Month: January 2023

The Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat and may contain the world’s largest deposit of lithium, an element critically important for the production of the lithium batteries that power everything from cell phones to Teslas.  We had a talk from the CEO of the national lithium industry from 2009 until 2019, and…

Kitchen CabinetJanuary 10, 2023Steve Kjellgren, Kevin Birr, Stephanie Marsh, Jen Donkin, Kari Wallin, Karen Yess, Alan Meier,Mark Hansen, Cristina Tirbu, Molly Yunkers, Danielle Burger, Peter MaiersCommittee Business:? Try It! date and organization for January and ongoing. (How frequent is sustainable?)? Consider waiting until January due to less students during J-Term, next year planfor MLK affiliation?…

Bolivia once had two large lakes, Titicaca in the north on the border with Peru, and Poopó between Oruro and the Salar de Uyuni.  At its maximum Lake Poopó covered 390 square miles and supported thriving populations of fishes, waterfowl, plants, and other animals, and supported the fishing economy of the Uru-Chipaya people who lived…

7 January 2023 There was a time, say, after the fourth or fifth attempt to dig out the wheels and push it free, that we thought the bus was stuck for the night.  The flat mud plain stretched miles in each direction, with just some pinpoints of lights against the darker mountains that showed where…