2015-16 Speakers Series
The 2015-16 State of the Rockies Speaker Series
Monday, August 31st, 2015 at 7:00pm, Gates Common Room, Palmer Hall, Colorado College
Large Landscape Conservation and the Future of America's Rivers
Scott Campbell '91, 2015 Lincoln Loeb Fellow at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, and former Director of the Palmer Land Trust
Local,
state,
and
national
land
trusts
have
protected
more
land
in
the
United
States
than
is
encompassed
by
America's
national
parks.
Working
with
private
landowners-and
using
voluntary
as
opposed
to
regulatory
frameworks-land
trusts
protect
an
additional
2,000,000-plus
acres
every
year.
As
the
land
trust
movement
matures,
so
does
its
thinking
about
the
water
resources,
which
flow
from,
through,
and
across
the
nation's
lands.
Preserving
the
integrity
of
a
resource
that
moves
is
inherently
complex,
especially
when
that
resource
is
subject
to
vast
sets
of
laws,
regulations,
and
bureaucratic
systems
that
have
evolved
over
centuries
to
control
its
ownership,
use,
quality,
and
flow
for
an
equally
complex
and
varying
number
of
users
or
agents.
Join
Scott
Campbell
as
he
explores
the
concepts,
practices,
and
frameworks
that
conservation
groups
are
using
to
protect
and
restore
America's
rivers.
Scott
Campbell
is
the
2015
Lincoln
Loeb
Fellow
at
Harvard
University's
Graduate
School
of
Design.
Scott's
work
takes
place
at
the
nexus
of
conservation,
preservation,
economics,
and
community
development
in
southern
Colorado-where
large
cities
and
agricultural
towns
face
radically
juxtaposed
trends
of
growth
and
decline
due
to
consumptive
land
use
patterns
and
competition
for
scarce
water
resources.
Prior
to
his
fellowship,
Scott
led
conservation
efforts
at
one
of
Colorado's
largest
land
trusts,
the
Palmer
Land
Trust,
which,
under
his
leadership
earned
the
Jane
Silverstein
Ries
Award
from
the
American
Society
of
Landscape
Architects
and
the
Award
for
Excellence
from
the
El
Pomar
Foundation.
Before
his
time
at
Palmer,
Scott
served
in
the
Colorado
Office
of
Economic
Development
and
International
Trade,
under
Colorado
Governor
Bill
Owens.
There,
he
led
the
team
that
launched
Colorado's
Heritage
Tourism
Program-helping
communities
capitalize
upon
the
more
than
$1.2
billion
in
natural
and
cultural
resource
preservation
investments
Colorado
has
made
through
the
Great
Outdoors
Colorado
Trust
Fund
and
the
Colorado
State
Historical
Fund.
Colorado
College
recently
awarded
Scott
the
2015
Livesay
Award
for
Social
Change.
Thursday, September 24th, 2015 at 7:00pm, Gates Common Room, Palmer Hall, Colorado College
The Cost of Experience: How Outdoor Sports Pull Mountains Apart and Put Them Back Together Again
Annie Gilbert Coleman, Western Historian, Department of American Studies at Notre Dame University
Americans
have
been
playing
in
western
mountain
ranges
for
over
a
century,
and
the
way
we
see,
feel,
and
move
through
the
Rockies
matters.
While
outdoor
recreation
fueled
the
preservation
of
scenic
mountain
landscapes,
it
has
also
prompted
extended
legal
battles,
political
conflict,
and
arson.
Western
historian
Annie
Gilbert
Coleman
will
examine
how
our
recreational
consumption
of
mountain
landscapes
and
fascination
with
GoPro
cameras
today
continue
to
fragment
the
mountain
ranges
we
hold
dear
while
also
presenting
new
opportunities
for
bringing
people
together.
Annie Gilbert Coleman is a 20th century American historian, whose work combines cultural studies, social history, and landscape studies with environmental history. She is interested in the intersection between consumer culture and nature, especially in the American West. She is author of Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies (2004), which explains how the ski industry transformed Colorado resort towns and their people in powerful and strange ways. Currently she is working on a cultural history of professional outdoor guides to be published by Oxford University Press.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 at 7:00 pm, Gates Common Room, Palmer Hall, Colorado College
Innovative Water Management: New Tools for Securing Water for People and Nature
Aaron Derwingson, Agricultural Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy, Colorado River Program
The
Colorado
River
supplies
water
to
more
than
35
million
people
for
municipal
and
industrial
use
and
irrigates
more
than
five
million
acres
of
agricultural
land.But,
the
ecological
and
economic
vitality
of
this
great
river
system
is
at
risk.Dramatic
population
growth-the
fastest
in
the
U.S.-is
increasing
water
demand
at
the
same
time
that
climate
change
is
diminishing
supply.
Drought
and
over-allocation
are
pitting
farmers,
cities
and
conservation
interests
against
each
other
in
a
potential
zero-sum
game
where
neither
communities
nor
wildlife
wins.
These
challenging
times
offer
new
opportunities
to
improve
how
we
manage
water
to
meet
the
needs
of
both
people
and
nature.
Join
Aaron
Derwingson
to
explore
the
innovative
ways
that
The
Nature
Conservancy's
Colorado
River
Program
is
working
with
agriculture,
municipalities,
and
other
partners
to
protect
and
restore
the
rivers
and
streams
that
sustain
healthy
ecosystems
and
river-dependent
livelihoods.
Aaron Derwingson is the Agricultural Coordinator for The Nature Conservancy's Colorado River Program where he works in partnership with agricultural water users on pragmatic, solution-oriented approaches to protecting river flows while meeting the needs of people. Currently, he is leading community engagement and outreach efforts for the Water Bank study, and working with agricultural landowners to understand on-farm issues and concerns with adopting new water management and irrigation practices.
Aaron holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Colorado and a Master's in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon. Before joining The Nature Conservancy, Aaron worked at the Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust helping protect important working lands, wildlife habitat, and water resources in Colorado's San Luis Valley.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015 at 7:00 pm, Richard F. Celeste Theater, Cornerstone Arts Center
The Great Divide: The Destiny of the West is Written in the Headwaters of the Colorado
Jim Havey, Producer of The Great Divide, Havey Productions
The
Great
Divide,
a
feature
length
documentary
film
from
the
Emmy
award
winning
team
of
Havey
Productions,
in
association
with
Colorado
Humanities,
will
illustrate
the
timeless
influence
of
water
in
both
connecting
and
dividing
an
arid
state
and
region.
From
Ancient
Puebloan
cultures
and
the
gold
rush
origins
of
Colorado
water
law
to
agriculture,
dams,
diversions
and
conservation;
the
film
will
reveal
today's
critical
need
to
cross
"the
great
divide,"
replacing
conflict
with
cooperation.
Producer
Jim
Havey
will
discuss
the
making
of
the
film
and
answer
questions
after
the
showing.
Monday, January 25th, 2016 at 7:00 pm, Gates Common Room, Palmer Hall
Divining LA: Designing Western Cities for a Climate-Adapted Future
Hadley and Peter Arnold, Founding Co-Directors of the Arid Lands Institute
With
climate
change
experts
predicting
a
much
drier
American
West,
Western
cities
must
invest
in
new,
innovative
designs
to
cope
with
a
changing
climate.
Hadley
Arnold
and
Peter
Arnold,
founding
co-directors
of
the
Arid
Lands
Institute
(ALI),
will
be
speaking
about
how
innovations
in
design
can
make
Western
cities
more
adaptable
in
the
face
of
climate
change.
ALI
trains
designers
and
citizens
to
respond
to
water
variability
through
innovative
design,
with
the
vision
of
creating
a
"water-smart
built
environment"
that
serves
as
a
model
for
arid
regions
globally.
ALI
seeks
answers
to
questions
such
as,
"What
role
can
design
play
beyond
technical
fixes?"
and
"What
are
the
full
potentials
of
place-making
in
water-stressed
environments?"
Peter Arnold, a native Coloradan, studied environmental design and physics at CU Boulder and earned his M.Arch. at SCI-Arc. He has taught design and geospatial research studios at Woodbury and UCLA, and has photographed the infrastructural landscapes of the west extensively. Current research includes analytic modeling and visualization of ephemeral stream systems in arid rural environments; the analysis of embedded energy within imported water supplies in the urbanized west; and the quantification of stormwater as groundwater augmentation supply.
Hadley Arnold was trained in art history at Harvard, served as Associate Editor at the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, received her M.Arch. from SCI-Arc, and has taught urban history, theory, and design studios at SCI-Arc, UCLA, and Woodbury. With support from the Graham, LEF, Bogliasco, and Frankel Foundations, the Metabolic Studio, the World Water Forum, Woodbury University, and major grants from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Arnolds have focused their teaching, research, and practice on drylands design since 1998. Peter serves ALI as Director of Research, Hadley as Executive Director.
- See more at: http://aridlands.org/lead/team/profile/hadley-peter-arnold#sthash.GNYWvPNx.dpuf
Monday, February 29th, 2016 at 7:00 pm, Richard F. Celeste Theater, Cornerstone Arts Center
The Future of Water
Peter Gleick, President and Co-Founder of the Pacific Insitute
Dr.
Peter
Gleick
is
renowned
the
world
over
as
a
leading
expert,
innovator,
and
communicator
on
water
and
climate
issues.
He
co-founded
and
leads
the
Pacific
Institute
based
in
Oakland,
California.
The
Institute
is
an
innovative
and
independent
science-based
organization
that
creates
and
advances
solutions
to
the
world's
water
challenges.
Dr. Gleick's work has redefined water from the realm of engineers to the world of social justice, sustainability, human rights, and integrated thinking. His influence on the field of water has been long and deep: he developed the first analysis of climate change impacts on water resources, the earliest comprehensive work on water and conflict, and defined basic human needs for water and the human right to water - work that has been used by the UN and in human rights court cases. He pioneered the concept of the "soft path for water," developed the idea of "peak water," and has written about the need for a "local water movement."
Dr. Gleick received the prestigious MacArthur "genius" Fellowship and was named "a visionary on the environment" by the BBC. He was elected both an Academician of the International Water Academy, in Oslo, Norway and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Wired Magazine featured Dr. Gleick as "one of 15 people the next President should listen to." He received his B.S. from Yale University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Gleick serves on the boards of numerous journals and organizations, and is the author of many scientific papers and nine books, including the influential series The World's Water and Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water, as well as the 2012 release A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy
Monday, March 28th, 2016 at 7:00 pm, Gates Common Room, Palmer Hall
Western Water and the Big Shake-up
Daniel McCool, Director of the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program, University of Utah
Daniel
McCool
is
the
Director
of
the
Environmental
and
Sustainability
Studies
Program
at
the
University
of
Utah.
He
will
be
speaking
about
Native
American
water
rights
and
river
restoration,
addressing
voices
sometimes
neglected
in
discussions
about
water
in
the
West.
Professor
McCool's
research
focuses
on
water
resource
development,
public
lands
policy,
voting
rights,
and
Indian
water
rights.
He
is
the
author
of:
River
Republic:
The
Fall
and
Rise
of
America's
Rivers
(2012);
Native
Waters:
Contemporary
Indian
Water
Settlements
and
the
Second
Treaty
Era
(2002)
and
Command
of
the
Waters:
Iron
Triangles,
Federal
Water
Development,
and
Indian
Water
(1987/1994).
He
co-authored:
Native
Vote:
American
Indians,
the
Voting
Rights
Act,
and
Indian
Voting
(2007);
Staking
Out
the
Terrain:
Power
and
Performance
Among
Natural
Resource
Agencies
(1996,
2d
ed);
and
Public
Policy
Theories,
Models
and
Concepts
(1995).
He
edited
two
books
with
his
students:
Waters
of
Zion:
The
Politics
of
Water
in
Utah
(1995)
and
Contested
Landscape:
The
Politics
of
Wilderness
in
Utah
and
the
West
(1999).
His
latest
edited
book
is
The
Most
Fundamental
Right:
Contrasting
Perspectives
on
the
Voting
Rights
Act
(2012).
He
has
served
as
a
consultant
for
the
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration,
the
U.
S.
Department
of
Justice,
The
ACLU's
Voting
Rights
Project,
and
the
Southwest
Center
for
Environmental
Research
and
Policy.