McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative Invited Speaker Series
It is with great pleasure that the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) invites you to attend the second lecture in our exciting听2017 fall series.
Frances Seymour, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute in Washington, DC, will present on the importance of听making a link between forests, carbon and cities for mitigating global climate change 鈥撎齛nd the benefits and challenges of taking this interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral perspective.听
Frances'听visit to McGill听is jointly hosted by听the听McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative听Invited Speaker Series听and 听Wood at Work 2017,听an annual conference and听community of practice that links designers, engineers and urbanists who use wood with the people and communities that make sourcing this wood sustainable and beneficial for people and forests.
Schedule:
2:00 鈥� 5:00 pm,听in the听SSMU Building #203 (2nd Floor), Lev Bukhman Room, 3480 McTavish.
3:00 pm 鈥� 4:00 pm:听Frances鈥� Seymour Talk and Question period.听
4:00 pm 鈥� 5:00 pm:听 As always, a reception will follow the event.听We invite you to stay for wine and snacks and to connect with sustainability colleagues old and new, including participants from the Wood at Work conference.
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We听warmly听invite members of the MSSI community, Wood at Work participants, and the broader community to join us for this exciting event.听
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