Tulane-Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research

11/24/2015

With the help of President Fitts, volunteers planted 250 trees at the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge on November 20

http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/112415_tulane_volunteers_plant_trees.cfm

11/17/2015

The Katrina Disaster Now

Hear the incredible stories of a clarinetist, a levees activist, a former resident of the Saint Bernard housing development, a Tulane alum, a cultural arts leader, a construction worker, a Charity Hospital doctor, a librarian, a photographer, a pollution expert, a teacher, and a poet as they speak about their experiences with Katrina and what it means to them.

This event is free and open to the public.

Dinner will be provided.

http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/111315_katrina-disaster-now.cfm

The sun rises over the New Orleans skyline in 2007, two years after the Katrina catastrophe. A program, “The Katrina Disaster Now,” takes place this week to reflect on the meaning of the storm and the city’s recovery from it. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)

10/23/2015

FOREST AND WATER IN DIALOGUE October 27 at 7 p.m.
Discuss Gulf Coast environmental issues with local scientists and artists:
http://cacno.org/public-programs/conversation-forest-and-water-dialogue

Panel discussion with How to Build a Forest artists and local environmental professionals and scientists Dave Baker, Alex Kokler, Monique Verdin about the current pressing environmental issues facing Louisiana. This special conversation will take place within the installation in the CAC Warehouse. D…

10/23/2015

CONVERSATION WITH ASITW'S DAVID BAKER: TREES TALK October 28 at 3 p.m.
Using research to tell a story of natural resilience:
http://cacno.org/public-programs/conversation-trees-talk

David Baker, Environmental Curator at A Studio in the Woods, tells the inspiring story of resilience and recovery of the Studio 8-acre forest with scientific research from pre- and post-Katrina. A forest ecologist, Baker studies long term changes to Louisiana's bottomland hardwood forests with a par…

10/09/2015

http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/a-studio-in-the-woods-forestival-2015.cfm

09/30/2015

Great event this coming Wed, October 7th, from the Environmental Studies Program at Tulane:

We hope that you can join us for the second event in our series on The Katrina Disaster Now:

Benh Zeitlin and Louis Michot with Nick Spitzer
a conversation about art, music, film, climate change, Louisiana, loss, and beauty

Wednesday, October 7 at 5:30pm
Stone Auditorium: Woldenberg Art Center, Room 210, Tulane Uptown Campus

Free and open to the public

The event, sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program, features Benh Zeitlin, the Oscar-nominated writer and director of Beasts of the Southern Wild and Louis Michot, the Grammy-nominated singer and fiddler from the Lost Bayou Ramblers, in conversation with Nick Spitzer, Professor of Anthropology at Tulane and host and producer of American Routes.

We hope you will join us in what will be a fascinating conversation about art, music, film, climate change, Louisiana, loss, and beauty.

Come early to guarantee yourself a seat!

09/21/2015

Seminar on Friday Sept 25th about sustainability and economics and the law (it's a Tulane Dept of Econ seminar): http://econ.tulane.edu/seminars.shtml

Tulane University - Department of Economics

09/03/2015

This is a nice article about our current NSF-funded urban ecology project: http://www.onearth.org/earthwire/new-orleans-katrina-disaster-ecology

From birds to trees to rats, post-Katrina New Orleans is a study in “disaster ecology.”

08/31/2015

TODAY! Environmental Studies at Tulane presents a conversation with Malik Rahim (Common Ground) and Joshua Guild (Princeton) on Sept 9th: http://tinyurl.com/omrswmm

Joshua Guild, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Princeton University, specializes in twentieth-century African American social and cultural history, urban history, and the making of the modern African diaspora. His research has been supported by fellowships and awards fr…

08/28/2015

Great @10 conference yesterday. Fascinating research & discussion. If you missed it, you can see the web stream here! http://tulane.mediasite.com/mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/mediasiteadmin-katrina-anniversary-series

08/27/2015

A percentage of sales from Mignon Faget’s new piece “IN GRATITUDE” will support Support CBR and the Newcomb Art Gallery.

The Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University builds on the Newcomb College legacy of education, social enterprise, and artistic experience. Presenting inspiring exhibitions and programs that engage communities both on and off campus, the Museum fosters the creative exchange of ideas and cross-disciplinary collaborations around innovative art and design. The Museum preserves and advances scholarship on the Newcomb and Tulane art collections.

Learn more at newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu
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A portion of the In Gratitude Amulet designs will benefit the Newcomb Art Museum as well as the Tulane-Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research

08/24/2015

Tulane CBR staff outing at the conference today in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Katrina.