Using Insurance to Facilitate Adaptation to and Mitigation of Climate-related Risk
Lindene Patton
Chief Climate Product Officer
Zurich Financial Services
Bren School Advisory Board Member
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Bren Hall 1414
*This talk can be viewed on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UFkXgmfiOo
Abstract
While Insurance is designed to facilitate protection of assets, it is also a dynamic tool that can also be leveraged to manage a public good, such as climate. Learn how government regulation and public-policy actions can distort the marketplace in ways that inadvertently encourage risky behavior and exacerbate free-rider challenges. Ms. Patton will also discuss why public-policy makers are often conflicted about risk-based price signals in the context of climate change, especially with respect to existing community assets. She will also address the issue of pooling and how some see it as a way to avoid difficult discussions about who should pay for certain risks and costs associated with low-carbon conversion. And she will discuss how government subsidies can actually introduce risk into technology—and how risk-based price signals (premiums) associated with insurance serve to reduce the risk of deploying new technology.
Biography
Lindene Patton serves as Chief Climate Product Officer at Zurich Financial Services. She manages the Underwriting Counsel staff and the Cost Engineering Services staff, which provide support to the environmental underwriting division and the architects and engineering underwriting division. She also oversees the group that underwrites guaranteed fixed-price remediation stop loss and all environmental impairment liability programs.
Ms. Patton has substantial expertise in all aspects of environmental insurance and professional liability insurance for the design professional, and she supports the development and improvement of all lines of environmental insurance. Additionally, she has worked extensively in standard property and casualty insurance and other specialty insurance coverages, such as political risk. She evaluates issues related to climate change and has developed products to support carbon trading and other unique solutions designed to assist customers in their adaptation to climate change.
Ms. Patton is an attorney licensed in the State of California and the District of Columbia, and an American Board of Industrial Hygiene Certified Industrial Hygienist. She holds a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis. She received her master's in public health from the University of California at Berkeley, and her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Talk: Water: The Sacred Purifier
Water: The Sacred Purifier
Nandini Iyer (Religious Studies, UCSB)
Monday, March 8 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
“Just as the sacred river's roaring voice echoes all nature's sounds, just so, if the devotee wishes to be cleansed by its waters, his heart must respond to the cries of all living beings.” Professor Emerita Nandini Iyer is a life-long student of the world’s mystical traditions and of the teachings of M.K. Gandhi. She has taught philosophy and religious studies at the University of Oxford, UC Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara City College. She is one of the founders of the Institute of World Culture in Santa Barbara and has been involved with several schools committed to combating religious intolerance. Professor Iyer’s talk will be introduced by José Cabezón, Professor of Religious Studies, UCSB.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water Series and the Community Environmental Council.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/water-the-sacred-purifier/
Nandini Iyer (Religious Studies, UCSB)
Monday, March 8 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
“Just as the sacred river's roaring voice echoes all nature's sounds, just so, if the devotee wishes to be cleansed by its waters, his heart must respond to the cries of all living beings.” Professor Emerita Nandini Iyer is a life-long student of the world’s mystical traditions and of the teachings of M.K. Gandhi. She has taught philosophy and religious studies at the University of Oxford, UC Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara City College. She is one of the founders of the Institute of World Culture in Santa Barbara and has been involved with several schools committed to combating religious intolerance. Professor Iyer’s talk will be introduced by José Cabezón, Professor of Religious Studies, UCSB.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water Series and the Community Environmental Council.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/water-the-sacred-purifier/
Movie: Source to Sea: The Columbia River Swim
Source to Sea: The Columbia River Swim
Thursday, March 4 / 3:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
On July 1, 2003, Christopher Swain became the first person to swim the entire 1,243 mile length of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. His swim brought stories about the river's disrupted ecosystems and dislocated peoples to over twenty thousand North American schoolchildren, and to a worldwide media audience of over one billion people. A group of thirty-plus Northwest filmmakers, led by Andy Norris, followed Swain's swim, and created a modern history of the great river of the West.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series and the Community Environmental Council.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/source-to-sea/
Thursday, March 4 / 3:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
On July 1, 2003, Christopher Swain became the first person to swim the entire 1,243 mile length of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. His swim brought stories about the river's disrupted ecosystems and dislocated peoples to over twenty thousand North American schoolchildren, and to a worldwide media audience of over one billion people. A group of thirty-plus Northwest filmmakers, led by Andy Norris, followed Swain's swim, and created a modern history of the great river of the West.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series and the Community Environmental Council.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/source-to-sea/
Talk: Black Sea Files: A Territorial Research and Art Project on the Caspian Oil Geography
Black Sea Files: A Territorial Research and Art Project on the Caspian Oil Geography
Ursula Biemann
Tuesday, March 2 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
The artist speaks about her video essay investigating the transformations activated by a new transnational infrastructure, the BTC oil pipeline, which pumps the Caspian Crude from Baku passing through the Caucasus and Turkey. The pipeline is a geo-strategic project of some political impact, not only for the powerful players in the region, but also for a great number of locals: farmers, oil workers, migrants, and prostitutes.
Sponsored by the Department of Film & Media Studies, IHC’s Hester and Cedric Crowell Endowment, IHC’s Oil + Water Series, and the Community Environmental Council.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/black-sea-files/
Ursula Biemann
Tuesday, March 2 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
The artist speaks about her video essay investigating the transformations activated by a new transnational infrastructure, the BTC oil pipeline, which pumps the Caspian Crude from Baku passing through the Caucasus and Turkey. The pipeline is a geo-strategic project of some political impact, not only for the powerful players in the region, but also for a great number of locals: farmers, oil workers, migrants, and prostitutes.
Sponsored by the Department of Film & Media Studies, IHC’s Hester and Cedric Crowell Endowment, IHC’s Oil + Water Series, and the Community Environmental Council.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/black-sea-files/
Nutrition Week in the Dining Commons
Housing & Residential Services will be hosting Nutrition Week in all their Dining Commons everyday during March 1-5.
Students can talk to nutritionists and see displays on healthy, organic, and locally grown foods.
If you are interested in learning more about this event, please contact Terry Thomas at tthomas@housing.ucsb.edu.
Students can talk to nutritionists and see displays on healthy, organic, and locally grown foods.
If you are interested in learning more about this event, please contact Terry Thomas at tthomas@housing.ucsb.edu.
RecycleMania Sustainable Fashion Show
Sustainable Fashion Show to Support Recycle Mania
Sunday, February 28* @ 1:00-4:00 pm
Anisqoyo Park, Isla Vista
Associated Students Recycling Committee will be hosting a Sustainable Fashion Show as part of RecycleMania, a ten-week international recycling competition. The event will feature garments designed from students utilizing recyclable materials (plastic, mixed paper, aluminum, e-waste, etc). There will be a live DJ, band (Other Nature), food, and prizes for the best designs.
*Please note day change due to inclimate weather.
Sunday, February 28* @ 1:00-4:00 pm
Anisqoyo Park, Isla Vista
Associated Students Recycling Committee will be hosting a Sustainable Fashion Show as part of RecycleMania, a ten-week international recycling competition. The event will feature garments designed from students utilizing recyclable materials (plastic, mixed paper, aluminum, e-waste, etc). There will be a live DJ, band (Other Nature), food, and prizes for the best designs.
*Please note day change due to inclimate weather.
Talk: Personal Experiences, Observations, and Challenges for Protecting California's Ocean
Personal Experiences, Observations, and Challenges for Protecting California's Ocean
BRIAN BAIRD
Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, CA Resources Agency
Tuesday, March 2nd, 5:00pm
UCSB, Buchanan Hall, Rm 1910
About the Speaker:
Brian E. Baird, UCSB and Environmental Studies Alumnus, serves as the Director of the California Ocean Resources Management Program under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and also served in this role under Governors Davis and Wilson. He represents the Administration on the West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health, California Coastal Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the federal Outer Continental Shelf Advisory Board, the California Ocean Science Trust, and the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project among others.
He has authored or co-authored papers on ocean management, liquefied natural gas facility siting, archaeological resources, oil spill contingency planning, marine managed areas, regional ocean governance, and coastal economics and was the chief writer of chief writer of Governor Schwarzenegger's 2004 strategy titled, “Protecting Our Ocean - California's Strategy for Action.”
On Earth Day April 23, 1999, Assistant Secretary Baird was designated an "Environmental Hero" by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and in February 2008 he received NOAA's Susan Snow-Cotter Award for Excellence in Ocean and Coastal Management.
This event is FREE.
Sponsored by: UCSB's College of Letters and Science Critical Issues in America Lecture Series and the Environmental Studies Program
BRIAN BAIRD
Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, CA Resources Agency
Tuesday, March 2nd, 5:00pm
UCSB, Buchanan Hall, Rm 1910
About the Speaker:
Brian E. Baird, UCSB and Environmental Studies Alumnus, serves as the Director of the California Ocean Resources Management Program under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and also served in this role under Governors Davis and Wilson. He represents the Administration on the West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health, California Coastal Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the federal Outer Continental Shelf Advisory Board, the California Ocean Science Trust, and the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project among others.
He has authored or co-authored papers on ocean management, liquefied natural gas facility siting, archaeological resources, oil spill contingency planning, marine managed areas, regional ocean governance, and coastal economics and was the chief writer of chief writer of Governor Schwarzenegger's 2004 strategy titled, “Protecting Our Ocean - California's Strategy for Action.”
On Earth Day April 23, 1999, Assistant Secretary Baird was designated an "Environmental Hero" by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and in February 2008 he received NOAA's Susan Snow-Cotter Award for Excellence in Ocean and Coastal Management.
This event is FREE.
Sponsored by: UCSB's College of Letters and Science Critical Issues in America Lecture Series and the Environmental Studies Program
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Event: Victory Gardens: Join the Revolution!
Victory Gardens: Join the Revolution!
Rose Hayden-Smith
Doctoral Student, UCSB Dept of History
Sunday, March 7 @ 2:30 pm
History Education Center, Stowe House
304 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta
Rose Hayden-Smith will discuss the victory gardens of the past, as well as current national policy and models, and the way the local food-systems movement is addressing a wide range of challenges facing Americans today.
Also referred to as "war gardens" or "food gardens for defense," victory gardens were planted at private residences and in public parks during World War I and II to reduce the pressure the war efforts placed on the public food supply. Nearly 20 million Americans answered the government's call to provide their own produce. They planted gardens in backyards, empty lots and even city rooftops. Neighbors pooled their resources, planted different kinds of foods, and formed cooperatives, all in the name of patriotism.
For more information: http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2180
Rose Hayden-Smith
Doctoral Student, UCSB Dept of History
Sunday, March 7 @ 2:30 pm
History Education Center, Stowe House
304 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta
Rose Hayden-Smith will discuss the victory gardens of the past, as well as current national policy and models, and the way the local food-systems movement is addressing a wide range of challenges facing Americans today.
Also referred to as "war gardens" or "food gardens for defense," victory gardens were planted at private residences and in public parks during World War I and II to reduce the pressure the war efforts placed on the public food supply. Nearly 20 million Americans answered the government's call to provide their own produce. They planted gardens in backyards, empty lots and even city rooftops. Neighbors pooled their resources, planted different kinds of foods, and formed cooperatives, all in the name of patriotism.
For more information: http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2180
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Talk: Cruising
Cruising
Jill Casid (Art History, University of Wisconsin)
Tuesday, February 23 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
In the rapt attention to digital transformation and the consideration of global cultural flows and liquid images, we may run the risk of losing sight of the material consequences of the physical and material flows of goods and people by boat, that seemingly antiquated technology of European conquest, catechism, and commerce. Cruising calls for attention not just to traveling images but also to the practice of leisure travel and not just the environmental cost of the tourist industry - the world’s largest by the end of the 20th century - but also the ongoing transformation of material environments to meet the desires and expectations of a particular kind of tourism, the floating world of the cruise ship boat.
Jill H. Casid is Associate Professor of Visual Culture Studies and Director of the Center for Visual Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research in visual studies includes her book Sowing Empire: Landscape and Colonization (2005) and her forthcoming book Shadows of Enlightenment.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water Series and the Community Environmental Council.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/cruising/
Jill Casid (Art History, University of Wisconsin)
Tuesday, February 23 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
In the rapt attention to digital transformation and the consideration of global cultural flows and liquid images, we may run the risk of losing sight of the material consequences of the physical and material flows of goods and people by boat, that seemingly antiquated technology of European conquest, catechism, and commerce. Cruising calls for attention not just to traveling images but also to the practice of leisure travel and not just the environmental cost of the tourist industry - the world’s largest by the end of the 20th century - but also the ongoing transformation of material environments to meet the desires and expectations of a particular kind of tourism, the floating world of the cruise ship boat.
Jill H. Casid is Associate Professor of Visual Culture Studies and Director of the Center for Visual Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research in visual studies includes her book Sowing Empire: Landscape and Colonization (2005) and her forthcoming book Shadows of Enlightenment.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water Series and the Community Environmental Council.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/cruising/
Discussion: Food @ UCSB
Food at UCSB
Bonnie Crouse (Dining Services, UCSB)
David Cleveland (Environmental Studies, UCSB)
Monday, February 22 / 1:00 PM
IHC Seminar Room, HSSB 6056
Bonnie Crouse with be present a talk entitled, "UCSB Dining Services' Sustainability Initiative." A representative from Dining Services will discuss their sustainability initiative and will address issues such as the following: How did UCSB dining get involved in local food sourcing? What percentage of meals are made with local and/or organic food? How have students responded to these changes? What advice would you give to other campuses trying to undertake similar efforts?
Professor Cleveland’s talk will focus on, "The UCSB Community Organic Garden: A Link to the Community and Global Agrifood System". The UCSB campus organic garden has existed for over 40 years - currently as the Greenhouse and Garden Project (GGP), 5 acres west of Harder Stadium. It has had to struggle for existence at times because its importance has not been appreciated. The GGP has the potential to link UCSB to the local and global agricultural and food community.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Food Studies RFG, Department of Environmental Studies, Department of Sociology and Department of History.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/food-at-ucsb/
Bonnie Crouse (Dining Services, UCSB)
David Cleveland (Environmental Studies, UCSB)
Monday, February 22 / 1:00 PM
IHC Seminar Room, HSSB 6056
Bonnie Crouse with be present a talk entitled, "UCSB Dining Services' Sustainability Initiative." A representative from Dining Services will discuss their sustainability initiative and will address issues such as the following: How did UCSB dining get involved in local food sourcing? What percentage of meals are made with local and/or organic food? How have students responded to these changes? What advice would you give to other campuses trying to undertake similar efforts?
Professor Cleveland’s talk will focus on, "The UCSB Community Organic Garden: A Link to the Community and Global Agrifood System". The UCSB campus organic garden has existed for over 40 years - currently as the Greenhouse and Garden Project (GGP), 5 acres west of Harder Stadium. It has had to struggle for existence at times because its importance has not been appreciated. The GGP has the potential to link UCSB to the local and global agricultural and food community.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Food Studies RFG, Department of Environmental Studies, Department of Sociology and Department of History.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/food-at-ucsb/
Dept of Public Worms - Salad and Compost Party
Salad and Compost Party
Wednesday, February 17 @ 12:00-1:00 pm
Outside the Student Resources Building
The DPW will be chopping veggies and composting the scraps to feed their vermicompost bins, and providing the salad fixings for you. You're welcome to bring what you want and join them in a tasty lunch. Salad is good for you & the worms!
Wednesday, February 17 @ 12:00-1:00 pm
Outside the Student Resources Building
The DPW will be chopping veggies and composting the scraps to feed their vermicompost bins, and providing the salad fixings for you. You're welcome to bring what you want and join them in a tasty lunch. Salad is good for you & the worms!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Films: Banff Mountain Film Festival
Best of the 34th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
February 23 and 24 @ 7:30
Campbell Hall
$12 for general admission, $10 for UCSB students and children
The event is hosted by UCSB Arts & Lectures and it sells out every year!
For more information or to buy tickets:
Feb 23 - https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=1687
Feb 24 - https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=1688
February 23 and 24 @ 7:30
Campbell Hall
$12 for general admission, $10 for UCSB students and children
The event is hosted by UCSB Arts & Lectures and it sells out every year!
For more information or to buy tickets:
Feb 23 - https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=1687
Feb 24 - https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=1688
Talk: So You Want to Change the World?
Peter Goldmark
Environmental Defense
So You Want to Change the World?
Or: Hammering on the Cliff in the Sun
Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 12:00-1:30 pm
Orfalea Center Seminar Room – 1005 Rob Gym
(office wing at Ocean Road in front of Rob Gym, left side)
Peter Goldmark currently directs the Climate and Air program for Environmental Defense. Prior to joining Environmental Defense, he was Chairman and CEO of the International Herald Tribune. Peter has had exceptional careers in both the public and private sectors. His public service was highlighted by his tenure as Budget Director for the State of New York during the 1970s city- and state-wide fiscal crisis where he was an architect of its rescue; and as Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey through to 1983. He served as president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1988 to 1997, encouraging its involvement in environmental issues, particularly as they related to energy.
Mr. Goldmark was also a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (1982-1988), member of Board Overseers and Chair of Harvard University’s Finance Committee (1984-1990), director of Knight Ridder Inc. (1991-1998), director of the Dreyfus Third Century Mutual Fund (1992-1998), member of the National Commission on Civic Renewal (1997-1998), trustee of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (2000-2007) and trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation. In addition, he serves as a board member of Lend Lease Corporation (1999-present), and member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Goldmark is a recipient of the Wilson Wyatt National Award for Urban Revitalization and a member of the Legion of Honor, France. He has taught courses at the JFK School of Government, Harvard; Yale College; The New School; Brandeis University and Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University as Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs.
Environmental Defense
So You Want to Change the World?
Or: Hammering on the Cliff in the Sun
Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 12:00-1:30 pm
Orfalea Center Seminar Room – 1005 Rob Gym
(office wing at Ocean Road in front of Rob Gym, left side)
Peter Goldmark currently directs the Climate and Air program for Environmental Defense. Prior to joining Environmental Defense, he was Chairman and CEO of the International Herald Tribune. Peter has had exceptional careers in both the public and private sectors. His public service was highlighted by his tenure as Budget Director for the State of New York during the 1970s city- and state-wide fiscal crisis where he was an architect of its rescue; and as Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey through to 1983. He served as president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1988 to 1997, encouraging its involvement in environmental issues, particularly as they related to energy.
Mr. Goldmark was also a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (1982-1988), member of Board Overseers and Chair of Harvard University’s Finance Committee (1984-1990), director of Knight Ridder Inc. (1991-1998), director of the Dreyfus Third Century Mutual Fund (1992-1998), member of the National Commission on Civic Renewal (1997-1998), trustee of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (2000-2007) and trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation. In addition, he serves as a board member of Lend Lease Corporation (1999-present), and member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Goldmark is a recipient of the Wilson Wyatt National Award for Urban Revitalization and a member of the Legion of Honor, France. He has taught courses at the JFK School of Government, Harvard; Yale College; The New School; Brandeis University and Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University as Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs.
Talk: The Future of Humankind and the Role of Green Chemistry
Robert Peoples, Ph.D.
Director of the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute®
The Future of Humankind and the Role of Green Chemistry
February 18th, 2010 @ 7:00-8:30pm
SB Public Library, Faulkner Gallery
FREE
Sustainability is a word that is being used more and more these days. What does it really mean and do we understand what it will take to truly be sustainable? This talk will focus on macroscopic issues facing the developing world and the resulting sustainability challenges they present. We will look at the role green chemistry can play in meeting those global challenges and provide examples of green chemistry and engineering in action. Dialog will be strongly encouraged throughout the talk.
Presented by Laboratory Research and Technical Staff (LabRATS), and The Green Initiative Fund. http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/lars
For more information, contact: kmaynard@geog.ucsb.edu
Director of the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute®
The Future of Humankind and the Role of Green Chemistry
February 18th, 2010 @ 7:00-8:30pm
SB Public Library, Faulkner Gallery
FREE
Sustainability is a word that is being used more and more these days. What does it really mean and do we understand what it will take to truly be sustainable? This talk will focus on macroscopic issues facing the developing world and the resulting sustainability challenges they present. We will look at the role green chemistry can play in meeting those global challenges and provide examples of green chemistry and engineering in action. Dialog will be strongly encouraged throughout the talk.
Presented by Laboratory Research and Technical Staff (LabRATS), and The Green Initiative Fund. http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/lars
For more information, contact: kmaynard@geog.ucsb.edu
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Talk: Oil, Water, and the Sacred: Super/Natural Resources in Francophone Postcolonial Fiction
TALK: Oil, Water, and the Sacred: Super/Natural Resources in Francophone Postcolonial Fiction
Richard Watts (French and Italian Studies, University of Washington)
Wednesday, February 17 / 1:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Focusing on Nan Bessora's 2004 novel Petroleum but drawing on a wide range of texts, this paper argues that the ubiquitous deployment of "natural resources" in francophone postcolonial fiction has always served as a means of figuring the properly political relationship between France and its former colonies and highlighting the resource-extractive politics of colonialism and neo-colonialism, but that it has recently come to signify broader cultural and eco-philosophical differences between metropole and postcolony. Bessora's Petroleum represents with equal emphasis the social and environmental externalities of the oil boom in postcolonial Gabon and the spiritual conflict that it provokes.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series, Community Environmental Council and American Cultures and Global Contexts Center.
Richard Watts (French and Italian Studies, University of Washington)
Wednesday, February 17 / 1:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Focusing on Nan Bessora's 2004 novel Petroleum but drawing on a wide range of texts, this paper argues that the ubiquitous deployment of "natural resources" in francophone postcolonial fiction has always served as a means of figuring the properly political relationship between France and its former colonies and highlighting the resource-extractive politics of colonialism and neo-colonialism, but that it has recently come to signify broader cultural and eco-philosophical differences between metropole and postcolony. Bessora's Petroleum represents with equal emphasis the social and environmental externalities of the oil boom in postcolonial Gabon and the spiritual conflict that it provokes.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series, Community Environmental Council and American Cultures and Global Contexts Center.
Talk: Water, Oil, and the Global Production of Islamic Sacred Space: Mecca in Modernity
TALK : Water, Oil, and the Global Production of Islamic Sacred Space: Mecca in Modernity
Juan Campo (Religious Studies, UCSB)
Wednesday, February 10 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Saudi Arabia plays a leading role in global economy because of its oil resources. It is also home to Islam’s two leading sacred cities - Mecca and Medina. Drawing on his recent research, Campo’s illustrated talk will track the interrelationships of the growth of the Kingdom’s oil revenues, the transformation of these two religious centers, and the annual hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. His analysis will include an examination of how water supply and distribution intersects with these developments and place the subject in comparative perspective relative to the rise of Dubai and the development of Muslim sacred spaces in other localities, including Iraq, Iran, India, and Pakistan. Juan Campo teaches in UCSB’s Department of Religious Studies. His most recent book, Encyclopedia of Islam, was published in 2009 by Facts-on-File.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series and the Community Environmental Council.
Juan Campo (Religious Studies, UCSB)
Wednesday, February 10 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Saudi Arabia plays a leading role in global economy because of its oil resources. It is also home to Islam’s two leading sacred cities - Mecca and Medina. Drawing on his recent research, Campo’s illustrated talk will track the interrelationships of the growth of the Kingdom’s oil revenues, the transformation of these two religious centers, and the annual hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. His analysis will include an examination of how water supply and distribution intersects with these developments and place the subject in comparative perspective relative to the rise of Dubai and the development of Muslim sacred spaces in other localities, including Iraq, Iran, India, and Pakistan. Juan Campo teaches in UCSB’s Department of Religious Studies. His most recent book, Encyclopedia of Islam, was published in 2009 by Facts-on-File.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series and the Community Environmental Council.
Screening: Trouble the Water
SCREENING: Trouble the Water
Introduction by Nicole Starosielski (Film and Media Studies, UCSB)
Tuesday, February 9 / 3:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature, this astonishingly powerful film is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turns her new video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city. As the hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world and the screen, Kim and her husband Scott continue to film their harrowing retreat to higher ground and the dramatic rescues of friends and neighbors. The filmmakers document the couple's return to New Orleans, the devastation of their neighborhood and the appalling repeated failures of government. Weaving an insider's view of Katrina with a mix of verite and in-your-face filmmaking, Trouble the Water is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes--two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series and the Community Environmental Council.
Introduction by Nicole Starosielski (Film and Media Studies, UCSB)
Tuesday, February 9 / 3:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature, this astonishingly powerful film is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turns her new video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city. As the hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world and the screen, Kim and her husband Scott continue to film their harrowing retreat to higher ground and the dramatic rescues of friends and neighbors. The filmmakers document the couple's return to New Orleans, the devastation of their neighborhood and the appalling repeated failures of government. Weaving an insider's view of Katrina with a mix of verite and in-your-face filmmaking, Trouble the Water is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes--two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series and the Community Environmental Council.
Food Studies RFG Paper Workshop
WORKSHOP: Food Studies RFG Paper Workshop
Megan Carney (Anthropology, UCSB)
Stefanie Stauffer (Sociology, UCSB)
Monday, February 8 / 2:00 PM
SSMS 3122
Megan Carney’s “Food Sovereignty Movements: Implications for Gender Inequality, Citizenship and the Human Right to Food” examines repercussions of food insecurity in the United States, in particular, the experience of households in Santa Barbara County amidst a climate of politically charged food movements that challenge gender inequality within the global-industrial food system.
Stefanie Stauffer will present “Towards a Gated Community of Food or a Rustbelt Revival?: A Story of Decay, Renewal, Hope, and Urban Farming in Southeast Michigan.” This project investigates the present crisis of food access and equity while also documenting the unique and innovative strategies individuals, communities, and organizations are adopting to counteract the local impact of the crisis in Michigan and elsewhere.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Food Studies RFG, the Dept. of Sociology, the Dept. of Anthropology, and the Dept. of History.
Megan Carney (Anthropology, UCSB)
Stefanie Stauffer (Sociology, UCSB)
Monday, February 8 / 2:00 PM
SSMS 3122
Megan Carney’s “Food Sovereignty Movements: Implications for Gender Inequality, Citizenship and the Human Right to Food” examines repercussions of food insecurity in the United States, in particular, the experience of households in Santa Barbara County amidst a climate of politically charged food movements that challenge gender inequality within the global-industrial food system.
Stefanie Stauffer will present “Towards a Gated Community of Food or a Rustbelt Revival?: A Story of Decay, Renewal, Hope, and Urban Farming in Southeast Michigan.” This project investigates the present crisis of food access and equity while also documenting the unique and innovative strategies individuals, communities, and organizations are adopting to counteract the local impact of the crisis in Michigan and elsewhere.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Food Studies RFG, the Dept. of Sociology, the Dept. of Anthropology, and the Dept. of History.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Discussion: Accelerating the Adoption of LED Lighting
Executive Roundtable Discussion:
Accelerating the Adoption of LED Lighting
February 9, 2010 5:30 PM
Corwin Pavilion, UC Santa Barbara
Please join us for a ninety minute executive roundtable discussion that explores public policy measures for accelerating the adoption of LED lighting. This discussion will be moderated by Noah Horowitz, Principal Scientist of the National Resource Defense Council; participants include executives from Industry, non-profits, government, and academia.
The discussion will review possibilities to fact-track widespread adoption of LED lighting, identify current policy inhibitors of adoption, and propose new solutions for accelerating adoption of this energy saving technology. Participants will be called upon to provide insight into these issues in a roundtable setting that promotes dialog between and among participants.
For more information: http://iee.ucsb.edu
Accelerating the Adoption of LED Lighting
February 9, 2010 5:30 PM
Corwin Pavilion, UC Santa Barbara
Please join us for a ninety minute executive roundtable discussion that explores public policy measures for accelerating the adoption of LED lighting. This discussion will be moderated by Noah Horowitz, Principal Scientist of the National Resource Defense Council; participants include executives from Industry, non-profits, government, and academia.
The discussion will review possibilities to fact-track widespread adoption of LED lighting, identify current policy inhibitors of adoption, and propose new solutions for accelerating adoption of this energy saving technology. Participants will be called upon to provide insight into these issues in a roundtable setting that promotes dialog between and among participants.
For more information: http://iee.ucsb.edu
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