Energy Event: Conference, Workshop, Etc.
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When:
03/03/2010 at 12:00 pm
Where:
http://environment.umn.edu/news_events/events/
St. Paul Minnesota, 55108
United States
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"One Health: An Emerging Field in a Wicked World"
Katey Pelican, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Population Medicine
Rapid changes in human demographics, animal populations and the environment are increasingly resulting in “wicked problems” that impact health and fitness across the globe. Such problems arise in highly integrated systems and have no solution, since every action to make change results in many unintended and unanticipated outcomes. Infectious disease, food security, the biodiversity crisis and endocrine-disrupting chemicals are examples of wicked challenges at the intersection of health in animals, humans and the environment. Understanding and addressing these challenges will require a new way of doing things. Enter “One Health,” a new transdisciplinary field of study. Katey Pelican will discuss this emerging discipline and how the University of Minnesota is advancing this field.
Watch live via UMConnect: http://umconnect.umn.edu/IonEFrontiers
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The Institute on the Environment is breathing new life into the old lecture series. Frontiers in the Environment explores the frontiers of knowledge in climate change, renewable energy, land use, food security and many other environmental hot topics. Our speakers go easy on the PowerPoint slides and heavy on the big ideas. They provide the audience with a true understanding of the issue, its global significance and breakthroughs on the horizon. Join us Wednesdays for a presentation and Q&A session, followed by a casual get-together in the IonE Commons. The lectures also air live on the Web and are archived for future viewing.
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