BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Geography and the Environment Colloquium Serieswith Jeff Se bo\, \;Associate Professor of Environmental Studies\, New York Univers ityThis talk makes the case for including animal welfare in local policyma king\, with special focus on institutional and infrastructural change. Jef f Sebo starts by discussing the importance and difficulty of improving ani mal welfare\, arguing that cities have a responsibility to protect animals from human-caused problems where possible. He then discusses general prin ciples and policies that can guide cities in improving animal welfare. For example\, cities can implement bird-friendly building materials\, improve road design and operation\, and provide guidance for incorporating animal shelters and habitat into green infrastructure. These policies have the p otential to benefit humans\, animals\, and the environment alike. By resea rching and adopting these and other\, similar policies\, cities and other local actors can work towards creating environments that support all speci es within their boundaries.Jeff Sebo's research focuses on moral philosoph y\, legal philosophy\, and philosophy of mind\; animal minds\, ethics\, an d policy\; AI minds\, ethics\, and policy\; global health and climate ethi cs and policy\; and global priorities research. He is the author of “The M oral Circle and Saving Animals\,” “Saving Ourselves” and co-author of “Chi mpanzee Rights and Food\, Animals\, and the Environment.” He is also a boa rd member at Minding Animals International\, an advisory board member at t he Insect Welfare Research Society\, a senior affiliate at the Institute f or Law &\; AI\, and a mentor at Sentient Media.Zoom link to join this t alk. DTEND:20241004T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T094843Z DTSTART:20241004T190000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Why and How to Include Animal Welfare in Local Policymaking UID:RFCALITEM639140753238895814 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Geography and the Environment Colloqui um Series

with Jeff Sebo\, \;Associate Professor of Environmen tal Studies\, New York University

This talk makes the case for incl uding animal welfare in local policymaking\, with special focus on institu tional and infrastructural change. Jeff Sebo starts by discussing the impo rtance and difficulty of improving animal welfare\, arguing that cities ha ve a responsibility to protect animals from human-caused problems where po ssible.

He then discusses general principles and policies that can guide cities in improving animal welfare. For example\, cities can impleme nt bird-friendly building materials\, improve road design and operation\, and provide guidance for incorporating animal shelters and habitat into gr een infrastructure.

These policies have the potential to benefit hu mans\, animals\, and the environment alike. By researching and adopting th ese and other\, similar policies\, cities and other local actors can work towards creating environments that support all species within their bounda ries.

Jeff Sebo's research focuses on moral philosophy\, legal philo sophy\, and philosophy of mind\; animal minds\, ethics\, and policy\; AI m inds\, ethics\, and policy\; global health and climate ethics and policy\; and global priorities research. He is the author of “The Moral Circle and Saving Animals\,” “Saving Ourselves” and co-author of “Chimpanzee Rights and Food\, Animals\, and the Environment.” He is also a board member at Mi nding Animals International\, an advisory board member at the Insect Welfa re Research Society\, a senior affiliate at the Institute for Law &\; A I\, and a mentor at Sentient Media.

Zoom link to join this talk.

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