Events
All events free and open to the public
January
Tuesday
1.30.07
7:00 PM
MUB Theatre II
Movie and Discussion: Out of Balance: ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change by local Film Director, Tom Jackson. Tom will be joined by Dialogue Authors Cameron Wake and Stacy VanDeveer. In spring 2006, mainstream media announced that the debate about the human impact on climate was over. But the debate among most climate scientists had ended long ago, unbeknownst to most Americans. Out of Balance looks at how ExxonMobil spearheaded the misinformation campaign while making record profits. This films ends with hope, and ideas for immediate action.
February
Tuesday
2.6.07
12:40 - 2 pm
Murkland 201
New England's Climate is Already Changing; What's Next? An informal lunch discussion with University Dialogue Author Cameron Wake. Bring your lunch and join the conversation exploring climate changes already in the pipeline. Drinks and dessert provided.
Tuesday
2.13.07
12:40 – 2:00
MUB I
Speaker and Discussion: Masood Samii
Masood Samii is Professor and Chair of International Business at the University of Southern New Hampshire in Manchester. He will be joined by Dialogue Authors John Carroll and Stacy VanDeveer to explore OPEC’s role and a host of political and economic issues in global energy markets.
Tuesday
2.20.07
MUB Theatre II
3:30 – 5:30
Movie and discussion: Who Killed the Electric Car?
Join Dialogue Authors P.T. Vasudevan and Carmela Amato-Wierda to explore the story of the electric car.
March
Wednesday
3.7.07
3:30 – 5:00 PM
MUB Theatre II
Energy and Justice: The social responsibility of energy use
Join University Dialogue Authors Ruth Sample and John Carroll to explore issues of global justice in the decisions we make about energy use.
Tuesday
3.27.07
12:40 – 2:00
MUB 338
Europe's Climate Change Leadership: What can we learn?
An informal brown bag lunch discussion with Dialogue Author Stacy VanDeveer. Bring your lunch and join the conversation. Drinks and dessert provided.
Thursday
3.29.07
12:40 – 2:00 PM
Courtyard Reading Room (510), Dimond Library
UNH Town Hall Meeting: Where do we go from here?
A Town Hall Meeting with all University Dialogue Authors to explore implications for the University community regarding the consequences of our current and future energy decisions. Dialogue facilitated by Tom Kelly, Director of the UNH Office of Sustainability Programs.
April
Monday
4.9.07
3:00 PM
MUB 330/332
Energy and Transportation: What do we do? How do we get from here to there? A discussion of creative transportation solutions with University Dialogue Authors PT Vasudevan, Carmela Amato-Wierda, and Sonke Dornblut.
Tuesday
4.10.07
7:00 - 9:00 PM
MUB Theatre I
Film: Crude ImpactCrude Impact is an award-winning documentary film which explores the interconnection between human domination of the planet, and the discovery and use of oil.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
April 13, 8:00 PM
April 14, 8:00 PM
April 15, 3:00 PM (Matinee)
Johnson Theater
Free Admission
Tickets available at the MUB ticket office or at the door an hour before the performance.
UNH Opera and the UNH Discovery Program on Energy presents Vignettes: Ellis Island by Alan Smith adapted by Dialogue Author David Ripley and orchestrated by Michael Annicciarico. UNH singers present the poignant stories of those immigrants who brought talent and energy to our country from 1895-1930.
Wednesday, April 11
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Murkland 115
Speaker: Polar Explorer Eric Larsen
In July 2006, Polar explorers Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen made history by becoming the first people in the world to travel to the North Pole in summer. Come hear about their amazing journey.
Friday
4.20.07
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Courtyard Reading Room (510), Dimond Library
First in the Nation EARTH DAY
Join us for a day celebrating UNH's energy, climate and sustainability achievements. Free and open to the public, refreshments provided.
Monday
4.23.07
7:00 pm
Huddleston Ballroom
Speaker and Discussion with Matthew Simmons:
Author of Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. With more than 35 years of experience as an oil and energy analyst and a banking and investment advisor to the oil industry, Simmons occupies a very unique and privileged place in this field. Simmons has served as a key advisor to the Bush Administration, Vice President Cheney's 2001 Energy Task Force and the Council on Foreign Relations. Discussion moderated by University Dialogue Author John Carroll.
Wednesday
4.25.07
8:00 PM
Granite State Room
Speaker and discussion: John McQuaid
Are We Ready for the Environmental Threats of the 21st Century?
New Orleans was Mother Nature's warning shot for the 21st century. In an age of global warming and other large-scale environmental changes, nations will find themselves facing new and unexpected challenges in protecting their citizens. Seas are rising, storms are brewing, new microbes are circulating in a globalized world. And right now, the United States is not ready. Government agencies are still functioning in plodding, 20th century mode, unable to adequately anticipate natural disasters and prepare for them. What should be done – particularly to protect coastal communities from rising seas and super storms? More important, what can be done, given the political and bureaucratic obstacles? How can we fix the dysfunctional relationship between science and government? There’s no single answer, but government agencies will have to become more nimble – admittedly, a tall order – in responding to disasters and in anticipating global changes. They’ll have to process scientific information faster and more decisively. And all of this will take political vision and leadership.
Course Offering by Dr. John Carroll
NR 997: Hot Topics - The Question of Peak Oil (two credits)
A course for graduate students in Spring 2007 M 4 - 6: This course will explore the question of "peak oil", its scientific basis, economic and geopolitical questions surrounding it, and its consequences for American society. "Peak oil" is defined as the point at which half the globe's oil resource (and, as well, natural gas) is used up, and what happens, economically and geopolitically, as a consequence when that point is passed. The work of petroleum geologists Kenneth Deffeyes and Colin Campbell, environmental conservationist Richard Heinberg, economist Matthew Simmons, and journalist/land use planner James Howard Kunstler will be featured. Discussion will be integrated with the companion issue of greenhouse gasses and climate change.