Earth’s Scarcity of Metals Revealed (NUS Lecture – Sept 30)
September 22, 2009 by green team
Filed under Green Reporter
Earth’s Scarcity of Metals Revealed
James Cook University Australia, Singapore Campus
Presents: Public Lecture Series 2009
The world is using up minerals and metals at an alarming rate. Some of the traditional sources of metals could be exhausted in less than two decades. Urgent action is required to get precise estimates of global mineral reserves and accurate figures for their consumption. In addition, non-traditional sources of metals need to be explored. Without recycling, reuse and the extraction of metals from novel, non-traditional sources, the outlook for humanity with respect to achieving more equitable and sustainable societies looks bleak.
If you wish to learn more from Professor Bernd Lottermoser, come join us to his Public Lecture on the 30th of September 2009. Please see attached invitation for more details.
EARTH AUDIT: The World’s Sources of Metals for the 21st Century and Beyond
Presented by: Professor Bernd Lottermoser, Acting Head, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Australia
Date: 30 September 2009
Time: 07.00pm to 08.30pm
Venue: Blk A01-01, 600 Upper Thomson Road, Singapore 574421
James Cook University Australia, Singapore Campus
Forthcoming Speakers:
08 October 2009 – Professor Helene Marsh – Professor of Environmental Science, Dean of Postgraduate Studies, the Graduate Research School, James Cook University Australia
October 2009 – Professor Michael Kingsford – Head of the School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University Australia
RSVP to Ms Laiza Malit at rsvp@jcu.edu.sg or call 65-9677 8868 for further information. Admission is FREE!
