Titled \u201cSustaining Our Shores,\u201d the nine-event series will include renowned researchers, writers, policy experts and even a chef as part of the University\u2019s premier lecture series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRhode Island is the Ocean State and many across the state are thinking about the ocean and the coast and the many aspects of concern,\u201d Walsh said. \u201c溏心vlog免费B站 is also a leader in coastal and ocean research and application of that research, locally and globally. Another important point is that we just entered the U.N. Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. We thought that this should be an emphasis for the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All free lectures and panel discussions this fall are held Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. at Edwards Hall on the Kingston Campus. The full schedule and streaming links can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the Tuesday Sept 21st<\/sup> lecture, registration is required. To pre-register click here<\/a>. Registration for Tuesday\u2019s event will be available at the door for those who are unable <\/strong>to register ahead. If you plan to watch virtually you do not need to register. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year\u2019s series, \u201cChallenging Expectations: Disability in the 21st Century,\u201d was held entirely online because of COVID-19, but this year, it\u2019s an in-person program, with the lectures also being streamed. In fact, a goal is to have a significant, global virtual audience — the series has been endorsed as a U.N. Ocean Decade event. Attendees must present their university identification cards or their vaccinations card to be admitted. Everyone will be required to be masked while in Edwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walsh and Davies, this year\u2019s colloquium coordinators, said there is a Plan B for a virtual series if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The two coordinators outlined the three major points of emphasis for the colloquium: coasts in crisis, the future of seafood, and plastics and marine pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walsh said he and Davies chose the coasts in crisis sub-theme as the first area of emphasis because the U.S. and other countries are in the heart of hurricane season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMany people are well aware of threats of sea level rise and storms along their shores and the important overriding concern is the risk to our communities,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cIn most cases that risk is not equally distributed. There are some communities that are disadvantaged more than others and it\u2019s important to address these social issues along with the environmental ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walsh said the future of seafood focus looks at how billions of people around the world rely on this important food source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn the United States many people enjoy and recognize the health benefits of seafood, but internationally it\u2019s a critical source of protein in much of the world,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cIt represents half or more of the protein in the diet of developing countries. So as much as we enjoy seafood, we also need it to sustain the growing population of the planet. Of course there are issues around sustaining wild catch, so there is also a growing need for aquaculture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last focus area, plastics and marine pollution, is equally important and like the other two, affects people around the world. 溏心vlog免费B站, which dedicated an entire issue of its research magazine, Momentum, to plastics will launch a plastics initiative in the fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Davies said there is a lot of doom and gloom around coastal and ocean issues, adding \u201cone of the key things we want to carry through the entire colloquium is that there are people around the world working on solutions. 溏心vlog免费B站 is central to that, and it is conducting research around the world on these problems and trying to find solutions. The hope theme is a major aspect throughout the colloquium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSometimes the news that we are seeing, the poles melting and other results of climate change, is so crushing that it makes us feel powerless,\u201d Davies said. \u201cOur speakers will emphasize that there is hope and that there are things we can do as researchers and individuals to reduce our carbon impact. Hope is a fitting idea to showcase in Rhode Island.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kelsey Leonard, will present the leadoff talk Sept. 21, \u201cCoasts in Crisis: Our Relationship with Rising Seas.\u201d <\/strong>Leonard is a water scientist, legal scholar, policy expert, writer, and enrolled citizen of the Shinnecock Nation. She is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, where her research focuses on Indigenous water justice and its climatic, territorial, and governance underpinnings. She seeks to establish Indigenous traditions of water conservation as the foundation for international water policymaking. She is a member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation on the Mid-Atlantic Committee on the Ocean<\/a>, which is charged with protecting America\u2019s ocean ecosystems and coastlines. She also serves as a member of the Great Lakes Water Quality Board<\/a> of the International Joint Commission. Her regional ocean policy work in collaboration with Tribes, state, federal and fishery management council entities received a Peter Benchley Ocean Award<\/a> for Excellence in Solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next up is Elizabeth Rush and her lecture on Sept. 28, \u201cCoasts in Crisis: Rising Together in Response to Climate Change<\/strong>.\u201d She is the author of \u201cRising: Dispatches from the New American Shore.\u201d<\/a> Her work explores how humans adapt to changes enacted upon them by forces seemingly beyond their control, from ecological transformation to political revolution. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Harper\u2019s, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard and the New Republic, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The remaining speakers and panel discussions are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCoasts in Crisis, Panel: Risk and Resilience in New England,\u201d Oct. 5. <\/strong>Panelists are: Pam Rubinoff, associate coastal manager for 溏心vlog免费B站 Coastal Resources Center; Elder Gonz\u00e1lez Trejo, director of community programs with the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council; Julie Wormser, deputy director of the Mystic River Watershed Association, and the moderator will be Megan Hall, host for The Public’s Radio podcast Possibly<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rashid Sumaila, \u201cInfinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries,\u201d Oct. 19.<\/strong> Sumaila is a professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barton Seaver, \u201cThe Future of Seafood: How Marine Food Systems Can Support Healthy Oceans and Communities<\/strong>,\u201d Nov. 2. <\/strong>Seaver is one of the world\u2019s leading sustainable seafood experts and educators. Before leaving the restaurant industry to pursue his interests in sustainable food systems, he was an award-winning chef leading top seafood restaurants in Washington, D.C. \u201cThe Future of Seafood, Panel: Sustainability through Local and Global Action,\u201d Nov. 9.<\/strong> Panelists are: Monica Jain, executive director with Fish 2.0<\/a>; Sarah Schumann, author and commercial fisherwoman; Russell Smith, consultant with Flen Consulting, and the moderator will be Azure Cygler, marine research associate with the 溏心vlog免费B站 Coastal Resources Center<\/a>. Chelsea Rochman, \u201cThe Story of Plastic Pollution: From Scientific Evidence to Policy,\u201d Nov. 16. <\/strong>She is a faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Toronto<\/a> and a scientific adviser to the Ocean Conservancy<\/a> and a National Geographic Explorer. Previously, she was a David H. 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