Scribner Seminar, London FYE 2025
From the Big Smoke to the Green City: London’s Role in Global Environmental Action
Professor Karen Kellogg, Environmental Studies and Sciences
Karen Kellogg,
Professor of Environmental Studies and Sciences
How do you usher a growing and globalizing city with a ruinous environmental history to a model of sustainability, from public health crises caused by raw sewage and crippling air quality in the 19th and into the 20th centuries to goals for a zero-carbon city in the 21st? London is, in many ways, a story of environmental resilience and recovery, and, in this seminar, we’ll explore the historical, social, cultural, political, economic, and scientific influences that shaped its interaction with the natural world. We’ll also trace the reach of London’s ground-breaking policies, initiatives, non-profit organizations, and businesses, and how they have helped ignite and form a global response to our complex environmental challenges.
Karen Kellogg is a Professor of Environmental Studies and Sciences at Ãļ§Ö±²¥. She has B.S. in Engineering from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the Pennsylvania State University. She teaches a variety of courses including Environmental Concerns in Perspective, Environmental Engineering and the Science of Sustainability, and Renewable Energy Systems. Karen works with Ãļ§Ö±²¥ students on a range of research topics including barriers to renewable energy deployment and energy efficiency analyses. She has also been heavily involved in Ãļ§Ö±²¥â€™s work on campus sustainability, including the implementation of many renewable energy projects, sustainable dining, waste reduction and recycling efforts, greenhouse gas analyses, sustainability education, and student leadership development.