Jean Thomas Lambert '45 was a faithful friend and supporter of 91³ΙΘΛ who cared deeply about the environment. In 2003, the Jean Thomas Lambert Lecture Series was established by the Jean Thomas Lambert Foundation to provide annual lectures for the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment.
To watch recent Jean Thomas Lambert '45 Lecture series lectures, visit the playlist on our .
Upcoming Lecture
Friday, November 13, 2026
Jessica LeClair '08,
Chu Room, Shain Library
12:25 - 1:15 PM
This event is free and open to the public. It will also be streamed online on our .
2023 - 2024
Julia Flagg, 23-24 Goodwin-Niering Center Senior Fellow, Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, Director of Environmental Studies Program
Laura Jane Martin, Professor, Center for Environmental Studies, Williams College
Restore / Rewild: Collaborating with Non-Human Species
2021 - 2022
Dr. Patricia Kaishian, Bard College
Scientific and Theoretical Lessons from Mycology
2019-2020
Roberta L. Millstein, Department of Philosophy, UC Davis
Thinking about Aldo Leopold: Reflections on Interdisciplinarity and Research Questions
2017-18
Lori Gruen, Professor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University
Empathy and Sanctuary: Re-imagining Our Relationships With Other Animals
Jack Ewing, European Economics Correspondent, The New York Times
Can a Corrupt Company Be Green?
2016-17
Lauren Hartzell-Nichols '03, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington
A Climate of Risk: Precautionary Principles, Catastrophes, and Climate Change
2015-16
Michelle Mart, Associate Professor of History, Penn State Berks
The Stories We Tell About Pesticides
2013-14
Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet
Food Justice for a Small Planet
2012-13
Christoph Irmscher, Provost Professor of English, Indiana University
Three Cheers for the Jellyfish: Writing the Life of Louis Agassiz
2008-09
Ellen Wohl, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University
Water Follows the People: The State of the Platte River Ecosystem after 150 Years if Flow Regulation
Mark Smith, Director, Eastern U.S. Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA
Balancing Human and Environmental Water Needs with Increasingly Scarce Water Resources
2006-07
Bryan Norton, Professor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Evaluation and Species Preservation
Kenneth Rosenberg, Director, Conservation Science Program, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Saving an Ecosystem Through Endangered Species Recovery: Conservation of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
2004-05
Vandana Shiva, Director, The Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in New Delhi, India
Keeping Food Security in Women's Hands
2003-04
Mitchell Thomashow, Director, Antioch New England Doctoral Program in Environmental Studies
Bringing the Biosphere Home: Learning to Perceive Global Environmental Change