NU Talks: Creating cleaner, safer, smarter coastal communities On sustainability, professor Geoffrey Trussell, director of Northeastern’s Marine Science Center and chair of the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, addresses the “collision between humanity and the environment.” How, he asks, can we create cleaner, safer, smarter coastal communities? His talk examines that question. Video by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam Fischer/Northeastern University by News@Northeastern - Contributor April 11, 2017