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In Common || for Alumni & Friends of the Nelson Institute For For Alumni & Friends of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison FALL 2010 Burned in the Gulf The uneasy marriage of nature, culture, and offshore oil YOUTH MOVEMENT ‘HOPE IS BUILT INTO US’ REALITY CHECK CLASS OF 2010 Undergraduate education Earth Day conference evokes Q&A with Nelson Two recent graduates takes a higher profile in reflection, resolve Institute alumnus who inspired us the Nelson Institute Triet Tran AROUND THE NELSON INSTITUTE CONTENTS Director’s interim appointment extended Gregg Mitman will continue to to increase community engage- Around the institute 2 lead the institute at least through ment. He currently leads the Beyond the spill 6 the end of 2011. UW–Madison campuswide Sustainability Task Pondering the long-term chancellor Biddy Martin and Force, a group charged with impacts of the Deepwater provost Paul DeLuca extended integrating education, research, Horizon disaster. his appointment earlier this and campus operations toward Youth movement 14 year until a permanent director increased environmental, eco- The rising profile of is identified through a national nomic, and social responsibility. undergraduates in the search set to begin in the spring. He holds a joint appoint- Nelson Institute. An environmental histo- ment in the departments of ‘Hope is built into us’ 22 rian and historian of science, History of Science and Medical Earth Day conference Mitman has been interim direc- History and Bioethics and is the evokes reflection, resolve. tor of the Nelson Institute since William Coleman Professor of September 2008. During that History of Science. His research Reality check 26 time, he has worked to increase interests lie at the intersections Q&A with Nelson Institute alumnus Triet Tran. undergraduate opportunities of ecology, health, nature, and Gregg Mitman and diversity in the institute and American culture. Class of 2010 28 Two recent graduates who inspired us. Institute honors first Community Fellows Alumni notes 30 Many government agencies, International Crane Foundation; at Madison Gas & Electric non-profit organizations, busi- Sue Jones, watershed manage- Company. Nature as art 31 nesses, and grassroots groups ment coordinator at the Dane “I offer our deepest thanks With the outdoors as your work with faculty, staff, and stu- County Office of Lakes and to every one of you — and to canvas, who needs brushes and paint? dents in the Nelson Institute to Watersheds; Randle Jurewicz, all of our dedicated community accomplish mutually beneficial conservation biologist at the partners — for your continued goals. Wisconsin Department of support,” Mitman told the new Interim director Gregg Natural Resources; and Lynn fellows. “Our work is not pos- In Common is published by Mitman cited six of their leaders Hobbie, senior vice president sible without you.” the Nelson Institute for in April as the institute’s first Environmental Studies at group of Community Fellows. Retired editor honored the University of Wisconsin– “Our new Community Madison. Funding for Fellows Program honors leaders Emily Earley, a program coordinator and production and distribution is technical editor for the Nelson Institute provided through the generos- from the community who are for 15 years, joined an elite group ity of our alumni and friends. allies of the Nelson Institute and In Common is available online champions of the environment,” with her induction this year into the in PDF format at nelson.wisc. said Mitman. “Our first group of Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame. edu/community/alumni. Community Fellows is typical of The group’s 68 inductees include such Tom Sinclair, Editor those with whom we have the notables as John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Gaylord Nelson. Nancy Rinehart, Designer privilege of working. Their com- Earley, who lives in Madison and is now 94, retired from the Jenny Klaila, Production Editor mitment forms the backbone of Nelson Institute in 1986 but has remained active in conserva- Nelson Institute our partnerships.” tion. She joined the board of trustees of the new Wisconsin for Environmental Studies The six are Jorge Mario chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in 1964 and worked 30B Science Hall to ensure that the chapter took an active role in managing the 550 N. Park St. Garcia Sierra, New Routes Madison, WI 53706–1491 Adolescents coordinator lands it acquired. She also created and chaired the chapter’s (608) 263–5599 at Centro Hispano of Dane Stewardship Committee for 10 years and led volunteer efforts [email protected] County; Nathan Larson, to accomplish land management projects. Earley also served on the founding board of the Sigurd COVER PHOTO: education program director Olson Environmental Institute, a public outreach program at U.S. COAST GUARD for Community Groundworks at Troy Gardens; Anne Lacey, Northland College in Ashland, and as a charter member of sandhill crane and whooping 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, a statewide group that promotes crane projects manager at the wise land use. 2 In Common AROUND THE NELSON INSTITUTE Tracey Holloway (right) presents awards to a student team in the second Climate Leadership Challenge. Climate Leadership Challenge sparks more student creativity A device that would help the Global Environment, which doctoral students Sage Kokjohn, system that integrates feedback provide electricity efficiently staged the contest. “The purpose Derek Splitter, and Reed Hanson and incentives into social gam- and at low cost in rural areas of this competition is to make an $15,000 as the “most innova- ing to reduce personal energy of developing countries took impact on climate change.” tive technical solution.” use, by doctoral students the top prize — $50,000 — in The six finalists exhibited at SnowShoe, a smart phone David Zaks (environment and the second Climate Leadership the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day application that would enable resources) and Elizabeth Bagley Challenge at UW–Madison. conference, where the winners shoppers to check the car- (environment and resources/ The “microformer” was the were announced. bon footprint of any item in a educational psychology). brainchild of Jonathan Lee, Dan The runner-up for the grocery store by scanning its With prizes totaling more Ludois, and Patricio Mendoza, “most action-ready idea” was a bar code, won $15,000 as the than $100,000 in value, the all graduate students in electri- proposal to promote the use of “most innovative non-technical second Climate Leadership cal engineering. Besides cash, oil from Jatropha curcas plants solution.” Graduate students Challenge was believed to be they received a promotional trip to fuel special cooking stoves in Claus Moberg (atmospheric and the most lucrative college or worth $5,000 and an option places like Haiti. Seniors Eyleen oceanic science), Jami Morton university competition of its kind for a free one-year lease in the Chou (mechanical engineering), (environment and resources), in the country, according to University Research Park’s new Jason Lohr (electrical engineer- and Matt Leudtke (civil and Holloway. A local group called Metro Innovation Center on ing), and Tyler Lark (biomedical environmental engineering) the Global Stewards Society has Madison’s east side. engineering/mathematics) won submitted the idea. funded the annual competi- Judges selected the micro- $10,000 for their scheme to Other finalists were tion, which is open to all UW– former as the “most action- reduce deforestation by lower- REDCASH, a plan to recycle Madison students. ready” idea of 22 submitted by ing demand for wood charcoal desalination wastewater for car- The third Climate Leadership UW–Madison students. as a cooking fuel. bon sequestration and hydro- Challenge is currently underway, “We really want to see CORE Concept, a technology gen fuel production, by doctoral with plans for five winning teams implementation of the best ideas that would cut emissions from student Eric Downes (biophys- and one grand prize winner to offered,” said Tracey Holloway, internal combustion engines by ics) and senior Ian Olson (phys- present their climate solutions director of the Nelson Institute using a greater variety of fuels, ics/engineering physics); and at the Nelson Institute’s 2011 Center for Sustainability and won mechanical engineering Switch, an energy management Earth Day conference. Fall 2010 3 AROUND THE NELSON INSTITUTE EcoHealth site links climate change, public health Bryson scholarship Whato d climate change, urban Patz and a group of col- news,” says Patz. And because sprawl, and globalization have laboratorst a the Johns Hopkins its i reviewed for accuracy and in common? All are forms of Bloomberg School of Public fairnessy b science, health, and environmental change that can Health first developed the environmental experts in a wide trigger public health problems. EcoHealth Web site as an rangef o specialties, the site “is What people should know, educational complement to a a reliable resource for sorting and what they can do, about PBS television mini-series called the science from the sound these problems is explored in “Journeyo t Planet Earth.” Actor bites.” a newly redesigned Web site, Matt Damon hosted and nar- Major funding for the An endowed scholarship “EcoHealth: Environmental rated the program, which aired EcoHealth site has come fund has been established Change and Our Health,” aimed in 2003 and 2004. from private donors, the New in honor of Reid Bryson, at middle school students and Although the series ended, York Community
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