The 13th Annual University of Michigan Energy Fest 2008 will showcase the University's efforts and commitment to energy conservation, energy efficiency, and alternative energy technologies. University and other affiliated organizations will be available with information and displays that identify opportunities to conserve energy and contribute to a sustainable society. The event is free and open to the public. Energy Fest will also be held on the North Campus Portico Plaza on Thursday, September 11, from 11am to 2pm.

The Ross Energy Club’s 1st Annual Carbon Symposium will provide educational and professional insights into the emerging importance of carbon in our economy. Graduate students in business, environmental science, public policy, economics and other disciplines will come together to learn from and interact with some of the pioneers of the burgeoning carbon economy.

Delivering the keynote address will be Howard A. Learner, a senior energy and environmental adviser for the Obama campaign.

Robert Musil, Ph.D., M.P.H. presents the lecture "Hope for a Heated Planet: Energy, Health, & Organizing for Change." Musil is the former Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility and author of Hope for a Heated Planet (Rutgers University Press, forthcoming).

Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Catherine Badgley presents the lecture "Report on the Organic World Congress" as part of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Fall 2008 Speaker Series.

A lecture by Professor Mike Wiley to celebrate the Theodore Roosevelt Chair at the School of Natural Resources and Environment. The lecture is titled "Land Use, Climate Change, and the Future of Our Rivers".

Reception to follow the lecture

The School of Natural Resources and Environment is hosting an Alumni and Friends Mixer at the 2008 Rally Conference.

Professor Howard-Grenville, Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business, presents a lecture as part of the Erb Colloquium. Details to be announced.

Professor Yannis Phillis of the Technical University of Crete, Greece, presents the lecture "Sustainable Agriculture: A Mediterranean Perspective" as part of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Fall 2008 Speaker Series.

Joe Welch, CEO, ITC Holdings Corp, presents "The ITC Story" as part of the Erb Speaker Series. Light refreshments will be served.

JJR/Clarence Roy Lecture by renowned landscape architect and water hydrologist Herbert Dreiseitl.  The title of his lecture is "Fresh Ideas for Urban Water".

Reception to follow lecture

Professor Emeritus Gerald Smith, of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Geological Sciences, presents the lecture "The Path to Sustainable Fisheries" as part of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Fall 2008 Speaker Series.