CUERP Film Series
CUERP has begun hosting an ongoing documentary film series. Our last showing was:
FLOW: An award winning documentary regarding a 21st century environmental issue--the world water crisis.
Thursday 22 October 2009
Damen Hall, Finnegan Auditorium
4-6pm, 6:30-8:30pm
Movie snacks provided!
The film will be followed by a conversation with Dr. Mark Luttenton, Professor of Aquatic Ecology and Water Rights Expert at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.
Dr. Luttenton represented the residents of Michigan in a 9 year court battle against Nestle, Co. (owners of Ice Mountain bottled water) as they extracted excessive amounts of water from Michigan aquafers. These actions threatened the quality and quantity of residential well water and presented a significant stress to streams and wetlands within the affected watershed.
Flow is the first in a series of documentary showings on environmental issues and is sponsored by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy (CUERP) and Loyola University Libraries.
CUERP Meetings
From time to time, CUERP invites affiliated faculty, staff and students to participate in sharing updates of on-going projects, discuss new initiatives, announce special events, and hear from experts in the fields of urban environmental research and policy.
Previous seminars include:
"Environmental Sustainability through Student-Faculty-Community Partnerships: Moving Research to Action" presented by Professor Richard Drew Bowden, Chair, Executive Committee, PA Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy, Department of Environmental Science, Alleghany College
Photo: Installation of an urban garden.
"Measuring Human Impacts on Riverine Ecosystem Function" presented by Professor Emma Rosi-Marshall, Assistant Professor, Departments of Biology and Natural Science, Loyola University Chicago.
Photo: A river in Illinois.
"Research and Monitoring Activities of Surface Waters in Lake County, Illinois" presented by Michael D. Adam, M.S., Senior Biologist, Lakes Management Unit, Lake County Health Department.
Photo: New development taking place around a small lake.
"Environmental Incentives: the Psychology of Motivation" presented by Stephanie Stern, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago.
Photo: Local Steward with volunteers at a prairie restoration/monitoring site.
Conferences
CUERP collaborates with scientists, policy makers and teachers from all levels of government, other universities, K-12 schools, NGOs and the private sector. Ideal opportunities for CUERP faculty, staff, and students to meet and collaborate with experts are to attend conferences held in the region. Many of the conferences CUERP attend relate to the exploration in environmental research, education, policy and advancements of technological tools for research projects.
Chicago Wilderness CONGRESS
Congress is the premier event to highlight the resources, science, and collaborative conservation action of the Chicago Wilderness consortium. CUERP is an Executive Council Member of Chicago Wilderness and participates in many membership activities and Congress provides the opportunity to build partnerships and learn of the dynamic projects taking place in the region that ensure the well being of nature and people.
GreenTown: The Future of Community
Loyola University Chicago's Sustainability Committee members attended the conference, GreenTown: The Future of Community and listen to architects, regional municipal representatives and officials, and planners discuss applicable designs to create eco-effective communities.
Wild Things: A Chicago Wilderness Conference for People and Nature
A team of CUERP faculty, staff, and students attended and volunteered at the Wild Things Conference in February 2009. The day-long conference featured more than 80 sessions drawn from real-life experiences related to habitat management, botany, neighborhood and backyard ecology, education, zoology and many more topics. An educational experience for all.