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Environmental Roundtable

Environmental Roundtables are facilitated discussions of important environmental issues, hosted by the Loyola University Environment Program. Facilitators include Environment Program students, faculty and guest hosts.


The Fall, 2022 and Spring, 2023 Environmental Roundtable series will focus on the transitions that the communities and businesses of Louisiana will navigate together to address climate change. Louisiana is a global energy hub at the center of active zero carbon technology development and deployment. Its communities are uniquely susceptible to the environmental impacts of climate change as well as the social impacts of a dramatic economic transition.

The series will explore the opportunities and issues associated with this transition and work to build understanding across the university and community. The series will explore the current status of international agreements and US industrial policy to develop and deploy new energy technologies. This will lead to the exploration of opportunities and issues associated with the transitions in energy and end-use sectors including the Hydrogen Economy, Decarbonizing the Electric Grid, Electric Vehicles, How Communities Respond, and Policy/ESG trends in government and business.

 


For more information, contact our Roundtable coordinators -- Jim Schott (mjschott@loyno.edu) and Anat Burger (aburger@loyno.edu)

 

 

Title of Talk: Sustainability Entrepreneurship

When: March 14th

Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Where: Monroe Hall 610

Zoom Registration Link: Here

Presenters:

  • Lynne Serpe - Founder/Director of Compost NOW (New Orleans Waste) and Sustainability Coordinator for French Quarter Festivals

    • Master Composter Lynne Serpe founded and leads Compost NOW (New Orleans Waste) which is modeled after a similar program she started and ran as part of her Greening Libraries Initiative in Queens, NY.   Lynne was the first Sustainability Coordinator for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival from 2020-2022 before joining French Quarter Festivals, Inc as their Sustainability Coordinator in 2023.

  • Lissie Stewart - Executive Director at NOLA Artist Incubator

    • Lissie Stewart is the Founder & Executive Director of NOLA Artist Incubator, a nonprofit focused on arts, education and sustainability. Lissie has ten years classroom teaching experience, a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership, and is a certified Louisiana Master Gardener and Permaculture Designer. She advocates for the arts and the environment through running the Incubator and the Galvez Garden, a community garden in St. Roch.