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Political Science Meadowcroft, J. (1999). “The Politics of Sustainable Development : Emergent Arenas and Challenges for Political Science.” International Political Science Review 20: 219-237. Wapner, B. P. (1995). “Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics.” World Politics 47: 311-340. Thiele, L. P. (1999). “Evolutionary Narratives and Ecological Ethics.” Political Theory 27: 6-38. Bell, D. R. (2004). […]

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The Meaning of Sustainability Definitive works from across the spectrum What does Sustainability Really Mean? The Search for Useful Indicators Sustainability, Human Welfare and Ecosystem Health Sustainability Science The Four Challenges of Sustainability Sustainable Development in a Post-Brundtland World Toward Some Operational Principles of Sustainable Development   The History of Sustainability The development of sustainability […]

Ellen Martin

Professor, Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology Fellow, Florida Climate Institute Department of Geological Sciences Email: eemartin@ufl.edu Phone: 352-392-2141 Website: http://users.clas.ufl.edu/eemartin/EMartin.html Relevant Past Projects: Current Projects: Southern Ocean Paleocirculation Late Cretaceous Circulation Miocene Caribbean Carbonate Crash Indian Ocean Circulation Fluid Flow Through Peri-platform Sediments Grant Experience: Sustainability related courses: OCE 1005: Introduction to Oceanography GLY 3074: Oceans and Global Climate Change GLY 6075:  Global Climate Change GLY 5736:  Marine Geology  

Douglas Jones

Director of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Professor Departments of Biology and Geological Sciences Email: dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu Phone: 352-273-1902 Website: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/museum-voices/doug-jones/ Relevant Past Projects: 1998:  W.S. Arnold, T.M. Bert, I.R. Quitmyer, and D.S. Jones. 1998. Contemporaneous deposition of annual growth bands in Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus), Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin), and their natural hybrid forms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 223: 93-109.

Wendy Graham

Professor and Director of the University of Florida Water Institute Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering Email: wgraham@ufl.edu Phone: 352-392-5893 x2113 Website: http://www.abe.ufl.edu/graham/, http://abe.ufl.edu/graham/project_details.asp?Contract=62639 Relevant Past Projects 08-01-2006 06-30-2010 Sustainable Water Resource Management: U.S.

Jason Blackburn

Assistant Professor, Director Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory Email: jkblackburn@ufl.edu Phone: (352) 294-7501 Website: http://epi.ufl.edu/jason-blackburn/ Relevant Past Projects: Director, Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research (SEER) Laboratory (2007-09) Current Projects: Grant Experience: Robert C. West Field Grant, LSU Dept of Geog/Anthro, Spring 2004. Field support to acoustically track yellowfin tunas in the presence of Louisiana offshore oil platforms. $600.00 Robert C. West Field Grant, LSU Dept of Geog/Anthro, Fall 2001. To conduct shark research in Belize.

Michael Binford

Chair and Professor Department Chairman, Geography Email: mbinford@ufl.edu Phone: (352) 294-7500 Website: http://geog.ufl.edu/people/faculty/binford/ Relevant Past Projects: Current Projects: Grant Experience: Sustainability related courses: GEO4300/5305 (sections 06CE/07G7) Environmental Biogeography GEO 4037/5134C Remote Sensing GEO 2200 Physical Geography GEO 4120 Aerial Photo Interpretation GEO 5159 G.I.S.

Glenn Acomb

Senior Lecturer College of Design, Construction and Planning, Department of Landscape Architecture Email: acomb@ufl.edu Phone:352-392-6098 x315 Website: http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/faculty/acomb Relevant Past Projects Green Roof Study for Treating Stormwater Madera Model Case Study: Documenting Resource Efficient Sustainable Landscape Architecture Case Studies of Sustainable Land Development Case Studies Of Sustainable Land Development Projects Current Projects Current research activities involve researching new selections of green roof media and plant materials for projects in sub-tropical climates; wind uplift on green

Treavor Boyer

Assistant Professor Environmental Engineering Sciences Email: thboyer@ufl.edu Phone: (352) 846-3351 Website: http://waterinstitute.ufl.edu/FacultyExpertise/FacDetails.aspx?ID=210 Relevant Past Projects: Lake Jessup Total Phosphorus Removal Treatment Technologies Floating Island Pilot Project. Sponsored by: St. Johns River Water Management District (12/08–09/10). Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator, M.T. Brown). Amount: $200,000. Industrial Water Reuse by Innovative Ion Exchange Treatment. Sponsored by: UF EES Occidental Chemical Research Award (12/08–12/09). Principal Investigator. Amount: $8,000. Scenario-Based Analysis of Surface Water Withdrawals from the St.