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CNS-UCSB Event: Community Gathering to Highlight Possibilities for New Environmentally-Friendly Nano |
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August 05, 2008 |
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UC Santa Barbara Environmental Science and Society
Professors will lead open forum on “Green Nano” products and applications
Santa Barbara, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara’s Center for Nanotechnology in
Society (CNS) and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) invite
the Santa Barbara community to attend a casual public forum called
“Nano-Meeter” to discuss the use and implications of “green
nanotechnologies” on Thursday, August 28, 2008 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. in
the Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Public Library.
Nano-Meeter is a regular series to meet and discuss nanotechnologies and their impacts. This session will provide an overview and assessment of green nanotechnology, or “Green Nano”: what it is, how it might be used and managed to develop clean technologies, ways to think about both the benefits and risks of such new technologies.
Leading the discussion will be UC Santa Barbara professors Trish Holden, Professor of Environmental Microbiology, Arturo Keller, Professor of Biogeochemistry --both from the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management-- and Bill Freudenburg, Dehlsen Endowed Chair in Environmental Policy from the Environmental Studies Program at UCSB.
The public is invited to come, listen and join in an informal discussion session. No science background is required to attend and participate in the Nano-Meeter.
Nanotechnology is the manipulation and synthesis of new materials on a very small scale. With it, scientists hope to create new technologies to make, among other things, better and faster information systems, new energy systems, water treatment membranes, environmental monitoring sensors, and medical devices. Nanotechnology is also, however, an emerging science with little known about its risks and implications. Home to CNS and CNSI, UC Santa Barbara is one of the leading international centers for nanotechnology research and its implications.
“Green Nano” as a concept involves the creation of nanomaterials and products without harming the environment or human health while aiming to replace existing products with newer products that are environmentally sound throughout their lifecycle. The presenters will discuss the viability of developing and utilizing such a technology.
The Nano-Meeter series is a quarterly community event sponsored by CNS and CNSI.
Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
WHO:
Trish Holden, Professor of Environmental Microbiology, UC Santa Barbara
Arturo Keller, Professor of Biogeochemistry, UC Santa Barbara
Bill Freudenburg, Dehlsen Professor of Environmental Policy UC Santa Barbara
WHAT:
Nano-Meeter, a free, casual evening forum to discuss “green nano” as alternative technologies
WHERE:
Faulkner Gallery
Santa Barbara Public Library
40 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara
WHEN:
Thursday, August 28, 2008
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
R.S.V.P.:
events@cns.ucsb.edu
(805) 893-8850
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Last Updated ( August 26, 2008 )
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