ENVIRONMENTAL FINALE: Can professors, policymakers and the private sector agree on common ground for climate change solutions? A panel plans to try next week during the concluding program of the John Muir Institute's Climate Change Solutions Speaker Series.

From January through May, representatives from water, transportation, fuels, agriculture and energy -- public and private -- served up weekly slices of the carbon pie chart. The concluding panel, "A Climate for Shared Solutions," is scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. May 22 in the AGR Room at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, with admission free and open to the public.

The panelists: Ruth Coleman, director, California Department of Parks and Recreation; Anthony Eggert, science and technology adviser, state Air Resources Board; Bob Epstein, founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs; Ann Notthoff, Cali-fornia advocacy director, Natural Resources Defense Council; and Jackie Pfannenstiel, member, state Energy Commission.

MIND INSTITUTE LECTURES: The MIND Institute's Distinguished Lecturer Series continues May 21 with a pair of talks by Christopher J. McDougle of Indiana University.

4 p.m. -- Technical presentation, "The Pharmacotherapy of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders."

6 p.m. -- General interest, "Practical Aspects of Medication Treatment in Autism for Parents and Other Providers."

Both talks are free and open to the public. Location is the auditorium at the MIND Institute, 2825 50th St., Sacramento.

NEXT GENERATION LABOR: Next Generation Labor, a symposium on innovative models of labor organizing in the new economy, is scheduled from 1 to 5 p.m. May 22 in 1008 King Hall, under sponsorship of the Center for the Study of Regional Change. The program is free and open to the public. More information: regionalchange.ucdavis.edu.

POLAR EXPLORER TO VISIT: Polar explorer Robert Swan is "sailing" to UC Davis next week to deliver a talk as part of his Voyage for Cleaner Energy.

He set out April 8 from San Francisco for visits on the West Coast before heading to the Panama Canal and then to the Eastern Seaboard, through the St. Lawrence Seaway, to the Mississippi River and New Orleans, then to Europe and the Far East, on a five-year sailing and lecture journey. His vessel harnesses wind with sails made from recycled plastic bottles and other ecofeatures.

Swan's UC Davis talk is set for 4 p.m. May 23 in 101 Giedt Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Sponsors: UC Davis Energy Institute and the John Muir Institute of the Environment.

All seminars and colloquia: calendar.ucdavis.edu