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President: Yelena Granovskaya
Vice President: Michelle Legaspi
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ann Wilkie

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Announcements
- Check out the upcoming events for a schedule of our Spring Seminars.
- We are looking for people who would like to contribute to the planning and organization of this semester's excursions and events. If you are interested in taking on a leadership opportunity, please contact Yelena or Michelle.

Spring Seminar Lecture Series 2009

Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology Society is proud to host their annual Spring Seminar Lecture Series which will focus on the importance of biofuels in creating a sustainable future, and other relevant issues. Click here to view the flyer!

February 11, 7:30pm - Rinker 110
"Biogas and Its Potential in Broward Dining"
Ryan Graunke, Graduate Student, Winner of Sustainability Reserach Campus Award

February 23, 7:00pm - Fine Arts B 103
"Jahtropa as an alternative biofuel crop - Hype or Hope?"
Wagner Vendrame, Associate Professor of Environmental Horticulture IFAS UF

March 17, 6:30pm - Fine Arts B 103
Jerry Karnas, Environmental Defense Fund

March 18, 6:30pm - MCCB G086
Film Screening - "The 11th Hour"

March 19, 6:30pm - MCCB G086
"Sustainable Use and Depletion of Natural Resources: Lessons for the Energy System"
Dr. Stephen Humphrey, Director of Academic Programs, School of Nat. Resource and Env.

March 23, 6:30 pm - Fine Arts B 103
"Solar Feed-in Tariffs and Forest Stewardship"
Ed Regan, Assistant General Manager for Strategic Planning
Gainesville Regional Utilities

April 7, 6:15pm - Fine Arts B 103
"Climate change, Carbon Markets, and wild life management in Florida"
Doug Parsons, Partnership Coordinator of Florida's Wildlife Legacy Initative/Office of Policy and Stakeholder Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservasion Commission

April 13, 6:30 - Fine Arts B 103
"Compressed Natural Gas and Hydrogen - The BEST fuels for Vehicles" David Bruderly, President of Clean Power Engineering