Carnegie Museum of Natural History

One of the Four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

Science Panel Events

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A Damming History: Cultural and Ecological Consequences in Egypt and Pittsburgh

This year for Earth Day, join us virtually by watching Lake of Betrayal (about the Kinzua dam) and The World Saves Abu Simbel; submitting questions to a panel of experts and meeting with us on Zoom on Earth Day to hear from the experts about the impact of dams.

If you register below, you will be emailed access to a page to watch the documentaries the week of April 18, 2021 where you can submit questions to our experts. This page will also contain the information and link for the zoom webinar, taking place Thursday, April 22 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Schedule of Events:

April 18: Receive email with access to webpage with where to watch films, Zoom Webinar information, form for submitting questions to experts, and expert bios.
April 22 at 6 p.m.: Zoom Webinar

About the Expert Panelists

Drew Armstrong is Associate Professor in the department of History of Art & Architecture and director of Architectural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He currently teaches a course on the Oakland neighborhoods and is researching the development of the University of Pittsburgh campus in the 1960s.
Caleb G. Abrams is an award-winning Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) filmmaker and multimedia artist based out of what is currently considered Brantford, Ontario. Raised on the Seneca Nation’s Allegany Territory of Ohi:yo’, much of his work emerges from the social, historical, and cultural fabric of the Onöndowa’ga:’.
Christine Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Ancient Mediterranean History at Western Washington University, and the Natural Environment Area Editor for the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. Her research centers on the cultures and history of the Ancient Mediterranean world, particularly on economic exchange and cross-cultural interaction.

More information about the panelists will be included in the information emailed to registrants.

If you have registration problems, please email ProgramRegistration@CarnegieMuseums.org to register.

Funding for the event was provided by the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH). For more ASEH events, please visit the ASEH Environmental History Week webpage.

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Signs of Hope for our Future Climate: A Panel Discussion

The people and places of western Pennsylvania play a key role in solving the climate crisis. A critical component of our response to climate change is moving from individual to collective actions. But what climate actions are the best fit for our region and make the most meaningful impact? How are farming and rural western Pennsylvania communities helping solve the climate crisis? What does collective action look like on the ground? Which actions reduce greenhouse gas emissions while creating long-term jobs in cities and towns across western Pennsylvania? As part of the Climate and Rural Systems Partnership, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Anthropocene Studies Section is hosting a virtual panel discussion with experts whose careers revolve around finding workable solutions to these questions.

Join us for an energetic and inspiring evening with:

Hillary Bright, the Director of Special Programs at the BlueGreen Alliance in Pennsylvania. The BlueGreen Alliance unites America’s largest labor unions and its most influential environmental organizations to solve today’s environmental challenges in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and build a stronger, fairer economy.

Jonathan Foley, Executive Directory of Project Drawdown and former Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences. His work is focused on understanding our changing planet, and finding new solutions to sustain the climate, ecosystems, and natural resources we all depend on.

Zaheen Hussain, a Pittsburgh transplant from Bangladesh, formerly served as Director of Sustainability at New Sun Rising and was Millvale’s Sustainability Coordinator working with food systems, water, energy, mobility, air quality, and equity. Zaheen is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Laura Lengnick is an award-winning soil scientist and founder and principal consultant at Cultivating Resilience, LLC. Laura has led federal, state and local research and policy-making projects to identify win-win agricultural climate solutions. She is the author of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate.

This panel discussion is offered in partnership with the Mercer County Conservation District, Powdermill Nature Reserve, University of Pittsburgh Center in Learning in Out-of-School Environments, Project Drawdown, and The Climate Advocacy Lab as part of the Climate in Rural Systems Partnership
(NSF #1906774).

Feel free to contact us anonymously to let us know how we can make this event more accessible for you.

If you have registration problems, please email ProgramRegistration@CarnegieMuseums.org to register.