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Chico State Environmental Science

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Regenerative Agriculture Initiative at CSU, Chico

Dr. Tim LaSalle Co-Founder & Co-Director, Regenerative Agriculture Initiative Regenerative agriculture is an approach to food and farming systems. It works with nature’s rhythms and…

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Brewing a Successful Sustainability Program

Cheri Chastain Sustainability Manager Sierra Nevada Brewing Company The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, founded and still headquartered in Chico, is known not only for its award-winning beers, but…

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Regenerative Agriculture: Its Crucial Role in the Solution to Africa's Current Famine

Dr. Roland Bunch International Regenerative Agriculture Consultant & Author There is a serious drought in Africa, one in which more than 20 million people from Yemen to Tanzania are at risk of…

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The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: an Overview of the Law and County Compliance in the Sacramento River Hydrologic Region

Alison Divine Environmental Advocates Director, CSU Chico Community Legal Information Center Natalie Carter Executive Director, Butte Environmental Council The Sustainable Groundwater…

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Water Origins

Becky Holden Assistant Director Butte Environmental Council Every day, we turn on a tap and water comes out. As we do this, we might want to ask some basic questions, such as “Where does…

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Northern Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Update

Vickie Newlin Assistant Director, Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation Ms. Newlin, a CSU, Chico alumnus, serves as chair of the Technical Advisory Committee for the…

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California Water: From Local to Global

Heather Cooley Co-Director of the Water Program, Pacific Institute, Oakland, California Ms. Cooley’s presentation begins with a look at California’s water – where it is found,…

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Irrigation and Cooperation: Evidence from Rural Pakistan

Dr. Anita Chaudhry Faculty, Department of Economics, CSU, Chico In 1997, the government of Pakistan passed laws to decentralize the irrigation system and hand its management over to farmers. Dr.…

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Feeding in Flow: The Impact of Waves on Predator-prey Interactions in the Rocky Intertidal

Dr. Eve Robinson UC Berkeley A common sight for visitors to the rocky beaches on the Pacific Coast is the large colonies of sea anemones clinging to the rocks. How do these creatures, which look…

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AquAlliance: Defending Northern California Waters

Jim Brobeck Water-Policy Analyst, AquAlliance Jim Brobeck from AquAlliance explains why it is inefficient to use Northern California water to grow orchard crops in the San Joaquin Valley. He…

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Stewardship in the Anthropocene

Dennis Dimick Executive Editor, Environment, National Geographic Magazine Scientists and others have begun calling the human-dominated era of the Earth’s history the Anthropocene, or…

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