EVENT 24th
Annual Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon
DATE Wednesday,
April 30, 2014
WHEN Panel
discussion: Noon–1
pm
Luncheon: 1–2
pm
WHERE American
Museum of Natural History
Please enter via the 77th Street entrance
between Columbus Avenue and
Central Park West.
CHAIRMEN Claire
Bernard, Katheryn P. Kempner, Catherine B.
Sidamon-Eristoff, and
Constance Spahn
TOPIC In
recognition of the Museum’s Center for Biodiversity and
Conservation (CBC) pioneering work over the last two
decades, this year’s event will focus on past and future
efforts to conserve biological diversity. In its
activities around the world—from supporting
community-conserved marine areas in the Solomon Islands
to working with conservation educators and managers
in Madagascar—the CBC transforms knowledge into action
through multidisciplinary and collaborative research,
development of conservation capacity at multiple levels
of engagement, and by convening and connecting key
actors.
MODERATOR Lynn
Sherr, former
correspondent for ABC News’ “20/20”who now
reports for a wide range of media including PBS, The
Daily Beast, More magazine, and Town
and Country magazine,
among others.
PANELISTS Dr.
Eleanor Sterling,
director of the CBC at the Museum, leads the development
and coordination of the CBC’s national and international
field and capacity development projects. Building on her
interdisciplinary training and experience, she bridges
biological and socio-cultural perspectives and
integrates them into management strategies for healthy
ecological and human systems. She has over 30 years of
field research and community outreach experience in both
terrestrial and marine systems around the globe. In
2012, Columbia University honored her with the Graduate
Student Advisory Council Faculty Mentoring Award for her
excellence in teaching and mentoring. Dr. Sterling was
recently recognized for her commitment to conservation
in 2013 when she received the Society of Conservation
Biology’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service
Award, for her “extraordinary contributions to the
conservation of biological diversity…and for 30 years of
teaching, mentoring and inspiring a generation of
conservation biologists worldwide.”
Dr. Armando Valdés-Velásquez has
over a decade of experience designing, leading and
evaluating capacity development projects for diverse
audiences, from undergraduates to university faculty,
conservation professionals and community members to
decision makers. With an undergraduate degree in
biological sciences from the Cayetano Heredia University
(UPCH) in Lima, Peru, a doctorate from the University of
Bonn, Germany, and specialized courses on capacity
development, he now is an associate professor at the
UPCH and the coordinator for programs and projects for
the Tropical Andes Alliance (AAT). The AAT is a regional
platform comprising 16 prestigious institutions with the
mission to generate and strengthen capacities and human
talent for biodiversity conservation, sustainable
landscape management, and climate change adaptation in
the five countries of the Tropical Andean Region.
Andrew Revkin has
been covering environmental sustainability for more than
three decades from the Amazon, the White House, and even
the North Pole, mainly for The
New York Times. He has won top awards in science
journalism multiple times, along with a Guggenheim
Fellowship. Since 2010, he has been the senior fellow
for environmental understanding at Pace
University, where he teaches courses in
blogging, environmental communication, and documentary
film. He has written acclaimed books on global warming,
the changing Arctic, and the assault on the Amazon rain
forest, as well as three book chapters on science
communication. Drawing on his experience with his Times
blog, Dot
Earth, which Time magazine
named one of the
top 25 blogs in 2013, Revkin speaks to
audiences around the world about the power of the web to
foster progress. He’s also a performing songwriter, was
a longtime accompanist for Pete Seeger, and recently
released his first
album of original songs. Two films have been
based on his work: “Rock Star” (Warner Brothers, 2001)
and “The Burning Season” (HBO, 1994).
PROCEEDS All
proceeds from the Spring Environmental Lecture and
Luncheon support the Museum’s scientific research and
educational initiatives, including important work in
biodiversity conservation.
TICKETS Individual Tables
Leadership $1,500 CBC
20th Anniversary Leadership Circle $25,000
Benefactor $1,000 Leadership $15,000
Sponsor $500 Benefactor $10,000
Friend $350 Sponsor $5,000
Friend $3,500
TICKET Caroline
Safran, Development Department, 212-769-5932, ELL2014@amnh.org
CONTACT