Connecting the Dots 2011
The Food, Water, and Climate Nexus
Event Details:
Location
Bishop Auditorium
Stanford University
United States
ON EARTH DAY 2011, Stanford experts from a range of disciplines discussed the interconnections and interactions among humanity's needs for and use of food, energy, water, and environment. Drawing on their own research, the speakers illustrated and evaluated some of the ways in which decisions in one resource area can lead to trade-offs or co-benefits in others. Symposium attendees participated in breakout sessions, led by Stanford students and faculty, on a range of challenges associated with sustainable food systems.
Faculty Presentations:
The Global Food Challenge (pdf)
Roz Naylor, Program on Food Security and the Environment, Woods Institute for the Environment
The Food-Energy Nexus (pdf)
Chris Field, Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology
The Food-Climate Nexus (pdf)
David Lobell, Program on Food Security and the Environment, Woods Institute for the Environment
The Food-Water Nexus (pdf)
Buzz Thompson, Woods Institute for the Environment
The Food-Security Nexus (pdf)
Mariano-Florentino, Cuellar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Tutorials:
Pumping it up: investigating and controlling groundwater depletion (pdf)
Rebecca Nelson, Law School; Vanessa Mitchell and Jessica Reeves, Geophysics
What are local foods and what are they good for? (pdf)
Therese Costello, Earth Systems Program
Whose sustainability? The real inputs and impacts of grass-fed and grain-fed beef (pdf)
Chris Fedor and Kate Hyder, Earth Systems Program
How much energy does it take to make your meal? Understanding the energy inputs into the food system at different scales (pdf)
Jennifer Burney, Program on Food Security and the Environment
Tuna or tilapia? Food security and environmental implications of aquaculture (pdf)
Andrew Gerhart and Dane Klinger, Earth Systems Program
The Full Monty: Revealing the social and environmental costs and benefits of agriculture (pdf)
Heather Tallis, Natural Capital Project
Schedule
Welcome, Stacey Bent
Director, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy, Stanford University1:00 - 3:30 Stanford Faculty Talks
The Global Food Challenge: Roz Naylor, Program on Food Security and the Environment, Woods Institute for the Environment
The Food-Energy Nexus Chris Field, Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology
The Food-Climate Nexus David Lobell, Program on Food Security and the Environment, Woods Institute for the Environment
1:00 - 3:30 Stanford Faculty Talks (cont.)
The Food-Water Nexus: Buzz Thompson, Woods Institute for the Environment
The Food-Security Nexus: Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
3:30 - 4:30 Breakout Sessions
Topics included aquaculture, how to make meat more sustainable, and how to lower the carbon footprint of food.4:30 - 5:30 Plenary and Panel Discussion:
The Way Forward Moderated by Dean Pamela Matson, School of Earth Sciences5:30 - 6:30 Reception and Poster Session