Serendipity

Now that I’m back in Toronto, my calendar’s filling up already. Here’s a bunch of upcoming seminars on campus that I hope to get to:

• January 28, 2011 3:30pm; EHJIC Seminar:
  Randolph Haluza-DeLay, Kings College University Edmonton, “Post-Carbon Imaginaries in an Oil Sands Hegemony”   (Health Sciences Building, 155 College, room 108)
• February 2nd, 2011 4pm; Centre for Environment Eric Krause Memorial Lecture:
  David Miller (ex-Mayor of Toronto) “Cities Leading the Way – In Canada and Around the World“ (The Faculty Club, Main Lounge, 41 Willcocks Street)
• February 2nd, 2011 5pm; EHJIC Seminar:
  Tom Keefer from York University, “The Political Economy of Themodynamics: Peak Oil, Capitalism, and Climate Change”  (155 College, room 106)
• February 8th, 2011, 3.30pm, Centre for Global Change Science Distinguished lecture:
  Maureen Raymo, Boston University “Carbon Dioxide, Sea Level, and Milankovitch: Making Sense of the Ice Ages” (Bahen Centre, 40 St. George St., Rm 1170)
• February 9th 2011, 4pm; Centre for Environment Seminar:
  Peter Victor, York University “Managing without Growth. Slower by Design, not Disaster” (Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Room 1072)
• February 16th 2011 4pm; Centre for Environment Robert Hunter Memorial Lecture:
  Lauryn Dranie, Climate Action Network Canada, “Public Apathy, Funded Denial & Political Cowardice: What’s a climate activist to do?“. (The Faculty Club, 2nd Floor, 41 Willcocks Street)
• February 16th, 2011 5pm; EHJIC Seminar:
  Liz Benneian from Oakvillegreen, “Organizing to Win: Social Change Through Citizen Ecological Activism”   (Health Sciences Building, 155 College, room 106)
• March 15th, 2011, 3.30pm, Centre for Global Change Science Distinguished lecture:
  Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University, “Biochar Systems for Climate Change Mitigation” (Bahen Centre, 40 St. George St., Rm 1170)
• March 16th, 2011 4pm, Centre for Environment Memorial Lecture:
  Joanna Dafoe, Adopt a Negotiator, “Post 2012 Climate Politics: What the UN and Canadian Electorate have in Common” (The Faculty Club, 2nd Floor, 41 Willcocks Street)
• March 30th, 2011 4pm; Centre for Environment Seminar:
  Steven Bernstein, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, “New Directions or No Direction? Climate Change and Global Risk Governance following Cancun” (Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Room 1072)

Phew, that’ll keep me busy. For more details on the various seminar series see the CGCS seminar schedule, the Centre for Environment seminar schedule and the EHJIC seminar schedule.