January 17, 2025
MCLA’s annual Green Living Seminar Series returns with a series of lectures on the theme of “Rewilding Our World.” Presentations occur every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation (FCSI) Room 121.
Every semester the Green Living Seminars center around a different topic, timely and
relevant in current sustainability issues. The series, which runs through April, will
kick off on January 29 with Chief Scientist of Conservation Science, Inc. Dr. Reed
Noss and his talk “What is Rewilding?”
Future Green Living Presentations include:
January 29: What is Rewilding?; Dr. Reed Noss, Conservation Science, Inc., Chief Scientist (via Zoom)
February 5: Urban Rewilding; Sarah Greenleaf, Massachusetts DCR Greening the Gateway Cities Program, Urban Forester
February 12: Restoring Forests to Reduce the Spread of Disease; Dr. Paula Prist, Forest and Grasslands Unit, IUCN, Senior Programme Coordinator (via Zoom)
February 19: Rewilding in an Unlikely Landscape: The Recovery of the Northern Forest of the Northeastern United States; Jon Leibowitz, Northeast Wilderness Trust, President and CEO
February 26: The Future of Wolves in the Northeast Renee Seacor, Project Coyote, Carnivore Conservation Director
March 5: Restoring Old-Growth Characteristics to the Forest in New England, Paul Catanzaro, University of Massachusetts, Professor and State Extension Forester
March 12: Land Conservation for Wildlife in Massachusetts; Andrew Madden, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Western District Supervisor
March 26: Land Protection from the Indigenous Perspective; Paula Peters, Native Land Conservancy, Communications and Programs Coordinator (via Zoom)
April 2: Restoring Rivers and Rewilding Wetlands in Massachusetts; Beth Lambert, Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration, Director
April 9: Green Roofs: Rewilding our cities; Mark Winterer, Recover Green Roofs, Co-Founder and Owner
April 16: Rewilding for Pollinators; Amy Meltzer, MA Pollinator Network Steering Committee, Co-Chair
April 23: Rewilding to Combat Climate Change; Dr. Os Schmitz, Yale School of the Environment, Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology
Each presentation is free and open to the public. Podcasts will be posted online following each presentation.
All lectures will be recorded and can be replayed on the MCLA ENVI Youtube Channel and broadcast on Northern Berkshire Community Television Channel (NBCTC) 1302 at
the following times:
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays at 4 p.m.
Saturdays at 3:30 p.m.
Sundays at 11:30 p.m.
Mondays at 5:30 p.m.
Community members can find up-to-date information about the schedule at mcla.edu/greenliving.
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on every level of their lives. In every way possible, the experience at MCLA is designed
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MCLA has appeared on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Top Ten Public Colleges for
10 consecutive years, earning the No. 6 spot on the list of Top Public Liberal Arts
Schools in the nation for 2025, after earning the No. 7 spot the prior three years.
The College’s focus on affordable education and economic prosperity is reflected in
additional 2025 U.S. News rankings: No. 5 for Top Performer on Social Mobility for
liberal arts colleges in the state and No. 2 for Top Performer on Social Mobility
for public liberal arts colleges in the country. These rankings measure how well schools
graduate students who receive Federal Pell Grants. Learn more at www.mcla.edu.
