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GLOBAL WARMING TEACH-IN

Thursday, Jan. 31st, 2008

Schedule of Events

7:00 – SUNSET Events & exhibits during the day:

KEELING CURVE DEMONSTRATION ON THE QUAD

SUSTAINABLITY EXHIBITS AND PETITION DRIVE

COME MEET PRICELESS THE POLAR BEAR AND HELP SAVE HIS HABITAT

CAMPUS THEATRE SPEAKER PROGRAM

8:00 – 8:45 AM TOM MORRIS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING?

9:00 – 9:45 AM SUSAN GRABIEL, GEOGRAPHY, HOW WILL GLOBAL WARMING AFFECT US?

10:00 – 10:45 AM JOSEPH DIMENTO, NEWKIRK SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY, UC IRVINE, CAN LAW CHANGE THE CLIMATE?

11:00 – 11:45 AM MICHAEL MATSUDA AND 9 YEAR OLD ETHAN MATSUDA, AUTHORS, THE NORTH POLE IS SINKING, TRUSTEE, NOCCCD, THE NORTH POLE IS SINKING

12:30-1:15 PM, WILLIAM PATZERT, OCEANOGRAPHER, NASA-JPL, CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

1:30-2:15 PM, DEBBIE EVANS, TREE OF LIFE NURSERY, GOING NATIVE: WATER CONSERVATION AND URBAN LANDSCAPING

2:30-3:15 PM , ALLEN BROWN, GUIDE, ZION CANYON FIELD INSTITUTE AND FORMER DEAN OF NATURAL SCIENCES, THE ELECTRIC PORSCHE AND OTHER DREAMS AND REALITIES

3:30-4:15 PM JONATHAN MAYER, STUDENT, PAPER OR PDF? SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN THE CLASSROOM.

4:30-5:15 PM SCOTT HEWITT, PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, CAL STATE FULLERTON, BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

5:30-6:30 PM SUNSET FLASHLIGHT VIGIL
STUDENT AND FACULTY ASSEMBLY IN FRONT OF COLLEGE CENTER ON CHAPMAN; SHINING A LIGHT ON A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING WRIST BRACELETS AND SHAKE-EM NO BATTERY FLASHLIGHT GIVEAWAY; COME DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

7:00-8:00PM ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON GLOBAL WARMING
UPSTAIRS CONFERENCE ROOM, COLLEGE CENTER

8:30-10:30 PM FREE SHOWING OF 11TH HOUR UPSTAIRS IN THE COLLEGE CENTER

Web Sites

California Solutions for Global Warming
A website by the Global Warming Action Coalition (GWAC), a coalition of environmental, health and public interest organizations working towards global warming solutions in California.

The Discovery of Global Warming
A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to cause climate change.

Environmental Sciences
A gateway to sites selected at UCSB on air quality, endangered species, energy, rainforests, global warming, recycling, toxicology, wetlands, and other areas of environmental concern.

U. S. Global Change Research Information Office
Since 1993, providing scientific research information useful in preventing, mitigating, or adapting to the effects of global change. Searchable.

U.S. Department of Energy: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Most recent revision: Wednesday, January 30, 2008