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Heuermann Lectures - Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Heuermann Lecture Series
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The Heuermann Lectures focus on providing security – and here security means enough to sustain the world – in the areas of food, natural resources, and renewable energy for people, as well as on securing the sustainability of rural communities where the vital work of producing food and renewable energy occurs.
Who attends these lectures? You'll see a diverse audience of faculty, students, and anyone in the general public with an interest in the topic.
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GMOs are Green: How an Environmentalist Changed his Mind About Biotechnology
Mark Lynas is the author of three previous books. High Tide: News from a Warming World was published in 2004, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet in 2007. The God Species was published in 2011. Six Degrees was made into an hour-long documentary by NatGeo and broadcast worldwide in 2008, with voiceover by Alec Baldwin.
As a pro-science campaigner and commentor he is a frequent speaker worldwide, particularly in the US and Canada. He is on the board of the UK campaign group Sense About Science, and (though still resident in Oxford, UK) is currently visiting fellow at the Cornell Alliance for Science, based at Cornell University and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He has written extensively in world media on the GMO issue as well as climate change and science in society.
Part of the Heuerman Lecture series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Recorded October 10, 2016. -
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A Dialogue on the History and Vision for the Future of International Trade for U.S. Agriculture
Heuermann Lecture focused on a dialogue about the issues surrounding international agriculture trade.
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Finding Hope: Pioneering Your Own 40 Chances
Heuermann Lecture focused on finding solutions to some of the most challenging problems facing today’s society.
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Heuermann Lecture: Understanding and Assessing Climate Change: Implications for Nebraska