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4th Annual Lecture Series in Sustainable Development

4th Annual Lecture Series in Sustainable Development

The full programme of lectures for the 4th Annual Lecture Series in Sustainable Development is as follows:

8th February
Deployment of sustainable technologies: politics and profit
Dr Doug Parr (Chief Scientist, Greenpeace)

15th February
From hardware to hygiene behaviour: an engineering odyssey into water and sanitation
Professor Sandy Cairncross, (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

22nd February
A sustainable climate for the future: applying engineering skills to the challenge of climate change
Tom Delay (Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust)

1st March
Does resource extraction contribute to development?
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart (Chairman of Anglo American plc and former Chairman of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group)

8th March
Climate change, the end of oil and the necessity of sustainable development
Rt. Hon Michael Meacher MP (Former Minister of State for the Environment 1997-2003)

29th March
Flood risk management and sustainable development
Jean Venables OBE (Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers; Crane Environmental)

26th April
A science for sustainable living
Dr Fritjof Capra (Berkeley, California)

These are free public lectures and all are welcome.

Wednesday Evenings, 5:30 for 6:00 p.m
Lecture Room 0, Department of Engineering

More details can be found on the Centre for Sustainable Development website.

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