Focus Frostburg
Similar to the 2008 Focus the Nation, Focus Frostburg is a day of learning on sustainability and climate awareness that is open to FSU
students, employees, and the community.
On April 21, 2009, 50-minute presentations were scheduled in the Lane University Center on the hour every hour
from 8:30am until 4pm. The event wrapped up with a President's Picnic in Chesapeake Dining Hall.
Planning for Focus Frostburg 2010 will begin in fall 2010. For questions or comments about event planning, email us.
Presentations - Some of the presentations listed below include links in PDF format.
8:30 am:
Opening remarks
9:00 am:
- Local Mountain
Agriculture: Wild Foods, Agroforestry, and Farming
- Environmental Stewardship
in the Face of Global Cooling
-
Residential Rain Gardens
- The Changing FSU
Landscape: Implications for Carbon Sequestration
10:00
am:
-
Water Oxidation by Metal Complexes: Storing Solar Energy
- Promoting Green Behavior
- FSU Recycles
11:00 am:
- Working
Toward Environmental Justice
- Healing the Land
in Fantasy:"Lord of the Rings" to "Princess Mononoke"
- The
Aesthetic Value of Natural Environments
- Latest Findings in
Climate Science
12:00
pm:
-
Conserving Water and Looking and Feeling Great
- Ecological Restoration:
FSU's Arboretum
- Sustainability: Tools
for Winning Minds and Stimulating Action
1:00
pm:
- Writing about the
Environment
- Are Our Outdoor Spaces
Safe? Creating a Secure Green Campus
- Anthropogenic Carbon
Dioxide and Global Warming: The Skeptic's View
2:00
pm:
- Cities, Suburbs,
and the Quest for Sustainable Communities
- Tragedy of the Commons
Simulation
- Bioterrorism, Human
Health, and the Environment
3:00 pm:
- Water Resource
Impacts of Natural Gas Production: the Marcellus
Shale
- Industry, Ecology,
and the Cuyahoga Fire
- China:
Environmental Challenges and Opportunities
- Raising Green Children:
Further Perspectives
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