Events Archive
His Holiness the Dalai Lama

On Saturday, April 25, the Blum Center for Developing Economies hosted a presentation by His Holiness the Dalai Lama who spoke on the theme of "Peace Through Compassion.”
Video of the Event
UC Berkeley News
The Daily Californian
San Francisco Chronicle
ABC7 News
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
Debt of Nations and the Distribution of Ecological Impacts from Human Activities

Richard B. Norgaard, Professor of Energy and Resources, UC Berkeley
Blum Center Faculty Speaker Series (Climate Change and the Poor, Spring 2009)
Volunteering Overseas: Finding the Right Experience for You
Compensation for the Victims of Climate Change?
Super-CDM: Market Transformations for Combined Solutions to Climate Change, Poverty and Health Inequality

Robert Van Buskirk, Program Manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Blum Center Faculty Speaker Series (Climate Change and the Poor, Spring 2009)
Conflict and Human Rights
An Agroecological Strategy to Taking Back Our Food System

Professor Miguel Altieri, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley
Blum Center Faculty Speaker Series (The Global Food Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities, Fall 2008)
Approaches to an International Career: A Conversation with Jody Olsen

Dr. Jody Olsen, Deputy Director of the Peace Corps October 21, 2008
Dr. Olsen shared her personal insights from a career in international development spanning more than 40 years and 80 countries. A former Peace Corps volunteer herself (Tunisia), Dr. Olsen has held leadership positions in international NGOs and CIES, the organization that manages the Fulbright Senior Scholar program. Co-sponsored by the Blum Center, International House and the Peace Corps.
What is Behind the Recent Jump in Agricultural Commodity and Food Prices?

Professor Daniel Sumner, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
Blum Center Faculty Speaker Series (The Global Food Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities, Fall 2008)






