Language for Life: Languages and Environmental Careers
4:00 pm, Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Location: 6102 Social Sciences Building, 1180 Observatory Drive
Free pizza provided!
Language for Life is a program of the Language Institute that gives current students the opportunity to meet with working professionals who studied a foreign language and are using that language in their professional or personal lives in inspiring ways. Hear from panelists who have used languages in their environmental work!
This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Language Institute, with funding from the College of Letters and Science Anonymous Fund and support from the Center for European Studies, Center for German and European Studies, Center for South Asia, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. For more information: Wendy Johnson, (608) 890-1428
Panelists include Richard Beilfuss and Ted Petith:
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Richard Beilfuss is the Vice President-Head of Programs for the International Crane Foundation (ICF) in Baraboo, Wisconsin. He first joined ICF in 1988, conducting his graduate field research in Vietnam and Mozambique, and then directed the ICF Africa Program from 1993-2005. Over that time period, he was involved in ICF conservation and research projects in more than 12 countries in Africa, as well as Vietnam, China, and Nepal, focusing especially on water management for people and wildlife. In his current position, Dr. Beilfuss is responsible for strategic planning and operational management of ICF conservation programs around the globe, while also leading efforts to ameliorate the impact of large dams and water diversions on cranes, wetlands, and people in Africa and Asia. In addition to his duties at ICF , Dr. Beilfuss is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and also at the University of Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique
Dr. Beifuss is a UW-Madison alum and has used his Nepalese, Portuguese and Vietnamese in his work. |
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Ted Petith brings a decidedly German focus to issues surrounding renewable energy, sustainable neighborhoods, green city planning and other related areas. Ted has travelled extensively in Germany and has many sustainability-related connections, especially to Madison’s Sister City of Freiburg. As a leader in the implementation of green technologies and planning, an analysis of policies and projects in Freiburg offers valuable insight into methods for the growth of sustainable infrastructure. He has planned and taken part in several trade and political delegations, including a recent fact-finding trip for Mayor Dave Cieslewicz of Madison, WI. Using German language skills on an everyday basis in his work, Ted offers a broad-based knowledge of renewable technologies and is currently working on strengthening sustainability-related educational and business connections between the State of Wisconsin and Germany. |
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