Austin Water Center for Environmental Research or CER promotes this lecture series, led by Dr Kevin M. Anderson. This year the topic is the Geography of Urban Nature.
The CER lectures are year long series of lunchtime talks held monthly in several locations in and around Austin – here is a list of the sessions and where you can attend.
Concepts of Urban Nature
- January – Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- February – The Urban Wilderness: Wildness and the American City
- March – The Urban Pastoral: Parkland and the Garden City
- April – The Elemental City: Cycles, Services and Urban Ecology
Urban Natural History, Ecology and Encounter
- May – The Nonhuman City: Urban Habitats and Unnatural History
- June – The Aquatic City: The Nature of Urban Waterways
- July – The Terrestrial City: Greenspace and the Urban Forest
- August – The Aerial City: Denizens of the Urban Sky
- September – Unnatural Encounters: Writing Urban Nature
The Proper Place of Urban Nature
- October – Nature Out of Place: Biological Slumming and Urban Ecology
- November – Design with Nature: Urban Management and the Ecological City
- December – Marginal Nature: Urban Wastelands and the Geography of Nature
Locations:
- UT – Every 1st Thursday (except January 23) – University of Texas Peter O’Donnell Building (POB) Room 2.402 – 1230-2pm
- CER – Every 2nd Monday – Austin Water Center for Environmental Research (CER) at Hornsby Bend – Noon-1pm
- SAC – Every 2nd Thursday – Senior Activity Center-Lamar (SAC-Lamar) at 2874 Shoal Crest Ave, South Room – Noon-1pm
If you become addicted to these (like I have) the recorded lectures are available on demand from the lunch time lectures archive.
One of my favorite parts about these lectures is that Dr Anderson is an avid reader and likes to pass along his recommendations. It will take a minute to get the entire list included, but I will be adding and updating the list over time.
- Advances in Urban Ecology: Integrating Humans & Ecological Processes in Urban Ecosystems
- By Marina Alberti
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- American Perspectives of Immigrant and Invasive Species: Strangers on the Land
- By Peter Coates
- Lecture: The Aquatic City, Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The American Transcendentalists: Essential Writings
- By Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry D Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Apostle of Taste: Andrew Jackson Downing 1815 – 1852
- By David Schuyler
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Applied River Morphology
- By Dave Rosgen
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- The Architecture of Country Houses
- By A J Downing
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Austin’s Waller Creek: Promise for Tomorrow
- By Phillip Fry, Carolyn H Wright
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- A View of the River
- By Luna B. Leopold
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Back to Nature: The Arcadian Myth In Urban America
- By Peter J Schmitt
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The Balance of Nature: Ecology’s Enduring Myth
- By John Kricher
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning
- By Timothy Beatley
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The Cincinnati Arch: Learning from Nature in the City
- By John Tallmadge
- Lecture: The Aquatic City, Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- City of Flows: Modernity, Nature and the City
- By Maria Kaika
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Design With Nature
- By Ian L McHarg
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Discordant Harmonies: A New Ecology for the Twenty-First Century
- By Daniel B Botkin
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Drosscape: Wasting Land in Urban America
- By Alan M Berger
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The Ecological City: Preserving and Restoring Urban Biodiversity
- By Ruthorford H Platt, Rowan A Rowntree, Pamela C Muick
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Field Guide to Rivers and Streams
- By Ryan Utz
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Foundations of Ecological Resilience
- By C. S. Holling, Lance H. Gunderson, Craig Reece Allen
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Foundations of Restoration Ecology
- By Margaret A Palmer, Joy B Zedler, Donald A Falk, Karen Holl
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Fragile Dominion
- By Simon A Levin
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America: The Culture and Propagation of Fruit Trees With Descriptions of the Varieties
- By A J Downing, Charles Downing
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Fuvial Processes in Geomorphology
- By Luna B. Leopold, M. Gordon Wolman, John P. Miller
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Hadean Eclogues
- By Frederick Turner
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- In the Nature of Cities: Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism
- By Nik Heynen, Maria Kaika, Erik Swyngedouw
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
- By Richard Louv
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Leaves of Grass
- By Walt Whitman
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Life on Waller Creek
- By Joseph Jones
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City
- By Eric W Sanderson
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Metabolism of the Anthroposphere: Analysis, Evaluation, Design
- By P Baccini, Paul H Brunner
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Natura Urbana: Ecological Constellations in Urban Space
- By Matthew Gandy
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Natural History of Vacant Lots
- By Matthew F Vessel, Herbert H Wong
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Nature All Around Us: A Guide to Urban Ecology
- By Beatrix Beisner, Christian Messier, Luc-Alain Giraldeau
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Nature and Other Essays
- By Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Nature-Friendly Communities: Habitat Protection and Land Use Planning
- By Christopher Duerksen and Cara Snyder
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions 1920-1960
- By Jennifer S Light
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The New Ecology: Rethinking a Science for the Anthropocene
- By Oswald J Schmitz
- Lecture: The Aquatic City, Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Novel Ecosystems
- By Richard J. Hobbs, Eric S. Higgs, Carol Hall
- Lecture: The Aquatic City, Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Phenomenology of Perception
- By Maurice Merleau-Ponty
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The Production of Space
- By Henri Lefebure
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World
- By Emma Marris
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Red Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park
- By Marie Winn
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Restoring Streams in Cities: A Guide for Planners, Policymakers and Citizens
- By Ann L Riley
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Riparia: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Streamside Communities
- By Robert J. Naiman
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Sand: The Never-Ending Story
- By Michael Welland
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
- By David Abram
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Streams: Their Ecology and Life
- By Colbert E Cushing, J. David Allan
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Sustainable Urban Metabolism
- By John E Fernandez, Paulo Ferrao
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The Thunder Tree: Lessons From An Urban Wildland
- By Robert Michael Pyle
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Trash Animals: How We Live with Nature’s Filthy, Feral, Invasive, and Unwanted Species
- By Kelsi Nagy
- Lecture: The Aquatic City, Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America
- By A J Downing
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature
- By William Cronon
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Understanding Urban Ecosystems: A New Frontier for Science and Education
- By Anthony Bradshaw
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Unnatural Texas? The Invasive Species Delimna
- By Robin W Doughty, Matt Warnock Turner
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- The Unofficial Countryside
- By Richard Mabey
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The Untold Story of the Lower Colorado River Authority
- By John Williams
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- The Urban Bestiary
- By Lyanda Lynn Haupt
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Urban Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Applications
- By Jari Niemela
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Urban Ecology: Science of Cities
- By Richard T. T. Forman
- Lecture: The Aquatic City, Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Urban Nature: Poems about Wildlife in the City
- By Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Emily Hilestand
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Urban Nature Conservation: Landscape Management in the Urban Countryside
- By Tony Kendle, Stephen Forbes
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Urban Wastelands: A form of Urban Nature
- By Francesca Di Pietro, Amelie Robert
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Urban Wildlife Management
- By Clark E. Adams
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Urban Wildscapes
- By Anna Jorgensen, Richard Keenan
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities
- A Global Assessment
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Walking
- By Henry David Thoreau
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Wasting Away
- By Kevin Lynch
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Waters, Rivers, and Creeks
- By Luna B. Leopold
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- We
- By: Eugene Zamyatin
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Weeds: In Defense of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants
- By Richard Mabey
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast
- By Peter Del Tredici
- Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Wild Urban Woodlands
- By Ingo Kowarik and Stefan Korner
- Lecture: The Aquatic City, Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- The Wind and the Willows
- By Kenneth Grahame
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
- Your Remarkable Riparian: A Field Guide to Riparian Plants within the Nueces River Basin of Texas
- By Neches River Authority
- Lecture: The Aquatic City
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