A Sustainable Future?



	In recent years, scholars, policymakers, and the general public have expressed rising concern over the environmental sustainablility of continued growth in the Los Angeles basin. Under the direction of the 2002-2003 Fellow William Deverell, the Haynes Foundation is pleased to sponsor this interdisciplinary symposium addressing a range of scholarly and policy issues related to growth, governance, and environmental sustainability in greater Los Angeles. Informed by the insights of scientists, social scientists, historians, policymakers, architects, developers, and activists, the symposium will provide opportunity for dialogue and discussion across many fields and perspectives. The John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation supports study and research into policy issues affecting the Los Angeles region.

	The Presentations:

	Welcome
		Donn Miller, President, Haynes Foundation [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Miriam Feldblum, Special Assistant to the President, Caltech [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] William Deverell, Haynes Fellow and Associate Professor of History, Caltech [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem]

	Session 1: Metropolitan Nature
		Introduction Raphael Sonenshein, Professor of Political Science, California State University, Fullerton [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Metropolitan Nature: Regulating Land Use and the Environment Greg Hise, Associate Professor, Urban History and Planning, USC [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Comment Andy Lipkis, Founder and President, TreePeople [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Question & Answer [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem]

	Session II: Spotlights on Sustainability
		Introduction George Sanchez, Associate Professor of History and American Studies and Ethnicity, USC [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Taylor Yard Andrew Roth, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Pomona College [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] The CornField Janet Fireman, Editor, California History [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] The Arroyo Seco Marcus Renner, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Question & Answer [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem]

	Session III: Timescales and Cataclysmic Events
		Introduction Jess Adkins, Assistant Professor of Geochemistry and Global Environmental Science, Caltech [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] "Pray for the Dead, and Fight like Hell for the Living": Past, present, and future of the Los Angeles Waterscape Janet Hering, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Executive Officer for Keck Laboratories, Caltech [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Seismic History and Contemporary Concerns Kerry Sieh, Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology, Caltech [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Weather: How Bad Could it Get? Andrew Ingersoll, Earle C. Anthony Professor of Planetary Science, Caltech [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Comment Paul Wennberg, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Science, Caltech [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Question & Answer [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem]

	Session IV: Prehistoric Landscapes and Finite Resources
		Introduction Jennifer Price [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] The Los Angeles Prairie Paula Schiffman, Professor of Biology, California State University, Northridge [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Trouble in Paradise Mark Raab, Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for Public Archaeology, California State University, Northridge [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Comment Terry Young, Assistant Professor of Geography, California Polytechnic University, Pomona [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Question & Answer [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem]

	Session V: Spotlights on Sustainability
		Introduction Laura Pulido, Associate Professor of Geography, USC [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] The Olmsted-Bartholomew Vision Robert Garcia, Senior Attorney, Director of The City Project, Center for Law in the Public Interest [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] The Haynes Foundation and the Environment Tom Sitton, Curator of American History, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Question & Answer [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem]

	Session VI: Politics and Economics: A Panel Discussion
		Moderator, Robert Gottlieb, Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Director of the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Deborah Weintraub, City of Los Angeles Architect [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] David Abel, Publisher, The Planning Report [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Doug Gardner, Catellus Development Corporation [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Jennifer Wolch, Professor of Geography, USC [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem]

	Session VII: A Sustainable Future?
		Introduction Sean Hecht, Lecturer in Law and Executive Director, Environmental Law Center, UCLA [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] What Now? What Next? D.J. Waldie, Public Information Officer, City of Lakewood [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem] Question & Answer Session VI and VII [broadband] [DSL/Cable Modem] [56k modem]