• Admission FREE
• Doors open at 6:00 pm, Event at 7:00 pm
• Concessions served including snacks, refreshments, beer, wine, and spirits

Cambios, formerly called NMSUCCESS (NMSU Climate Change Education Speaker Series), is NMSU’s forum for discussing all aspects of climate change.  They host a speaker series and teach the class Communicating Global Climate Change in the Conroy Honors College.

Their goal is to help all of us find our voices to discuss the many challenges and opportunities presented to humanity by rapidly changing climate.

Dr. Ruth DeFries

Department of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Columbia University

Cofounding Dean of the Columbia Climate School

Ruth DeFries is a professor of ecology and sustainable development at Columbia University in New York and also co-founding dean of the Columbia Climate School. Her overarching research focus is to help develop realistic pathways for people and nature to thrive.  To do this, she uses images from satellites and field surveys to study the world’s demands for food and other resource, and thos these demands s are changing land use throughout the tropics. DeFries was elected as a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, one of the country’s highest scientific honors, received a MacArthur “genius” award, and is the recipient of many other honors for her scientific research. In addition to over 200 scientific papers, she is committed to communicating the nuances and complexities of sustainable development to popular audiences through her books “The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis and “What Would Nature Do?: A Guide for Our Uncertain Times”.