
BIOMES: Dr. Shimon Anisfeld, Senior Lecturer II and Research Scientist, YSE, presents "The Past and Future of Water: From Local to Global and Back Again"
Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium & Zoom
195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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About the Seminar:
The term “global water crisis” is commonly used to refer to a suite of interconnected water issues: scarcity, flooding, water pollution, failing infrastructure, lack of access to drinking water and sanitation. These are indeed serious problems, but are they truly global? Unlike many other environmental problems, water is typically managed locally, in part because different regions face very different water realities and in part because (with some exceptions) water is too heavy to move from one region to another. Still, there are global aspects to water too, including the “virtual water” that we import from around the world when we buy water-intensive products. In fact, one can define the modern era of water management as the period when we began moving water products and services (from food to hydropower to water itself) over large distances.
This talk will discuss the global and local aspects of water management, looking back at how we got here – and exploring why and how we might begin to “re-localize” our water management as we deal with increasing stresses on our existing water systems.
About the Series:
Over the last fifteen years, the Yale School of the Environment has held a weekly seminar series, called BIOMES, which has been the School’s flagship forum for bringing cutting-edge research and impactful work to the community. BIOMES stands for ‘Bridging Issues & Optimizing Methods in Environmental Studies”
The series is a community-sourced and student-led effort designed to bring different perspectives to YSE’s main stage.
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6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Yale School of the Environment Master's and Ph.D. candidates are invited to join BIOMES speaker Dr. Shimon Anisfeld for dinner on the evening of her seminar at a local New Haven restaurant.
To attend the dinner, you must also attend the 12:00 PM talk led by Dr. Anisfeld hosted in Burke Auditorium or via Zoom.
Registration is first come first serve for these opportunities, which are open to students of the YSE Community only.
Registration opens two weeks before the event.
Where
Kroon Hall - Burke Auditorium & Zoom
195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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Co-hosted with: BIOMES
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