Green Living Seminars

capitalismGreen Living Seminar Series Spring 2025
"Rewilding Our World"


The 2025 series is a presentation of the MCLA Environmental Studies Department and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Every semester the Green Living Seminars center around a different topic, timely and relevant in current sustainability issues.

Presentations will be broadcast on Northern Berkshire Community Television Channel (NBCTC) 1302 at the following times:
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays at 4:00 p.m.
Saturdays at 3:30 p.m.
Sundays at 11:30 p.m.
Mondays at 5:30 p.m.


Green Living Seminar presentations will start promptly at 5:30pm - 6:30pm EST in Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation (FCSI) Room 121.

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January 29: What is Rewilding? (via zoom)
Dr. Reed Noss, Chief Scientist, Conservation Science, Inc.

February 5: Urban Rewilding
Sarah Greenleaf, Urban Forester, Massachusetts DCR Greening The Gateway Cities Program

February 12: Restoring Forests to Reduce the Spread of Disease (via zoom)
Dr. Paula Prist, Senior Programme Coordinator, Forest and Grasslands Unit, IUCN 

February 19: Rewilding in an Unlikely Landscape: The Recovery of the Northern Forest of the Northeastern United States
Jon Leibowitz, President and CEO Northeast Wilderness Trust

February 26: The Future of Wolves in the Northeast
Renee Seacor, Carnivore Conversation Director; Project Coyote

March 5: Restoring Old-Growth Characeristics to the Forests in New England
Paul Catanzaro, Professor and State Extension Forester, University of Massachusetts

March 12: Land Conservation for Wildlife in Western Massachusetts
Andrew Madden, Western District Supervisor, Massachusetts Division Of Fisheries and Wildlife

March 26: Land Protection from the Indigenous Perspective (via zoom)
Paula Peters, Communications and Programs Coordinator, Native Land Conservancy

April 2: Restoring Rivers and Rewilding Wetlands in Massachusetts
Beth Lambert, Director, Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration

April 9: Green Roofs: Rewilding our Cities
Mark Winterer, Co-Founder & Owner, Recover Green Roofs

April 16: Rewilding for Pollinators
Amy Meltzer, Co-Chair, Ma Pollinator Network Steering Committee

April 23: Rewilding to Combat Climate Change
Dr. Os Schmitz, Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology, Yale School of the Environment

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THE 2025 SERIES IS A PRESENTATION OF THE MCLA ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT.


Spring 2025

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For more information contact Elena Traister,  elena.traister@mcla.edu, 413-662-5301.