2021 Winter Seminar Series

This year's ESPE winter series is devoted to “Environmental and Climate Justice,” an exploration of how various segments of our population, particularly people of color and indigenous people, experience environmental risks and benefits.

All talks, free and open to the public, will be held via zoom.

Majora Carter is a MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award-winning radio broadcaster specializing in urban revitalization. She will speak on “Community as Corporation: Talent-Retention in Low Status America.”

Zoom Webinar: https://union.zoom.us/j/99477780882

For more on Majora Carter, visit here.

Stacy-Ann Robinson is an assistant professor of environmental studies at Colby College and a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II, which assesses climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. She will speak on “The Climate Finance-Climate Justice Nexus: The Case of Small Island Developing States.”

Zoom Webinar: https://union.zoom.us/j/97367350848

For more on Stacy-Ann Robinson, visit here.

Aaron Mair is former National President of The Sierra Club and an advocate in the Capital Region and nationwide for environmental justice.

Zoom Webinar: https://union.zoom.us/j/96486440193

For more about Aaron Mair, visit here.

Each year, ESPE’s Winter Seminar Series brings leading experts to campus on a critical topic for our environmental future.

For more information, contact Prof. Jeff Corbin (corbinj@union.edu).