STEP Seminar: Julia Nerbonne, "Called to Action: Finding Our Power in the Midst of a Climate Crisis"

Headshot of Julia Nerbonne, with solar panels in the background
Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
Speaker(s)
Julia Nerbonne
February 8, 2021 - 12:00 pm CST
- 1:00 pm
Virtual Event
This STEP Seminar features Julia Nerbonne, Executive Director of Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light. This is a public event presented by the Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy.

Join us for a lunchtime STEP Seminar with Julia Nerbonne, Executive Director of Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light. This is a public event presented by the Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy.

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About the Speaker: Julia brings her skills as an organizer and academic to build a vibrant movement for climate justice in over 400 Minnesota congregations. She has an undergraduate degree in Religion and her Ph.D. in Conservation Biology. She also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Conservation Biology Graduate Program at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on how to create powerful social movements.

Between 2011 and 2014, she was the founding Director of MN350. She has also spent over 18 years teaching ethics and sustainability studies to college students at the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs and at the University of Minnesota.

The STEP Seminar Series is an interdisciplinary platform for scholars and practitioners to discuss research and policy issues in the broad domain of science, technology, and environmental policy. The seminar series provides an informal setting for feedback and engagement with ongoing research projects and policy debates.
We invite scholars from all disciplines and practitioners working in all action arenas with connections to the fields of scholarship that shape science, technology, and environmental policy. The seminar series takes place throughout the academic year at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, typically over lunchtime on Mondays. Interested speakers should email Olivia Schares for a list of available dates.

See the full Spring STEP Seminar lineup and sign up for email announcements here