Presentations by Professor Paulette L. Stenzel
Photo: The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Photo copyright by Valerie Schaff and used with her permission.
Past Presentations and Workshops - Annual or repeated events noted by multiple dates.
Topic: Sustainability in Business for Engineers: Comparing U.S. and EU Approaches to Sustainability
Date: Feb. 2017, Feb. 2016, Feb. 2015; Feb. 2014, Nov. 2012, Oct. 2011,and Oct. 10, 2010. Annual event.
Location: Michigan State University
Event: ENG 210 Global Systems Seminar
Audience: Engineering Students
Topic: “Reestablishing Relations between the U.S. and Cuba: Changes in Law and Policy and Prospects for Sustainable Development.”
Event: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) seminar series.
Date and time: Feb. 4, 2016 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: International Center, Michigan State University.
Topic: Cooperatives as a Tool for Sustainable Development
Event: Annual International meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
Date: Aug. 10, 2015.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Topic: Grassroots Tools for Sustainable Development in Guatemala
Event: Ag-Econ Seminar Course on Sustainable Development
Dates: March 4, 2015, March 2014, and Feb. 28, 2013. Annual event.
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Topic: Futurology Panel - A Ten Year Forcast on the Pursuit of Sustainability by U.S. Businesses.
Dates: April 2015, April 2014, Dec, 2012, Dec. 2011, and Dec. 2010.
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: ENG 210 Global Systems Seminar
Speakers: Professor Paulette Stenzel, and one or more other professors each year.
Audience: Engineering Students at Michigan State University
Topic: What is Microfinance and How Does Spartan Global Development Fund Contribute?
Date: Sept. 23, 2014
Location: Michigan State University
Audience: MSU Community and General Public
Topics: My Research in Fair Trade and How it Leads to Service in Latin America
Event: Michigan Folk Festival
Date: Aug. 9, 2013
Location: Downtown East Lansing, Michigan
Audience: General public.
Topic: What is Fair Trade? Why does it Matter?
Event: Okemos Rotary Club
Date: Tues. Sept. 10, 2013
Topic: Fair Trade as the Practice of Ahimsa (Non-Violence)
Event: Peace and Justice Discussion Series
Date: Wed. Aug. 21, 2013
Location: Edgewood United Church of Christ, East Lansing, Michigan
Audience: Open to all. No fee.
Event: Sustainability workshops
Dates: July 30 & Aug. 1, 2013
Location: Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat, Vanderbilt, Michigan
Topic: Fair Trade: What is it and Why does it Matter?
Sponsor: Unitarian Universalist Church, East Lansing, Michigan
Date: June 30, 2013
Time: 10:15 a.m.
Topic: Sustainability for Business Managers
Event: (Four Hour) Broad Week Workshop for First Year MBA Students
Sponsored by: Broad College of Business, Michigan STate University
Date: Feb. 27, 2013
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Topic: Business with a Heart: Grassroots Tools that Promote Sustainable Development
Event: Green Business Symposium
Sponsored by: Fordham University Law School
Date: Feb. 22, 2013
Location: New York, New York
Topic: The Pursuit of Sustainability in Guatemala through Grassroots Tools including Direct Trade, Fair Trade, and Microfinance
Event: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Spring 2013 Seminar Series
Date: Jan. 16, 2013.
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Workshop Topics:
Part I: Making Sense of Sustainability: How to make a difference each day
Part II: How to Choose Authentically Green Products and Services and Avoid "Greenwashing"
Dates: Dec. 30 -21, 2012
Sponsor: Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat
Location: Vanderbilt, Michigan
Topic: El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
Date: Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sponsor: Fellowship for Today
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Speakers: Denise Wooton and Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: Sustainability, the Global Reporting Initiative, and Challenges for Engineers
Date: Oct. 20, 2012
Event: MSU Engineering Global Systems Seminar
Speaker: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel
Topics: The history of cooperatives, their role in our community, and their role across the world
Date: October 19, 2012
Sponsor: MSU Libraries Environmental Series
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Speakers: David Finet, General Manager of ELFCO and Professor Paulette L Stenzel
Topic: An informal conversation about my journey in Fair Trade
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2012
Sponsor: MSU Students in Fair Trade
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Topic: Sustainability, the Triple Bottom Line, and Their Importance for Business Managers
Date: Sept. 12, 2012
Sponsor: Broad College MBA Program Net Impact
Topic: Microfinance and its intersection with Fair Trade and Direct Trade
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Sponsored by: Spartan Global Development Fund
Topic: Introduction to Sustainability, Tools for its Pursuit, and Why it Matters for Business
Date: Friday, September 7, 2012
Sponsored by: Broad College Sustainability Action Committee
Topic: What isFair Trade?
Date: Aug. 26, 2012
Sponsor: East Lansing Food Cooperative
Location: ELFCO Community Center
Speakers: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel, and Andrew Kessel and Phil Howard of Equal Exchange.
Topic: "The Pursuit of Sustainability in Guatemala: Fair Trade, Direct Trade, and Beyond"
Date: Saturday, June 16, 2012
Sponsor: Wanderer's Tea House Communi-Tea Speaker Series
Location: East Lansing, MI
Topic: Making Sense of Sustainability
Event: Workshop Series
Dates: Mar. 22, Mar. 29, and Apr. 5, 2012
Sponsor: MSU Lifelong Education
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Topic: Microfinance and its Role Development in Latin America
Date: Feb. 29, 2012
Sponsor: Spartan Global Development Fund
Location: 110 Berkey Hall, Michigan State University
Topic: Women Make a Difference through Teamwork -- Microenterprise and Sustainability in Latin America
Date: Feb. 2, 2012
Location: Red Cedar School gym, - 1110 Narcissus Dr, East Lansing, MI
Sponsored by: 4th Grade Girls Red Marble Spartans Basketball Team
Topic: In an Age of Green Business, How Does Fair Trade Promote Sustainability?
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Event: Seminar on Green Business
Sponsor: William and Mary Law School
Location: William and Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia
Event: Workshop on Reducing our Environmental Footprint Together
Date: Jan. 23, 2012
Sponsor: Michigan State University
Location: Breslin Center, Michigan State University
Speakers: Professor Paulette Stenzel and Gary Skole, Vice-President for Sustainability, Masco Corporation
Topic: What is Sustainability?
Date: Dec. 30-31, 2011
Sponsor: Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat
Location: Vanderbilt, Michigan
Event: Showing of Film "Gasland" and Discussion of Fracking
Date: Dec, 8, 2011
Location: Michigan State University
Discussants: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel and representatives of two NGOs.
Topic: Sustainability and the Global Reporting Initiative
Date: Oct. 20, 2011
Location: 145 Communications Arts Building, MSU, East Lansing, MI
Event: MSU Engineering Global Systems Seminar
Topic: Ojos Abiertos, Corazones Abiertos (Open Eyes, Open Hearts) -- The Pursuit of Sustainable Development in Chiapas, Mexico.
Date: October 11, 2011
Location: East Lansing, MI.
Sponsored by: Spartan Global Development Fund & MSU Students for Fair Trade.
Topic: Microfinance and Its Intersection with Fair Trade: Tools for Sustainable Development in Latin America
Date: Oct. 10, 2011
Sponsored by: MSU Alumni Lifelong Education.
Speaker: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: "Trade and Sustainability Through the Lens of the Triple Bottom Line with insights from Mexico, Nicaragua and Ecuador"
Event: 2011 Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education (MIIIE).
Date: July 26, 2011 (Full day session)
Location: Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Audience: Community college professors -
Topic: Topic: Showing of film "Black Gold" and Discussion of Current Issues Related to Fair Trade Coffee
Date: February 18, 2011
Location: Residential College of the Arts and Humanities (RCAH), MSU
Discussant: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: Microfinance and its Intersection with Fair Trade: From Local to Global with a Focus on Latin America
Date: Nov. 16, 2010
Location: James Madison Library, Case Hall, Michigan State University
Sponsored by: James Madison Student Senate, Net Impact, MSU Students for Fair Trade, and Spartan Global Development Fund
Topic: Chiapas, Mexico: Ojos Abiertos, Corazones Abiertos -- A look at opportunities and challenges in entrepreneurship and sustainable development.
Date: November 5, 2010
Location: Michigan State University via video-conference with Cornell University.
Event: "Experience Latin America," a collaborative project between Cornell University and Michigan State University
Topic: Microfinance and Its Intersection with Fair Trade: From Local to Global
Date: Nov. 1, 2010
Location: Wanderer’s Tea House and Café, East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Presentation sponsored by MSU Students for Fair Trade and Spartan Global Development Fund
Topic: Important Issues at the 2010 Fair Trade Futures Conference
Date: Sept. 20, 2010
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: Radio Interview on Lansing Online News, WLNZ 89.7
Topic: Mainstreaming Fair Trade: Lessons for the Western Hemisphere from the UK
Date: Mar. 26, 2010
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Event: Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting
Topic: Sustainability in Action: Bringing it into the Business Law Classroom
Date: March 26, 2010
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Event: Panel for Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting
Moderator: Paulette L. Stenzel
Speakers: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel, Professor Tanya Marcum, Professor Don Mayer, and Professor Adam Sulkowski.
Topic: Micro-Finance: From Local to Global
Date: March 16, 2010
Location: Cooley Law School
Event: Cooley Law School, Annual International Law Society DInner
Topic: Sustainability through the Lens of the Triple Bottom Line
Date: Feb. 18, 2010
Location: Higgins Lake, Michigan
Event: MSU Supply Chain Management Association Leadership Conference
Topic: Development, Democracy, and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Date: Nov. 11, 2009
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Event: MSU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Panel of Discussants: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel, International Business Law; Professor Ed Murphy, History; Professor Lindon Robison, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Topic: The Eagle and The Condor: Fair Trade and Sustainability from the perspective of Indigenous People of the Andes
Date: Oct. 31, 2009
Location: Coventry University, UK
Topic: Fair Trade Families in Nicaragua
Date: Sept. 26, 2009
Location: East Lansing, MI
Presenter: Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: Current issues in Fair Trade
Date: May 13, 2009
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: On-line radio show "Wednesdays at One with Bonnie & Bill"
Topic: Free Trade, Fair Trade, and Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Mexico
Date: Apr. 14, 2009
Location: Chelsea, Michigan
Event: Chelsea Community – Lecture Series on Implications of Global Economics
Topic: Sustainability and Community Development
Date: March 31, 2009
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Students for Fair Trade - Annual Fair Trade Bash
Moderator: Professor Paulette Stenzel
Panelists: Professor Paulette Stenzel, Professor Rick Bernsten, and Manager from Sparty's Coffee
Topic: Incorporating Sustainability into the Legal Studies Curriculum
Date: Mar. 20, 2009
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Event: Panel Presentation at annual meeting of Mid-West Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Panelists: Janet Riola Hale, Texas State University, San Marco; Carol J. Miller, Missouri State University; Linda Reid, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Paulette L. Stenzel, Michigan State University
Topic: Why Fair Trade is Essential for the Triple Bottom Line, Sustainability, and Free Trade: Finding Equilibrium as the Eagle Meets the Condor
Date: Mar. 19, 2009
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Event: Paper Presentation at annual meeting of Mid-West Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Topic: Stories of Fair Trade and Sustainability in Ecuador
Date: Feb. 3, 2009
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Presentation Sponsored by MSU Students for Fair Trade
Topic: Interview on "Fair Trade and Sustainability"
Date: Aug. 6, 2008
Location: Michigan State University and its Broadcasting Area
Event: Impact Radio City Pulse" show
Topic: Global Economics: Panel discussion on the Plight of the Extreme Poor, Income Distribution, the Influence of NAFTA and Related Topics
Date: May 18, 2008
Location: Chelsea, Michigan
Event:Panel at Fair Trade Assoc. Community Education Day on Fair Trade
Topic: Fair Trade and Sustainability – A Photo Diary and Discussion
Date: April 22, 2008
Location: Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Event: Earth Day Panel on Fair Trade and Free Trade sponsored by Justice Reapers Student Organization
Topic: A Photo Diary on Fair Trade and Free Trade in Nicaragua
Date: April 1, 2008
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: Annual Global Business Symposium
Topic: A Photo Diary – Fair Trade and Free Trade in Nicaragua
Date: Feb. 17, 2008
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Edgewood Community Church
Topic: Panel on Sustainable Development
Date: Feb. 5, 2008
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Event: GM Sullivan Speaker Event
Panelists: Paulette L. Stenzel, and Vice-Presidents from General Motors Corporation and Dow Chemical
Topic: An Introduction to Fair Trade – What is it? What is its Relationship to Corporate Social Responsibility?
Date: Feb. 22, 2008
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: MSU Students for Fair Trade
Topic: Indigenous Perspectives on Sustainable Development & How They Relate to “Repair of the World”
Date: Jan. 13, 2008
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Tu B’shevat (“The 15th of Shevat”) sponsored by “Repair of the World” (“Tikkun Olam”) Committee of Two Synagogues
Speakers: Rabbi Michael Zimmerman and Professor Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: Free Trade & Fair Trade in Developing Countries: Their Intersections, Differences, and Differing Impacts on Human Rights
Date: Dec. 9, 2007
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: United Nations Association Annual Human Rights Day Address
Topic: Cultural Influences: Present in my Child Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and Forever (Focus on Maya of Mexico and Central America)
Date: Nov. 27, 2007
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: Adoption Associations Guatemala Family Gathering
Topic: Fair Trade and Other Grassroots Tools to Help the People of Nicaragua
Date: Nov. 17, 2007
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Fair Trade Interest Group
Topic: Nicaragua – A Photo Diary About Fair Trade and Free Trade
Date: Nov. 12, 2007
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: MSU Students for Fair Trade Annual "Fair Trade Bash"
Topic: Interrelationships: Fair Trade, CAFTA, Sustainable Development, and Indigenous Perspectives
Date: Sept. 25, 2007
Location: Managua, Nicaragua
Event: Seminar Series – Ben Linder House
Topic: Shape-Shifting into Environmental Stewardship
Date: May 2007
Location: Okemos Community Church, Okemos, MI
Event: Wednesday Night Alive
Date: Feb. 2017, Feb. 2016, Feb. 2015; Feb. 2014, Nov. 2012, Oct. 2011,and Oct. 10, 2010. Annual event.
Location: Michigan State University
Event: ENG 210 Global Systems Seminar
Audience: Engineering Students
Topic: “Reestablishing Relations between the U.S. and Cuba: Changes in Law and Policy and Prospects for Sustainable Development.”
Event: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) seminar series.
Date and time: Feb. 4, 2016 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: International Center, Michigan State University.
Topic: Cooperatives as a Tool for Sustainable Development
Event: Annual International meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
Date: Aug. 10, 2015.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Topic: Grassroots Tools for Sustainable Development in Guatemala
Event: Ag-Econ Seminar Course on Sustainable Development
Dates: March 4, 2015, March 2014, and Feb. 28, 2013. Annual event.
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Topic: Futurology Panel - A Ten Year Forcast on the Pursuit of Sustainability by U.S. Businesses.
Dates: April 2015, April 2014, Dec, 2012, Dec. 2011, and Dec. 2010.
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: ENG 210 Global Systems Seminar
Speakers: Professor Paulette Stenzel, and one or more other professors each year.
Audience: Engineering Students at Michigan State University
Topic: What is Microfinance and How Does Spartan Global Development Fund Contribute?
Date: Sept. 23, 2014
Location: Michigan State University
Audience: MSU Community and General Public
Topics: My Research in Fair Trade and How it Leads to Service in Latin America
Event: Michigan Folk Festival
Date: Aug. 9, 2013
Location: Downtown East Lansing, Michigan
Audience: General public.
Topic: What is Fair Trade? Why does it Matter?
Event: Okemos Rotary Club
Date: Tues. Sept. 10, 2013
Topic: Fair Trade as the Practice of Ahimsa (Non-Violence)
Event: Peace and Justice Discussion Series
Date: Wed. Aug. 21, 2013
Location: Edgewood United Church of Christ, East Lansing, Michigan
Audience: Open to all. No fee.
Event: Sustainability workshops
Dates: July 30 & Aug. 1, 2013
Location: Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat, Vanderbilt, Michigan
Topic: Fair Trade: What is it and Why does it Matter?
Sponsor: Unitarian Universalist Church, East Lansing, Michigan
Date: June 30, 2013
Time: 10:15 a.m.
Topic: Sustainability for Business Managers
Event: (Four Hour) Broad Week Workshop for First Year MBA Students
Sponsored by: Broad College of Business, Michigan STate University
Date: Feb. 27, 2013
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Topic: Business with a Heart: Grassroots Tools that Promote Sustainable Development
Event: Green Business Symposium
Sponsored by: Fordham University Law School
Date: Feb. 22, 2013
Location: New York, New York
Topic: The Pursuit of Sustainability in Guatemala through Grassroots Tools including Direct Trade, Fair Trade, and Microfinance
Event: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Spring 2013 Seminar Series
Date: Jan. 16, 2013.
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Workshop Topics:
Part I: Making Sense of Sustainability: How to make a difference each day
Part II: How to Choose Authentically Green Products and Services and Avoid "Greenwashing"
Dates: Dec. 30 -21, 2012
Sponsor: Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat
Location: Vanderbilt, Michigan
Topic: El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
Date: Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sponsor: Fellowship for Today
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Speakers: Denise Wooton and Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: Sustainability, the Global Reporting Initiative, and Challenges for Engineers
Date: Oct. 20, 2012
Event: MSU Engineering Global Systems Seminar
Speaker: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel
Topics: The history of cooperatives, their role in our community, and their role across the world
Date: October 19, 2012
Sponsor: MSU Libraries Environmental Series
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Speakers: David Finet, General Manager of ELFCO and Professor Paulette L Stenzel
Topic: An informal conversation about my journey in Fair Trade
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2012
Sponsor: MSU Students in Fair Trade
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Topic: Sustainability, the Triple Bottom Line, and Their Importance for Business Managers
Date: Sept. 12, 2012
Sponsor: Broad College MBA Program Net Impact
Topic: Microfinance and its intersection with Fair Trade and Direct Trade
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Sponsored by: Spartan Global Development Fund
Topic: Introduction to Sustainability, Tools for its Pursuit, and Why it Matters for Business
Date: Friday, September 7, 2012
Sponsored by: Broad College Sustainability Action Committee
Topic: What isFair Trade?
Date: Aug. 26, 2012
Sponsor: East Lansing Food Cooperative
Location: ELFCO Community Center
Speakers: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel, and Andrew Kessel and Phil Howard of Equal Exchange.
Topic: "The Pursuit of Sustainability in Guatemala: Fair Trade, Direct Trade, and Beyond"
Date: Saturday, June 16, 2012
Sponsor: Wanderer's Tea House Communi-Tea Speaker Series
Location: East Lansing, MI
Topic: Making Sense of Sustainability
Event: Workshop Series
Dates: Mar. 22, Mar. 29, and Apr. 5, 2012
Sponsor: MSU Lifelong Education
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Topic: Microfinance and its Role Development in Latin America
Date: Feb. 29, 2012
Sponsor: Spartan Global Development Fund
Location: 110 Berkey Hall, Michigan State University
Topic: Women Make a Difference through Teamwork -- Microenterprise and Sustainability in Latin America
Date: Feb. 2, 2012
Location: Red Cedar School gym, - 1110 Narcissus Dr, East Lansing, MI
Sponsored by: 4th Grade Girls Red Marble Spartans Basketball Team
Topic: In an Age of Green Business, How Does Fair Trade Promote Sustainability?
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Event: Seminar on Green Business
Sponsor: William and Mary Law School
Location: William and Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia
Event: Workshop on Reducing our Environmental Footprint Together
Date: Jan. 23, 2012
Sponsor: Michigan State University
Location: Breslin Center, Michigan State University
Speakers: Professor Paulette Stenzel and Gary Skole, Vice-President for Sustainability, Masco Corporation
Topic: What is Sustainability?
Date: Dec. 30-31, 2011
Sponsor: Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat
Location: Vanderbilt, Michigan
Event: Showing of Film "Gasland" and Discussion of Fracking
Date: Dec, 8, 2011
Location: Michigan State University
Discussants: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel and representatives of two NGOs.
Topic: Sustainability and the Global Reporting Initiative
Date: Oct. 20, 2011
Location: 145 Communications Arts Building, MSU, East Lansing, MI
Event: MSU Engineering Global Systems Seminar
Topic: Ojos Abiertos, Corazones Abiertos (Open Eyes, Open Hearts) -- The Pursuit of Sustainable Development in Chiapas, Mexico.
Date: October 11, 2011
Location: East Lansing, MI.
Sponsored by: Spartan Global Development Fund & MSU Students for Fair Trade.
Topic: Microfinance and Its Intersection with Fair Trade: Tools for Sustainable Development in Latin America
Date: Oct. 10, 2011
Sponsored by: MSU Alumni Lifelong Education.
Speaker: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: "Trade and Sustainability Through the Lens of the Triple Bottom Line with insights from Mexico, Nicaragua and Ecuador"
Event: 2011 Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education (MIIIE).
Date: July 26, 2011 (Full day session)
Location: Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Audience: Community college professors -
Topic: Topic: Showing of film "Black Gold" and Discussion of Current Issues Related to Fair Trade Coffee
Date: February 18, 2011
Location: Residential College of the Arts and Humanities (RCAH), MSU
Discussant: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: Microfinance and its Intersection with Fair Trade: From Local to Global with a Focus on Latin America
Date: Nov. 16, 2010
Location: James Madison Library, Case Hall, Michigan State University
Sponsored by: James Madison Student Senate, Net Impact, MSU Students for Fair Trade, and Spartan Global Development Fund
Topic: Chiapas, Mexico: Ojos Abiertos, Corazones Abiertos -- A look at opportunities and challenges in entrepreneurship and sustainable development.
Date: November 5, 2010
Location: Michigan State University via video-conference with Cornell University.
Event: "Experience Latin America," a collaborative project between Cornell University and Michigan State University
Topic: Microfinance and Its Intersection with Fair Trade: From Local to Global
Date: Nov. 1, 2010
Location: Wanderer’s Tea House and Café, East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Presentation sponsored by MSU Students for Fair Trade and Spartan Global Development Fund
Topic: Important Issues at the 2010 Fair Trade Futures Conference
Date: Sept. 20, 2010
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: Radio Interview on Lansing Online News, WLNZ 89.7
Topic: Mainstreaming Fair Trade: Lessons for the Western Hemisphere from the UK
Date: Mar. 26, 2010
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Event: Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting
Topic: Sustainability in Action: Bringing it into the Business Law Classroom
Date: March 26, 2010
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Event: Panel for Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting
Moderator: Paulette L. Stenzel
Speakers: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel, Professor Tanya Marcum, Professor Don Mayer, and Professor Adam Sulkowski.
Topic: Micro-Finance: From Local to Global
Date: March 16, 2010
Location: Cooley Law School
Event: Cooley Law School, Annual International Law Society DInner
Topic: Sustainability through the Lens of the Triple Bottom Line
Date: Feb. 18, 2010
Location: Higgins Lake, Michigan
Event: MSU Supply Chain Management Association Leadership Conference
Topic: Development, Democracy, and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Date: Nov. 11, 2009
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Event: MSU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Panel of Discussants: Professor Paulette L. Stenzel, International Business Law; Professor Ed Murphy, History; Professor Lindon Robison, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Topic: The Eagle and The Condor: Fair Trade and Sustainability from the perspective of Indigenous People of the Andes
Date: Oct. 31, 2009
Location: Coventry University, UK
Topic: Fair Trade Families in Nicaragua
Date: Sept. 26, 2009
Location: East Lansing, MI
Presenter: Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: Current issues in Fair Trade
Date: May 13, 2009
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: On-line radio show "Wednesdays at One with Bonnie & Bill"
Topic: Free Trade, Fair Trade, and Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Mexico
Date: Apr. 14, 2009
Location: Chelsea, Michigan
Event: Chelsea Community – Lecture Series on Implications of Global Economics
Topic: Sustainability and Community Development
Date: March 31, 2009
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Students for Fair Trade - Annual Fair Trade Bash
Moderator: Professor Paulette Stenzel
Panelists: Professor Paulette Stenzel, Professor Rick Bernsten, and Manager from Sparty's Coffee
Topic: Incorporating Sustainability into the Legal Studies Curriculum
Date: Mar. 20, 2009
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Event: Panel Presentation at annual meeting of Mid-West Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Panelists: Janet Riola Hale, Texas State University, San Marco; Carol J. Miller, Missouri State University; Linda Reid, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Paulette L. Stenzel, Michigan State University
Topic: Why Fair Trade is Essential for the Triple Bottom Line, Sustainability, and Free Trade: Finding Equilibrium as the Eagle Meets the Condor
Date: Mar. 19, 2009
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Event: Paper Presentation at annual meeting of Mid-West Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Topic: Stories of Fair Trade and Sustainability in Ecuador
Date: Feb. 3, 2009
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Presentation Sponsored by MSU Students for Fair Trade
Topic: Interview on "Fair Trade and Sustainability"
Date: Aug. 6, 2008
Location: Michigan State University and its Broadcasting Area
Event: Impact Radio City Pulse" show
Topic: Global Economics: Panel discussion on the Plight of the Extreme Poor, Income Distribution, the Influence of NAFTA and Related Topics
Date: May 18, 2008
Location: Chelsea, Michigan
Event:Panel at Fair Trade Assoc. Community Education Day on Fair Trade
Topic: Fair Trade and Sustainability – A Photo Diary and Discussion
Date: April 22, 2008
Location: Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Event: Earth Day Panel on Fair Trade and Free Trade sponsored by Justice Reapers Student Organization
Topic: A Photo Diary on Fair Trade and Free Trade in Nicaragua
Date: April 1, 2008
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: Annual Global Business Symposium
Topic: A Photo Diary – Fair Trade and Free Trade in Nicaragua
Date: Feb. 17, 2008
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Edgewood Community Church
Topic: Panel on Sustainable Development
Date: Feb. 5, 2008
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Event: GM Sullivan Speaker Event
Panelists: Paulette L. Stenzel, and Vice-Presidents from General Motors Corporation and Dow Chemical
Topic: An Introduction to Fair Trade – What is it? What is its Relationship to Corporate Social Responsibility?
Date: Feb. 22, 2008
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: MSU Students for Fair Trade
Topic: Indigenous Perspectives on Sustainable Development & How They Relate to “Repair of the World”
Date: Jan. 13, 2008
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Tu B’shevat (“The 15th of Shevat”) sponsored by “Repair of the World” (“Tikkun Olam”) Committee of Two Synagogues
Speakers: Rabbi Michael Zimmerman and Professor Paulette L. Stenzel
Topic: Free Trade & Fair Trade in Developing Countries: Their Intersections, Differences, and Differing Impacts on Human Rights
Date: Dec. 9, 2007
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: United Nations Association Annual Human Rights Day Address
Topic: Cultural Influences: Present in my Child Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and Forever (Focus on Maya of Mexico and Central America)
Date: Nov. 27, 2007
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: Adoption Associations Guatemala Family Gathering
Topic: Fair Trade and Other Grassroots Tools to Help the People of Nicaragua
Date: Nov. 17, 2007
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Event: Fair Trade Interest Group
Topic: Nicaragua – A Photo Diary About Fair Trade and Free Trade
Date: Nov. 12, 2007
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Event: MSU Students for Fair Trade Annual "Fair Trade Bash"
Topic: Interrelationships: Fair Trade, CAFTA, Sustainable Development, and Indigenous Perspectives
Date: Sept. 25, 2007
Location: Managua, Nicaragua
Event: Seminar Series – Ben Linder House
Topic: Shape-Shifting into Environmental Stewardship
Date: May 2007
Location: Okemos Community Church, Okemos, MI
Event: Wednesday Night Alive