Bayou Greenways Update with with Jen Powis

Houston Parks Board, Advocacy Director

November 20, 12:00pm, Duncan Hall 3092

The Bayou Greenways Initiative is a $480 million project that will combine public and private efforts to make Houston a greener and healthier city. Jen Powis will present an update on the state of parks in Houston including the ?Bayou Greenways 2020 Project?. Jen Powis is dedicated to creating, improving, protecting and advocating for parks in the Greater Houston Area.

Lunch will be provided by CSES to those who RSVP to cses@rice.edu
CSES only offers veggie lunches and water; please bring your own cup

 Trips for the Environment: 

Experiences from two undergrads

Lunchtime colloquium with Caleb McBride and Tierra Moore

November 15, 12:00pm, Keck Hall 102

During May 2013,  Caleb traveled to the Western Cape of South Africa with MTU and collected geologic data in the field to produce several geologic maps and a paper covering the geologic history of South Africa. These sedimentary basins are analogous to the petroliferous Kwanza Basin off the coast of Angola. Tierra analyzed greenhouse gas production rates in Spartina alterniflora and Avicennia germinans soils impacted by the BP oil spill in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.