[SEMCO] Woods Hole Research Center Seminar - Feb. 16

[Sheri DeRosa]

On Wednesday, February 16th at 4 p.m., Dr. Paul Raskin, president of the
Tellus Institute, will speak at the Woods Hole Research Center. As part of
the Center’s continuing seminar series, the lecture, entitled “Great
Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead,” will be held in the
Harbourton Auditorium of the Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole
Road. The seminar is free and open to the public; however, seating and
parking are limited and reservations are required.

Please call 508-548-9375 x150 for reservations.

In addition to his work at the Tellus Institute, Dr. Raskin is director of
the Stockholm Environment Institute–Boston (SEI-Boston), where he conducts a
broad international research program on environment, resources, and
development policy. Trained as a theoretical physicist, Dr. Raskin has for
many years combined global economic, environmental, and social assessments
and designed widely used integrated planning models. He has been a member of
the board on sustainable development of the National Academy of Sciences and
a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is also
an expert advisor to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the Convention
on Biological Diversity.

The Woods Hole Research Center is dedicated to science, education and public
policy for a habitable Earth. The Center sponsors initiatives in the Amazon,
Africa, Russia, Boreal North America, the Mid-Atlantic, New England and Cape
Cod. Staff work locally and regionally, assisting communities with resource
management, and internationally, promoting policies that stabilize climate
and protect the integrity of the global environment.


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Allison B. White
508-548-9375 x150
abwhite at whrc.org
http://whrc.org