22 July 2013

Explore Environmental History



With Geoffrey Buckley

Saturday August 10, 2013


Presented by:
Baltimore City Historical Society,
Friends of MD’s Olmsted Parks & Landscapes,
& Cathedral of the Incarnation Creation Care

Program runs from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Peabody Room, Cathedral of the Incarnation
4 East University Parkway, Baltimore 21218

Free admission, parking and refreshments
BCHS stamps War of 1812 Bicentennial Passports

Directions: www.incarnationbaltimore.org


Contact: Joe Stewart 410.243.4418 joestewart31947@comcast.net


Geoffrey Buckley is the author of “America's Conservation Impulse: Saving Trees in the Old Line State”, “Mountains of Injustice: Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia” and the upcoming “North American Odyssey: Historical Geographies for the Twenty-First Century”. He is an Ohio University Professor and Long-Term Ecological Research - Baltimore Ecosystem Study Co-Principal Investigator. He has a Ph.D. in Geography from University of Maryland, a M.A., Geography from University of Oregon and a B.A., Environmental Studies and American History from Connecticut College. http://www.ohio.edu/people/buckleg1/


Future Programs include:

McKay Jenkins - Saturday November 2, 2013
McKay Jenkins is the author of “What's Gotten into Us? Staying Healthy in a Toxic World” and editor of “The Peter Mattiessen Reader”, an anthology of American nature writing. He is the Cornelius Tighman Professor of English, Journalism and Environmental Humanities at the University of Delaware. He has a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University, a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University and a B.A. in English from Amherst College. His recent essay “The Era of Suburban Sprawl has to End. So, Now What” can be found on his webpage: www.mckayjenkins.com

Adam Rome - Saturday December 7, 2013
Adam Rome is the author of the recently published “The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation” and the prize-winning
“The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism”. He also is past editor of the journal “Environmental History”. He has a B.A. from Yale and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in American Environmental History. He teaches history and environmental non-fiction at the University of Delaware.

13 June 2013

Resilience 2014



Building on the highly successful first two conferences in Stockholm and Phoenix, the Resilience 2014 conference will take place in Montpellier, France, May 4-8, 2014 (http://www.resilience2014.org).

The focus of the conference is Resilience and Development: mobilizing for transformation.  The most influential scholars in the field of social-ecological systems (SES) research will present cutting-edge findings on resilience, adaptation, transformation and development of SES, and representatives of major development agencies, NGOs and the business sector will present their own perspectives on such research to address development issues.  With the aim to explore and reinforce the multiple links between resilience thinking and development issues, Resilience 2014 will create an arena for exchange and discussions, articulating different concepts and practices used in these fields. Several associated events, such as training courses and workshops, will be organized alongside the main conference.

The submission of abstracts is now open (deadline, August 16, 2013).  Prepare and submit your abstracts and propose sessions at www.Resilience2014.org

Put the conference dates on your agenda today!

We look forward to reading your contributions and welcoming you in Montpellier!
Please forward this call to your networks.


The Resilience 2014 Organizing Committee

30 May 2013

BES & URI Field Safety & Community Awareness -- June 7, 2013



Baltimore Ecosystem Study and Urban Resources Initiative Interns
Field Safety and Community Awareness Seminar
Friday, June 7, 2013, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Seminar starts at - Technology Research Center, RM 206
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
5200 Westland Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21227
and continues at Parks & People Foundation  
800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 010, Baltimore, MD 21211

8:30 - Light Refreshments
9:00 – 9:30 - Welcome and Participant Introductions
-                                                                    Guy Hager and Ed Orser - Parks & People Foundation
-                                                                    Claire Welty - Baltimore Ecosystem Study and Director, Center   for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE)
9:30 - 10:15 - TRC Protocols - Claire Welty
10:15 – 10:30 BREAK
10:30-11:30 - Emergency Response, Field Health and Safety
-                                                                     Ian Yesilonis, US Forest Service Scientist
11:30- 12:15 - Travel to Baltimore City
12:15 – 1:00 – LUNCH (provided) at Parks & People Foundation conference room
1:00 – 1:20 - Welcome to Baltimore City
-                                                                   Jackie Carrera, President & CEO
-                                                                  William Vondrasek, Park Director, Baltimore City Dept. Recreation and Parks
1:20-2:15 - Overview of Baltimore City and Working in the City
-                                                           Guy Hager – Parks & People Foundation
-                                                          Community Engagement and Baltimore City Sustainability Initiatives  - Abby Cocke, Office of Sustainability 
2:15-2:30 BREAK (load up in vans)
2:30- 4:45 Baltimore Neighborhood Tour  
-         Engaging Communities in Green Infrastructure Projects – Christina Bradley,  Parks & People Foundation
-          Franklin Square Community - Scott Kashnow, resident leader
4:45- 5:00 – Adjure with light refreshments (place to be determined)

29 May 2013

BES Quarterly Meeting 13 June 2013



Save the Date Thursday, 13 June  —  Baltimore Ecosystem Study Quarterly Project Meeting, 
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, CUERE offices, TRC Room 206.

Meeting Goals:
·         To practice, refine, and link the talks to be delivered at the Mid-Term Review. 
·         To decide on the posters to be linked to the talks, and identify authors of the posters. 
·         To articulate and refine the strategy and tactics for interacting with the external review team.

Agenda Outline:

8:30 Breakfast/Schmooze

Each talk will be allotted the 20 minutes it will have in the review session.  Fifteen minutes will be devoted after each talk to a discussion of 1) improvements; 2) connections with posters; and 3) connections with other talks.  Only the first author is listed here, although the talks are expected to draw upon interactive teams.

·         Overview of Resilience and Adaptive Processes: Scientific Understanding of Sustainability. Pickett
·         Long-Term Data: Relationship to Resilience and Adaptation.  Rosi-Marshall
·         The Urban Stream Dis/Continuum Concept and Urban Resilience and Adaptation.  Kaushal
·         Locational Choice by Households and Firms: Contributions to Resilience and Adaptation.  Irwin
·         The Urban Metacommunity Concept and Urban Resilience and Adaptation.  Swan
·         Contributions of Integrative Modeling to Understanding and Using Resilience and Adaptation.  Band
·         Education Research and Practice: Understanding and Using Resilience and Adaptation.  Berkowitz

Discussion: 
·         Points for the summary paper to be prepared subsequently;
·         Strategic overview of process and interaction with review team;
·         Clarification of overall framework and synthesis;
·         Finalization of posters and lead authors for posters.
·         Discuss field trip itinerary

5:00 Adjourn

All members of the BES community, as well as other interested parties, are encouraged to attend and participate.