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2010
is the UN's International Year of Biodiversity |
February 16th
through 19th, 2010
Our Speakers
and Moderators
Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon
Chair in Global Systems
Centre for International
Governance Innovation
Balsillie School of International
Affairs, and
Professor in the Centre for
Environment and Business
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
5A Specal Public Lecture: Gardening
for Resilience: Climate Change and Horticulture through Mid-Century
Thomas Homer-Dixon
was born in Victoria, British Columbia and received his B.A. in
political science from Carleton University in 1980 and his Ph.D. from
MIT in international relations and defense and arms control policy in
1989. He then moved to the University of Toronto to lead several
research projects studying the links between environmental stress and
violence in developing countries. Recently, his research has focused
on threats to global security in the 21st century and on how
societies adapt to complex economic, ecological, and technological
change. His books include The Upside of
Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
(Knopf, Island Press, 2006), which won the 2006 National Business
Book Award, The Ingenuity Gap
(Knopf, 2000), which won the 2001 Governor General's Non-fiction
Award, Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
(Princeton University Press, 1999), which won the Caldwell Prize of
the American Political Science Association and most recently Carbon
Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will
Define the Future (Random House, 2009).
Visit Dr. Homer-
Dixon's own web site for more information and resources related to
his work: http://www.homerdixon.com/index.html
About
"Gardening for Resilience: Climate Change and Horticulture
through Mid-Century"
Dr. Homer-Dixon
will outline his views on how climate change will affect everyday
activities such as gardening and landscape management in Canada in
the coming years. |
