Upcoming Events
- April 18, 2009 - Focus the Nation 2009. Focus the Nation website. If you are interested in participating, please e-mail ei@lehigh.edu.
- April 22, 2009 - EARTH DAY! - No Events. Events held on April 15
- April 25, 2009 - Saint Michael's Cemetary Clean Up - wear appropriate shoes! 9am - 2pm. Click Here for a flyer.
- April 25-26, 2009 - Lehigh Gap Nature Center volunteering at the Palmerton Superfund site. 9am-3pm each day. Volunteers will be planting one species of experimental native forbs at a time in a 10 meter by 10 meter square area. If you want to volunteer, contact LGNC at 610-760-8889 or lgnc@ptd.net
- May 2, 2009 - Lehigh Gap Nature Center volunteering at the Palmerton Superfund site. 9am-3pm each day. Volunteers will be planting one species of experimental native forbs at a time in a 10 meter by 10 meter square area. If you want to volunteer, contact LGNC at 610-760-8889 or lgnc@ptd.net
- June 6, 2009 - “Travel the Towpath,” a celebration of Bethlehem’s most popular trail – the Lehigh Canal Towpath (a.k.a. the D&L Trail) – will take place along more than two miles of the historic trail from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Click Here for a flyer. - Thursdays, June-Sept. - Bethlehem Farmers' Market The Bethlehem Farmers' Market will run at the intersection of New and Morton Streets from noon until 5pm.
- First Friday of Every Month - First Fridays in South Bethlehem! Stop by and enjoy the live music, food, entertainment and in store specials the first friday of every month from 6 - 10pm http://www.bethlehem.info/entertainment/events
People
The Environmental Initiative involves professors and researchers from all four of Lehigh University's colleges.
Steering Committee
| Professor | Department |
|---|---|
Dork Sahagian |
Director of EI/Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Alec Bodzin |
College of Education |
Stephen Cutcliffe |
History/Science, Technology and Society |
Sharon Friedman |
Journalism and Communication |
 John Martin Gillroy |
International Relations |
 Frank Pazzaglia |
Chair, Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Stephen Pessiki | Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Participating Faculty
| Professor | Department |
|---|---|
 Dave Anastasio |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Gray Bebout | Earth and Environmental Sciences |
 Robert Booth |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
 Chad Briggs |
International Relations |
 Derick Brown |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Ward Cates | College of Education |
| Edward Evenson | Earth and Environmental Sciences |
 Benjamin Felzer |
Climatology and Earth System Modeling |
 John Gatewood |
Sociology and Anthropology |
 Bruce Hargreaves |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Breena Holland | Political Science |
 Kristen Jellison |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
 Ken Kodama |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
 Kenneth Kraft |
Religion Studies |
| Jerry Lennon | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
 Ed Lotto |
English |
| Anne Meltzer | Dean, College of Arts and Sciences/ EES |
 Donald Morris |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
 Carl Moses |
Deputy Provost for Academic Affairs / EES |
 Vince Munley |
Economics |
 Sibel Pamakcu |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
 Steve Peters |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
 Joan Ramage |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
 Arup SenGupta |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Harvey Stenger | Chemical Engineering |
 Todd Watkins |
Economics |
| Rick Weisman | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Al Wurth | Political Science |
 Zicheng Yu |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
 Peter Zeitler |
Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Weixian Zhang | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Staff | |
|---|---|
 Jessica Mauro |
Program Coordinator, Environmental Initiative |
 Stephen J. Reid |
Director, Earth System Atlas |
 George Yasko |
LEO Field Projects Manager |
 Guthrie Mitchell Jr. |
Resident Environmental Initiative Theorist (aka Work Study) |
 Matt Mulliken |
Webmaster |
 Jessica Szafoni |
Work Study |
Please contact the EI Program Coordinator to request changes.