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Sequestering carbon in trees and soil is an effective tool in the global fight against climate change, yet farmers face obstacles to entering the carbon market. Based on nearly a decade of work in

Sequestering carbon in trees and soil is an effective tool in the global fight against climate change, yet farmers face obstacles to entering the carbon market. Based on nearly a decade of work in Haiti, Deborah McGrath discusses how colleges like Sewanee can participate in a win-win strategy for climate justice by investing in small farmers to reduce our carbon footprints. An ecologist and professor of biology, Deborah McGrath loves trees. Her research focuses on managing biogeochemical cycles in wetland and forested ecosystems to address environmental challenges in human-dominated landscapes. Dr. McGrath is the Carl Biehl Professor of International Studies and serves as Assistant Dean for the Environment at the University of the South. Since her days as a Peace Corps volunteer, McGrath has worked with farmers in the global South to integrate trees into farming strategies that maximize the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit. She is grateful for longtime Sewanee Haiti Institute collaborators Pradip Malde, Photographer and Professor of Art, and Dixon Myers, Director of Outreach in the Office of Civic Engagement. Dr. McGrath considers working with farmers and students to be among the biggest privileges of her career because of their enormous potential to protect and restore our environment. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Plastic, if disposed of incorrectly, is an extremely harmful material for our planet. Could bioplastics perhaps constitute a valid alternative? How should consumers behave for correct separate

Plastic, if disposed of incorrectly, is an extremely harmful material for our planet. Could bioplastics perhaps constitute a valid alternative? How should consumers behave for correct separate collection? What role do governments play in all of this? Giorgia Spigno, associate professor in food science and technology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, helps us to understand this. Giorgia Spigno is Associate Professor in food science and technology at the DiSTAS – Department for Sustainable Food Process of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. She holds a MSc degree in Food Science and Technology (1999, UCSC) and a PhD in Chemical and Process Engineering (2003, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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2 out of 3 women incarcerated in the U.S. are non-violent offenders. Professor Goodwin insight on the war on crime and criminal justice reform. Professor Michele Goodwin is a Chancellor’s Professor

2 out of 3 women incarcerated in the U.S. are non-violent offenders. Professor Goodwin insight on the war on crime and criminal justice reform. Professor Michele Goodwin is a Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine with appointments at the School of Law; Program in Public Health; Department of Criminology, Law, & Society; Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies; and Stem Cell Research Center. She is the founder and director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at UC Irvine School of Law and its internationally acclaimed Reproductive Justice Initiative. Professor Goodwin serves on the National Board and Executive Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union and is an elected member of the American Law Institute and Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She is one of the world’s leading authorities on the regulation of medicine, science, and biotechnology. Her scholarship defines new ways of thinking about the intersections of law, society, economics, and the human body. She is a prolific author. Her publications include five books and over 80 articles and book chapters on law’s regulation of the human body, including civil and criminal regulation of pregnancy and reproduction, reproductive technologies, human trafficking (for organs, sex, and marriage), and tissue and organ transplantation. Her recent works appear in or are forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal, Harvard Law Review, California Law Review, Georgetown Law Review, Northwestern Law Review, Texas Law Review, and the Hastings Centers Report, among others. Her scholarship is cited by courts, legislators, and featured in news and periodicals. Professor Goodwin’s editorials and commentaries appear in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Forbes, Politico, Gene Watch, Christian Science Monitor, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun Times, Washington Post, AlterNet and Salon.com among others. She is a blogger for the Huffington Post and the Harvard Bill of Health and has been interviewed by local, national, and international news media. She is the recipient of awards recognizing excellence in scholarship, teaching, advocacy, and the promotion of human rights. She is the founder of the Institute for Global Child Advocacy and former Everett Fraser Professor in Law at the University of Minnesota. She served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago and as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California-Berkeley and Columbia University Law School. She is a highly sought after voice on civil liberties, reproductive justice and health, cultural politics, and human rights. Prior to law teaching, Professor Goodwin was a Gilder-Lehrman Post-Doctoral Fellow at Yale University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Diana H. Wall, PhD, University Distinguished Professor and Professor of Biology at Colorado State University delivers the 2013 Tyler Prize Laureate Lecture at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Wall's lecture reflects on the importance of studying soil ecosystems to understanding climate change and a number of pressing environmental challenges and her work in Antarctica. Published on Apr 19, 2013

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Prof. Anas Ghadouani speaking at TEDxUWASalon: Water for Life Anas Ghadouani is a professor of environmental engineering at The University of Western Australia and also leader of the Aquatic Ecology

Prof. Anas Ghadouani speaking at TEDxUWASalon: Water for Life Anas Ghadouani is a professor of environmental engineering at The University of Western Australia and also leader of the Aquatic Ecology and Ecosystem Studies research group at UWA. The group focuses on water resources, ecological and environmental engineering, with an emphasis on the development of innovative technologies. Professor Ghadouani has more than 20 years of research and teaching experience in the water area and has led numerous large-scale projects nationally and internationally. He is currently the director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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This lecture is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the ABOTA Foundation and The Constitutional Sources Project. The James Otis lecture program about the United States Constitution is

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the ABOTA Foundation and The Constitutional Sources Project. The James Otis lecture program about the United States Constitution is designed to allow schools to comply with the requirements of the federal statute creating Constitution Day. This law requires all federally-assisted schools, both public and private, to provide educational programs each year around the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Founders, Framers and The Future: Applying the Constitution in the 21st Century: A Conversation with Professor Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College Law School (Author: Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention) and Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School (Author: The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era)

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