Oct 19
Library Sustainability Series Presents Professor Jon Doubek’s Full Moon Fever: Why NOT sampling at night should give you the shivers
Note – the audio level is a little low, so you might need to turn up your volume a bit
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Apr 7
Sustainability Series Presents Professor Barb Evans “Planetary Boundaries”
Professor Barb Evans talks about population growth, the impact of food production, global warming and a myriad of other interesting topics. Possible solutions are discussed as well as potential pitfalls. Click here to watch this video in a new window Click here to download the transcripts for this video
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Sep 17
Sustainability Series: Beth Waitrovich & Stephanie Ostrenga-Sprague MSU Extension “Home Food Preservation Demonstration”
This virtual presentation featuring Beth Waitrovich and Stephanie Ostrenga-Sprague with MSU Extension will cover the basics of food preservation including equipment needed, ways to preserve food including canning, freezing and dehydrating, what foods need to be canned in a pressure canner and what can be processed in a hot water bath or steam canner. Click…
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Oct 22
Sustainability Series: Tony Anthony – Emerging Contaminants
PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, are all over the news these days as the newest environmental concern. Tony Anthony, Principal Consultant with national environmental consulting firm AKT Peerless, will talk about this newest issue, and address how the uncertainty surrounding PFAS contamination is creating challenges for municipal leaders and their communities. Click here to access the…
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Dec 14
Sustainability Series: Mark VanDoren – “Brownfields Redevelopment Basics and Funding Opportunities”
Download a PDF copy of the presentation slides [Note: at 15:00 in the talk, the microphone fell off the speaker and a minute of audio was lost; below is a transcription of what he said during that minute]: The next phase is cleanup. You typically don’t go through the investigation and cleanup phase until you’ve…
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