Entomologist Steven Lee Montgomery will present “Using Science for Healthy Choices: Getting the Chemistry Right” on Thursday, February 12 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., at Windward Community College, Hale ʻImiloa 111, as part of the Community Forum in Chemistry series.
All natural resources exist in a delicate balance and everyone can play a part in conserving the native ecosystem. This talk is about fostering a healthy local environment by keeping pesticides out of the food chain, promoting bio-controls of weeds and insect pests, saving farm land and the bees.
About Steven Lee Montgomery
Montgomery completed his MS and PhD entomology degrees from the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Since then, he has worked in Hawaiʻi environmental biology, natural history video, bio-politics and honeybee services. He has volunteered with the Hawaiʻi Natural Area and Land Use Commissions, Sierra Club and ʻAhahui Mālama I Ka Lokahi /Hawaiians for the Conservation of Native Ecosystems. He has served as a biological consultant on Hawaiʻi and the Pacific to landowners and government agencies. He has numerous publications and received several awards in environmental community service.
The Community Forum in Chemistry is co-sponsored by Windward Community College and the American Chemical Society-Hawaii Section. For more information, call Letty Colmenares, professor of chemistry at (808) 236-9120.
