Last year, China stopped taking most foreign recyclables. Previously, 40 percent of the United States’s paper, plastics, and other recyclable materials were sent there. Beijing’s decision threw U.S.
Past Alumni Events
For a schedule of all Rausser College of Natural Resources events, seminars, and lectures visit our calendar.
The Surprises of the Sunflower
Plant & Microbial Biology Professor Ben Blackman is an expert in the evolution and domestication of sunflowers.
Building a Forest Positive Future
This year's annual S.J. Hall Lecture in Industrial Forestry will discuss how healthy forests are critical to addressing the climate crisis, ensuring human well-being and providing wildlife with what they need to survive.
Half-Earth: How to Save the Natural World
Half-Earth is a clarion call to protect half the land and sea in order to safeguard the bulk of biodiversity, and ourselves. At this critical moment for our planet, the Half-Earth Project is bringing together the unique expertise and experience...
2019 Spring Albright Lecture in Conservation
Ana M. Alvarez serves as the Deputy General Manager of the East Bay Regional Park District, the largest local park agency in the United States. Ana’s professional accomplishments demonstrate a strong acumen for proactive and meaningful civic...
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Environmental Justice
Across America, low-income and minority communities are being hit hardest by the economic and health impacts of climate change. Join us for an afternoon with Van Jones—news commentator, author, and founder of Dream Corps —and learn how we can...
Urbanization and Urban Forest Impacts on the American People and Forest Industry
How will urbanization and changing urban forests across the nation affect the health and well-being of the American population?
Planet Vision
Dr. Foley, Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences, will speak on why we need to build a shared, positive vision of the future to address our environmental challenges.
Forests: Key to the Success of the Paris Agreement
A conversation between Keith Gilless, Forest Economist and Dean of the College of Natural Resources, and Michele de Nevers, Senior Associate at the Center for Global Development, held in Washington D.C.
Where Wild Beauty and Science Meet
Wildlife photojournalist and National Geographic fellow Joe Riis and UC Berkeley Professor Arthur Middleton will give a multimedia presentation of their new book, Yellowstone Migrations.