Symposium on Our Oceans = Our Future
University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley,
Living on Earth Host and Executive Producer Steve Curwood,
and Sailors for the Sea President R. Mark Davis
invite you to kick off Nantucket Race Week at
a symposium at UMass Boston’s Nantucket Field Station.
Symposium: Our Oceans = Our Future
Friday, August 12, 2016
1-3:30pm
Nantucket Field Station
180 Polpis Rd., Nantucket, MA 02554
Tour the newly renovated research facilities at UMass Boston’s Nantucket Field Station following the symposium.
Moderated by PRI's Living on Earth Host and Executive Producer Steve Curwood,
with presentations from:
Carl Safina
Adding Voices to the Song for the Ocean
Carl Safina, renowned nature author, is a champion of our blue planet. Dedicating his life to exploration of our oceans and how they are changing his work deeply informs our understanding of how vital our oceans are for our survival. Safina is founding president of The Safina Center at Stony Brook University, where he also co-chairs the University's Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. A winner of the 2012 Orion Award and a MacArthur Prize, among others, his work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, National Geographic, CNN.com and The Huffington Post. Safina hosts “Saving the Ocean” on PBS and has been a guest on PRI's Living on Earth.
John Duff
Climate Change, Humans, and Our Ocean
John Duff is a legal scholar and professor of ocean law and management at the University of Massachusetts Boston. As a leading authority on ocean law and the management of our natural resources, Duff has garnered awards for his work on the Law of the Sea. Duff served as the inaugural Fellow at PRI's Living on Earth Radio and received the Coastal Society’s President’s award for his work on coastal zone management and the development of the Massachusetts Ocean Plan. His work has been featured in outlets such as PRI's Living on Earth Radio, WBUR, and Commonwealth Magazine.
Click here to register and let us know you're joining us!
For more information or to RSVP by phone, please contact:
Naomi Arenberg
Living on Earth
617.287.4122
narenberg@loe.org
The field station’s mission is to provide education, research, and community service opportunities in conjunction with faculty members and students of UMass, the people of Nantucket, and other educational and research organizations both on and off Nantucket. Public Radio International's Living on Earth is public radio’s weekly environmental news program, with features and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues. LOE is located at UMass Boston’s School for the Environment. Sailors for the Sea is a leading conservation organization that engages, educates, and activates the boating community toward healing the ocean.