers, University of British Columbia.
Presentation: The Role of Law & Governance In the Arctic.
Michael Robinson-Dorn, Director of the Clinic in Environmental Law, University of California, Irvine, co-author “Climate Change.”
Presentation: Can law change the climate?
Mike Davis, University of California, Riverside. Author of “Planet of Slums”, “City of Quartz”, and MacArthur Fellow.
Presentation: The plight of the 1 billion people who inhabit the “planet of slums.”
Oladele Ogunseitan, Chair, Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention, Director, Program in Public Health.
Presentation: Introduction to Environmental Justice.
Sabina Dewan, Center for American Progress. Author of “A National Strategy for Global Development.”
Presentation: Is sustainable security a viable concept for enhancing the prospects for the developing world?
Scott Bollens, University of California, Irvine. Author of “City and Soul in Divided Societies.”
Presentation: Insights from the people who inhabit the most (bitterly) divided cities on Earth.
Sergey Markedonov, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Presentation: Sustainability in the context of strife from ethic separatism, ethnic nationalism and fundamentalist religion extremism in Eurasia.
Serge Dedina, WildCoast.
Presentation: Preserving the Mexican Coast.
Shyla Raghav, World Bank.
Presentation: The World Bank in Action.
William Hernandez, Lecturer, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI.
Presentation: International Cooperation in Business Toward Greater Sustainability.
Presentation: Hijacked Sustainability.
Aileen A. Espíritu, Director of The Barents Institute in Kirkenes, Norway.
Presentation: The Impact of Industrial Oil and Gas Development on Arctic Indigenous Peoples.
Alejandro Camacho, School of Law, University of California, Irvine. Author of “Why Federal Climate Change Legislation Shouldn’t Stop States From Innovating in Adaptation Efforts.”
Presentation: Can law change the climate?
Ariel Ahram, Virginia Tech University Campus in Washington D.C., author of “The Fate of Arab Authoritarianism” and “Proxy Warriors: The Rise and Fall of State Sponsored Militias.”
Presentation: The Fate of Arab Authoritarianism.
Bernardo Aguilar-González, Neotropica.
Presentation: Case Study of Sustainability in Costa Rica.
Beth Karlin, University of California, Irvine, Social Ecology Research Center.
Presentation: Is there a psychology of sustainability which can help preserve the ‘environmental health’ of the Planet?
Carlos Zorrilla
Presentation: Case Study of Sustainability in Ecuador.
Daniel Stokols, Chancellor’s Professor, School of Social Ecology. Author of “Introduction to Ecological Systems, Team Science, and Health Promotion.”
Presentation: The Concepts of Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism in the American Context.
Deb Debal, author of “Beyond Developmentality: Constructing Inclusive Freedom and Sustainability.”
Presentation: Case Study of Sustainability in West Bengal.
Donald Gautier, United States Geological Survey.
Presentation: Petroleum Resource Potential of the Arctic Region.
Jack Miles, University of California, Irvine. Pulitzer Prize winner for “God: A Biography” and MacArthur Fellow, author of “Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God.”
Presentation: Can religion help preserve the environment?
Jerome Nriagu, University of Michigan. Author of “Lead poisoning associated with malaria in children of urban areas of Nigeria,” “Oil Industry and the Health of Communities in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.” Editor in Chief of “Encyclopedia of Environmental Health.”
Presentation: Environmental Justice and Disproportionate Exposure of Communities to Environmental Pollutants.
John Graham, Professor Emeritus of International Business, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI.
Presentation: International Cooperation in Business Toward Greater Sustainability.
Joseph F.C. DiMento, Director, Newkirk Center for Science & Society, Professor of Law and Planning University of California, Irvine. Author of “The Global Environment and International Law.”
Presentation: Can law change the climate?
Michael Byers, University of British Columbia.
Presentation: The Role of Law & Governance In the Arctic.
Michael Robinson-Dorn, Director of the Clinic in Environmental Law, University of California, Irvine, co-author “Climate Change.”
Presentation: Can law change the climate?
Mike Davis, University of California, Riverside. Author of “Planet of Slums”, “City of Quartz”, and MacArthur Fellow.
Presentation: The plight of the 1 billion people who inhabit the “planet of slums.”
Oladele Ogunseitan, Chair, Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention, Director, Program in Public Health.
Presentation: Introduction to Environmental Justice.
Sabina Dewan, Center for American Progress. Author of “A National Strategy for Global Development.”
Presentation: Is sustainable security a viable concept for enhancing the prospects for the developing world?
Scott Bollens, University of California, Irvine. Author of “City and Soul in Divided Societies.”
Presentation: Insights from the people who inhabit the most (bitterly) divided cities on Earth.
Sergey Markedonov, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Presentation: Sustainability in the context of strife from ethic separatism, ethnic nationalism and fundamentalist religion extremism in Eurasia.
Serge Dedina, WildCoast.
Presentation: Preserving the Mexican Coast.
Shyla Raghav, World Bank.
Presentation: The World Bank in Action.
William Hernandez, Lecturer, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI.
Presentation: International Cooperation in Business Toward Greater Sustainability.