CEAP Poster Sessions

Students who have participated in CEAP research report their findings at the end of each semester at a poster session. Each poster session is preceded by a lecture.

Spring 2009: "Building a Green Grand Rapids"

Guest Speaker: Suzanne Schulz, Planning Director, City of Grand Rapids

Fall 2008: "Getting from Here to There: Transit Alternatives in the 21st Century"

Guest Panelists: Kevin Wisselink (The Rapid), Thomas Tilma (Planning Consultant, and Calvin College Instructor), Jay Hoekstra (Grand Valley Metro Council), and Dave Bulkowski (Disability Advocates)
NOTE: this panel was held in conjunction with the art exhibit, entitled "A Field Guide to Sprawl."

Spring 2008: "Serve God, Save the Planet"

Guest Speaker: Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth, Executive Director, Blessed Earth

Fall 2007: "Energy and Emissions, Calvin and Carbon: Where are We Heading? Where are You Heading?"

Guest Speakers: Professor Matt Heun (Engineering) and Professor David Warners (Biology)

Spring 2007: "Embrace Our Place Festival—10th Anniversary Celebration of CEAP"

• Anniversary brochure (pdf)
• Photo gallery

Fall 2006: "For the Beauty of the Earth"

Guest Speaker: Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger, Professor, Hope College

Spring 2006:

Guest Speaker: Norman Christopher, Executive Director, GVSU Sustainable Community Development Initiative

Fall 2005 "Coming Home from a Diet of Nowhere: Steps on a Journey Toward Sustainability"

Guest Speaker: Tom Cary

Spring 2005: "Economy, Equity and Environment: The Triple Bottom Line"

Guest Speaker: Rev. George Heartwell, Mayor, Grand Rapids, MI

Fall 2004: "The Protecting of Riches: Towards thoughtful water management in
Michigan"

Guest Speaker: Dr. Paul Seelbach

Spring 2004: "Light at the Edge of the World"

Guest Speaker: Wade Davis

Fall 2003: "Incarnational Environmentalism: What does it look like?"

Guest Speaker: Dr. Susan Drake Emmerich

Spring 2003: "Sustaining Community through Bounded Conflict: How adversarial relationships can enrich opportunities for managing environmental conflict."

Guest Speaker: Tarla Rai Peterson

Fall 2002: "Stepping East: In Pursuit of Environmentally Sensitive Development"

Guest Speakers: Henry DeVries and Randy Van Dragt

Fall 2001: "A Christian Response to Global Climate Change"

Guest Speaker: Richard Wright

Spring 2001: "Urban Design and Human Community"

Guest Speaker: Robert S. Goodill

Fall 2000: "Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design"

Guest Speaker: Dan Danielson

Spring 2000: "Life is a Miracle" (in memory of Lionel Basney)

Guest Speaker: Wendell Berry, author, poet, academic, cultural & economic critic, and farmer.

Fall 1999: "Environmental Stewardship, Congress and the New Millennium"

Guest Speaker: Congressman Vernon Ehlers, (R-MI)

Spring 1999: "Howling at the Moon" | Photo Gallery

Guest Speaker: Gordon Aeschliman, President, Target Earth

Fall 1998: "State of the Campus"

Guest Speaker: Frank Gorman, Campus Architect, Calvin College