George Perkins Marsh Institute Archives

Climate Narratives of Hope: Coral Refuge in the Red Sea – Eman Lasheen

Join Professor Lasheen for an engaging talk on Climate Narratives of Hope, where she delves into the powerful intersection of climate action and storytelling, focusing on the health and resilience […]
Starting with Solutions: A Global Political Ecology of Algae Innovation

This Graduate School of Geography Colloquium features Jenny Goldstein of Cornell University.
Putting People at the Center of Nature

Solange Bandiaky-Badji, Ph.D. ’08, is president and coordinator of the Rights and Resources Initiative, a global coalition of over 150 grassroots organizations and their allies. This event will be held in person and also livestreamed.
Considerations on Reducing Climate Change Impacts in Urban Environments: A Case Study on Water Infrastructure in Worcester

The 2024–25 Marsh lecture series begins with Paul Mathisen, associate professor and director of sustainability at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Forest Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change

Serita Frey, professor of environmental science at the University of New Hampshire, will discuss her research on how climate change is altering forest ecosystems, with an emphasis on the soil microbiome and nutrient cycling processes.
Climate Change and Mobility Justice

Mimi Sheller Dean of The Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Mimi Sheller is the Dean of The Global School and is an internationally recognized scholar and higher education leader, […]
The Climate Crisis: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do?

The George Perkins Marsh Institute presents a lecture by Gilbert E. Metcalf, the John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University, who researches policy evaluation and design in the area of energy and climate change.
From Denial to Delay: Obstruction of Action on Climate Change

Timmons Roberts, Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University and the Executive Director of the Climate Social Science Network, will discuss his research into the failure to address climate change in the United States.
Sipping from the Data Firehose: Insights from Bayesian Inference, Power Computing, and Generalization

Jeffrey Cardille is a professor at McGill University who studies land-cover change, forest connectivity, and lake carbon content. He works on large environmental questions at regional, continental, and global scales […]
Sensing the Climate of Racism

Speakers include Imani Jacqueline Brown, research fellow, Forensic Architecture; and Lola Conte, advanced researcher, Forensic Architecture.