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DESCRIPTION:Live via ZOOM. The Department of Bioresource Engineering invite
 s you to a special Research Seminar by Benjamin Goldstein\, Ph.D.\, School
  for Environment and Sustainability\, University of Michigan. Everyone is 
 welcome to participate.\n\nDr Goldstein is a candidate for the academic po
 sition in Urban Agriculture & Plant Production Engineering on Thursday\, A
 pril 9 at 10 am online via Zoom ( https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/216348227 )\n\n
 Cities house the majority of humanity and economic activity\, but also pro
 duce 80% of carbon emissions and consume copious resources (e.g. 60% of re
 sidential water\, 75% of wood). This pollution and resource demands have p
 rofound impacts both inside and outside of cities. This talk explores how 
 urban sustainability research helps understand and mitigate these challeng
 es\, both within city boundaries\, and “beyond the city wall” at distant l
 ocations. Through case studies of urban agriculture\, meat\, and agro-fore
 stry products\, I demonstrate how tools from engineering and geography can
  quantify the environmental impacts of urban processes. This expanded unde
 rstanding of urban sustainability contributes to building equitable cities
  that respect our planet’s finite resources.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nBenja
 min Goldstein is a broadly trained engineer concerned with solving environ
 mental challenges produced by cities. He advances methods and models to qu
 antify the environmental impacts of technological and policy interventions
  in urban areas. His work combines engineering tools with theory grounded 
 in social science to promote an interdisciplinary and multi-scale understa
 nding of urban sustainability. He has applied this perspective to topics i
 ncluding urban agriculture\, regional food systems\, meat consumption\, re
 sidential energy use\, and supply chains of rubber and timber.\n
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LOCATION:ZOOM (https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/216348227)
SUMMARY:Beyond the City Wall Building Sustainable Cities on an Interconnect
 ed Planet
URL:/macdonald/channels/event/beyond-city-wall-buildin
 g-sustainable-cities-interconnected-planet-321486
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