GundxChange: Sustainability for the Forgotten

Gary Machlis, Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Clemson University; Science Advisor to the Director, U.S. National Park Service (NPS) 2009-2014
March 21, 2025 from 12-1 p.m.
Farrell Hall, room 006

On Earth Day 2024 (22 April), Sustainability for the Forgotten was released by the University of Utah Press. The publication of Sustainability for the Forgotten is an opportunity to engage faculty, students, and the interested public on its core themes of environmental and social justice, and the role of the sustainability movement in advancing sustainability for the forgotten. With examples that range from the coffeelands of El Salvador to the coal country of American Appalachia, from the streets of Detroit to refugee camps in Greece and the upscale metro centers of the affluent, the presentation—based closely on the book-- is meant to be a provocative statement on the future of sustainability and a call to action that is ultimately hopeful. 

Dr. Gary E. Machlis is University Professor of Environmental Sustainability at Clemson University. He was the former Science Advisor to the Director of the U.S. National Park Service during the Obama administration. During which he founded the Secretary of the Interior’s Strategic Sciences Group, which responded to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Hurricane Sandy. At Clemson, he teaches and writes on social ecology, disaster response, conservation, and the politics of science. An accomplished author, he has co-authored several books, including The Future of Conservation in America and Sustainability for the Forgotten. Dr. Machlis is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and serves on the National Academies' Board on Environmental Change and Society.