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- Date:
- Sunday, 19 Sep 2021
- Time:
- 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Location:
- Virtual registration: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kndVsFdJS6Sspnwhd-AjUQ
- Department:
- Asian Studies Center
Immediately following What Happens When the Middle East Gets Even
Hotter? Israel's Response to the Global Climate Crisis with Prof. Alon Tal 11:00am-12:30pm
Dr. Alon Tal is a Serling Visiting Israeli Scholar teaching at James Madison College in MSU for the seventh time during the Fall 2021semester. Dr. Alon Tal [Sc.D., Harvard University; Ll.B., Hebrew University] founded the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a graduate studies center in which students join Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian environmentalists to study common environmental
challenges and solutions. Dr. Tal founded and served as the co-chair of Israel's Green Party. He also established Adam Teva V'din, The Israel Union for Environmental Defense. He is the author or editor of eleven books, including most recently a co-edited book, Climate Change, Environment and National Security, A New Front (2021) and The Land Is Full: Addressing Overpopulation in Israel, New Haven, Yale University Press, (2016).
