Fun With Frontiers

The lilacs are blooming, dandelions are turning to fluff ... many Minnesotans are even stowing their snow shovels. Can summer be far behind?

If you're among those who like a little brain food along with the sun and fun, may I suggest Frontiers video archives? Over the past nine months, the Institute on the Environment hosted a bucketload of ~30-minute talks on a wide range of environmental topics, from Air Pollution to Zeolite. All were videotaped, which means you can watch them at your leisure.

Videos of all 22 presentations from our 2011-12 season are available at the links below. Enjoy! And be sure to check back in September for our fall lineup.

• Better Still: Zeolite's Promise as an Energy-Saving Molecule Sorter
• Coal, Climate, Health: Broadening the Public Dialogue on Energy Policy
• Wind and Solar on the Power Grid: Emergence of Mainstream Renewable Energy
• Entrepreneurship and Environment: Innovative Business Leaders Can Positively Impact Our Environment
• Helping Forests Thrive in the Face of Global Change
• Closing the Loop in the Product Life Cycle
• Harnessing Sustainability and the Green Economy for Market Transformation
• The Frugal Future
• Why Don't River Deltas Drown?
• Cultural History Meets Natural History
• Collaboration for Environmental Protection: Integrating Knowledge, Communication and Process
• Can Democracy Survive the Age of Science?
• Clearing the Air: Indoor Air Pollution, Health and Climate in Developing Countries
• Are We Getting Enough Crop per Drop? Trends in Global Agricultural Water Use
• Putting the "Fun" Back in "Infrastructure": The Electric System and the Future of Energy
• Conserving Tropical Forests From the Ground Up
• Preparing Students to Grow a New Agriculture: Experimental Curricula at the University of Minnesota
• Wind, Transmission and Integration: Policy and Politics of Renewable Energy
• Cradle-to-Cradle: A Design Concept Whose Time Has Come?
• Your Best Talk Ever: How to Become a Science Presentation Superstar
• Can We Feed the World, and Sustain the Planet?
• Environmental Issues Surrounding the Regulation and Commercialization of Agricultural Biotechnology