Advertisement
Join us as Dr. Larry Weber discusses scientific research describing the worsening environmental crisis in Iowa and offer suggested approaches towards a more livable and resilient Iowa.Dr. Weber is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Edwin B. Green Chair in Hydraulics at the University of Iowa. Dr. Weber serves as the director of IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering, a century-old fluids-focused UI research center. In 2009, he co-founded the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) and currently serves as its director and also co-founded the Iowa Nutrient Research Center at Iowa State University in 2014. For more than a decade Dr. Weber led the Iowa Watershed Approach, a statewide research project to enhance Iowa’s flood resilience and water quality.
Dr. Weber spends much of his free time on a personal conservation and restoration project on his property near Iowa City. “Old Man’s Timber” includes a restored stand of timber, a reconstructed tallgrass prairie, a pond, honeybees, an orchard, a vegetable garden, an off-grid timber-framed cabin, and a reconstructed and restored 19th-century barn.
Presented by Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
#CommunityForAllPeople
www.gatheredbygrace.org
Advertisement
Event Venue
123 E Market St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52245
Tickets
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
