Meetings: 9:00AM to 4:00PM

Monday: Applying geography to interpret the past

9:00-10:00Michele Delattre, ORIAS - Introductions
10:00-12:00Prof. John McNeill, History Department, Georgetown University
"Environmental History and Global History"
12:00-1:00 Catered Lunch
1:00-2:15Prof. Javier Alvarez-Mon, Near Eastern Studies Phd Candidate, UCB
"Elam - the forgotten civilization of the ancient Near East: A case study of environmental impact"
2:30-3:45Prof. Jarbel Rodriguez, History Department, San Francisco State University
"Man, Nature and the Environment in the Middle Ages"
3:45-4:00 Credit group meeting

Tuesday: How physical systems interact with human systems and development

9:00-9:30Michele Delattre, ORIAS
9:30-10:45Prof. Vijaya R Nagarajan,Theology & Religious Studies, Program in Environmental Studies, USF
"Rituals of Embedded Ecologies in India"
11:00-12:15Prof. William Schaefer, Dept. of East Asian Languages, UCB
"Ideologies of Landscape in China"
12:15-1:15Catered Lunch (film: GRASS: A Nation's Battle for Life. 1924)
1:15-2:30Prof. Alan Karras, International and Area Studies teaching program, UCB
"The Atlantic World as Environmental Workshop"
2:30-3:00Campus resources:
Katherine Barrett , Lawrence Hall of Science - Global Systems Science
3:00-4:00Field trip experiences:
Bethanie Gilbert, Millenium High School in Costa Rica
Lynn Fonfa, National Park Service - classroom in the park
Credit group meeting

Wednesday: Focus on Water - international case studies in environmental management and justice

9:00-9:15Michele Delattre, ORIAS
9:15-10:15Jacquelin Cochran, Doctoral Candidate, Energy & Resources Group, UCB
"Equity and rainwater harvesting in India"
10:30-11:30Ariadna Reida, Great Baikal Trail Association
"Lake Biakal in Russia - Eco-tourism"
11:30-1:00Lunch on own
1:00-2:15Prof. Alex Saragoza, Ethnic Studies and Latin American History, UCB
"The All-American Canal: Water Along the U.S.-Mexico Border"
2:30-3:30Classroom experiences:
Lana Husser, Earthteam
Leslie Rule, KQED - Sausal Creek Project
3:30-4:00 Credit group meeting

Thursday: How human actions modify physical environment - international case studies of success and failure in the modern era

9:00-9:15Michele Delattre, ORIAS
9:15-10:30Prof. Edmund Burke, Director, Center for World History, U.C. Santa Cruz
"The Coming Environmental Crisis in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective"
10:45-12:00Prof. Michael Watts, Geography, UCB
"Oil, development and geopolitics in West Africa"
12:00-1:00Catered lunch
1:00-2:15Rachael Stern, Political Science Department, U. C. Berkeley
Environmental issues in China today
2:30-3:30Resources:
Elaine Shen, KQED Ednet, China From the Inside
3:30-4:00Resource discussion/ credit group

Friday: Applying geography to interpret the past and plan for the future - current research.

9:00-9:30Michele Delattre, ORIAS
9:30-10:45Prof. Peter Hayes, Nautilus Institute, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (pending)
"Meeting environmental challenges in Korea"
11:00-12:15Prof. Dara O'Rourke, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (Environmental and Labor Policy), UCB
"Participatory solutions to environmental justice in Vietnam"
12:15-1:15Catered Lunch
1:15-2:15Dr. Sonja Schmid, CISAC Science Fellow, Stanford University
"Chernobyl"
2:30-3:00Resources:
Jeanette Zerneke, Electronic Cultural Atlas Iniative (ECAI), UCB
3:00-4:00Evaluations
Credit group meeting