CLF Newsletter (Coming Soon!)
For a listing of CLF events and other events of interest around JHU and the Chesapeake region, check out our latest newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter.

DIRECTIONS to the Bloomberg School of Public Health (Wolfe St. Building) 

For disability access information or assistive listening devices, please contact the Office of Support Services at 410-955-1197.

Connecting Health and Sustainability Seminar Series

The “Connecting Health and Sustainability” seminar series will engage public health professionals, including faculty, staff and students, on the issue of sustainability and its critical link to public health.  Experts from fields including environmental justice/ community engagement, the food system, human rights/resource conflict, environmental economics, mass media and health communication will illustrate the connection between how we use and live on this planet and the resulting impact on public health and the environment. Participants will gain valuable insight into why these topics are relevant to public health professionals and how to utilize their profession to influence behavior and policy to reduce our environmental impact. Jointly sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, and the Program on Global Sustainability and Health

Sept 11, 2008
Sustainable South Bronx (Flyer)
Speaker: Annette Williams    
              Director, B.E.S.T Program, Sustainable South Bronx
Time:      12:15 pm to 1:30 pm
Location: Feinstone Hall, Room E2030

Sept 18, 2008
Climate Impacts and Cost of Inaction:  Empirical Evidence and Policy Options for the US
Speaker: Matthias Ruth
              Roy F. Weston Chair in Natural Economics
              Director, Center for Integrative Environmental Research
              Director, Environmental Policy Program
              Co-Director, Engineering and Public Policy
              University of Maryland
Time:        12:15 pm to 1:30 pm
Location:  Anna Baetjer, Room W1030

Sept 25, 2008
Creating Baltimore’s Sustainability Plan
Speakers: Beth Strommen & Sarah Zaleski 
               Baltimore City Office of Sustainability
Time:       12:15 pm to 1:30 pm     
Location:  Room W2015

Oct 1, 2008
Why Our Industrial Food System is not Sustainable
Speaker: Fred Kirschenmann
              Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture 
              Iowa State University
Time:      12:15 pm to 1:30 pm     
Location: Feinstone Hall, Room E2030

Oct  9, 2008
The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
Speaker: Maude Barlow  
              Co-founder, Blue Planet Project
              National Chairperson, The Council of Canadians
Time:      12:15 pm to 1:30 pm     
Location: Feinstone Hall, Room E2030

Oct 16, 2008
Presumed Communication Effects and Their Consequences
Speaker: Albert C. Gunther, Professor
              Director of Graduate Studies
              Dept. of Life Sciences Communication
              University of Wisconsin-Madison
Time:      12:15 pm to 1:30 pm     
Location: Room W2015

Oct 23, 2008
Communication and Marketing as Climate Change Intervention Assets: A Public Health Perspective
Speaker: Edward Maibach, PhD, MPH
              Professor, Department of Communication
              Director, Center for Climate Change Communication 
              George Mason University
Time:      12:15 pm to 1:30 pm     
Location: Room W2015

Oct 30, 2008
Environment, Conflict, and Security:  From Threat to Opportunity
Speaker:  Geoffrey D. Dabelko
               Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP)
Time:       12:15 pm to 1:30 pm     
Location:  Anna Baetjer, Room W1030