Sunday
Jan 27
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7pm: *Climate Change 101: A Primer led by Ken Bagstad - Billings North Lounge
A
short primer on the science of Climate Change as a kick off to our
Focus the Nation events. Immediately following Climate Change
101, the film Everything's Cool will be shown.
8pm: Climate Change Film Festival -- Everything's Cool - Billings Lecture Hall
(Formerly CC Theater) |
Monday
Jan 28 |
10am-12pm: *Carbon Markets Panel - Davis Center - Silver Maple Ballroom
A Carbon Markets Panel hosted by Prof. Bill Keeton that discusses global social, environmental, and
economic impacts of carbon offsets and businesses. Participants include Bill
Keeton, Joshua Farley, Cecelia Danks, Jen Jenkins, John Shane, George Crombie,
and members of the Vermont Governor's Climate
Change Commission (GCCC).
11:30am - 1:30pm: Eco-Tablings - Davis Center - Atrium
Local
organizations and companies will be sharing information about how they
contribute to reducing their carbon footprints. Organizations
include: Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization [CCMPO], Local
Motion, Seventh
Generation, UVM Continuing Education, Vermont Earth Institute [VEI].
Free items will be distributed!
12 - 1pm: *Transportation and Climate Change Panel - Davis Center - Livak Ballroom
Discussion of solutions to transportation impacts on climate change: issue overview of tranportation issues around Vermont;
carshare, bike and pedestrian infrastructure advocacy; transportation demand management. Presenters: Elaine Wang, Annie Bourdon (Car Share), Chapin Spencer (Local Motion), Meredith Schuft (CATMA)
2 - 3pm: *Carbon Farming - Davis Center - Sugar Maple Ballroom
Abe
Collins is a dairy farmer and Co-Founder of Carbon Farmers of America.
Abe will present the case that the soil carbon sink can be
increased through aggressive grassfarming on a scale that can restore
pre-industrial atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, and how
Carbon Farmers of America is working to develop farmer capacity to
achieve this outcome.
5 - 6pm: *Student Round Table - Billings North Lounge
What are UVM students doing about climate change? Come to the Student Roundtable to find
out. During this time, you’ll hear from
a spokesperson from the various student organizations and groups on campus that
are actively working for change in the areas of energy conservation, waste
reduction, and ecological living. Join us to hear about the good work that
students are doing and to hear how to get involved.
6 - 7pm: *Ask the Expert - Billings North Lounge
Where does UVM’s recycling really go? Where does our electricity come from? What steps has the university made toward
reducing greenhouse gasses? Ask these
and all of your burning questions to a panel of UVM personnel, including:
Sal Chiarelli, Director of Physical Plant
Katherine "Deac" Deacarreau, Director of Transportation and Parking Services
Michelle Smith Mullarkey, Green Building
Coordinator
Erica Spiegel, Solid Waste and
Recycling Manager
Gioia Thompson, Environmental Coordinator
Richard Wolbach, Energy Manager
8pm: Climate Change Film Festival -- The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil - Billings Lecture Hall (Formerly CC Theater) |
Tuesday
Jan 29 |
10am - 3:30pm: *Ecological Economics Symposium: Led by Jon Erickson - Davis Center - Sugar Maple Ballroom
A
full day of plenaries on ecological economics - a field which examines
the relationships between human economies and natural ecosystems.
Panel Topics Agenda:
10:15 am - Business and Climate Change
11:00 am - Mitigation and Adaptation in a Warming Climate
11:45 am - Local Food Systems
12:30 pm - Beyond the Natural Resources Curse in Extractive Industries
1:15 pm - Behavior Change, Sustainable Consumption, and Distribution
2:00 pm - Renewable Energy
12 - 1:30pm: *Climate Change & Waste: What's the Connection? - Billings North Lounge
Waste
activities account for
approximately 3% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. What is the
connection between climate change and solid waste generation? Learn how
material consumption and waste management is tied to the problem of
greenhouse gas emissions. Bring your brown-bag lunch, and come and
share your tips for reducing waste both at home and in your workplace.
With Erica Spiegel & Corey Berman, UVM Recycling Program; Jessica
Sankey, Chittenden Solid Waste District
3:30 - 4:30pm: *Biofuels in Vermont Panel - Davis Center - Sugar Maple Ballroom
Discussion of the potential for biofuels in Vermont: crops,
production for on-farm use, and commercial production.
Presenters: Heather Darby, Sid Bosworth, Emily Stebbins.
5pm: Lawrence Barnes Elementary School: Kids Eco-Club Presentations - Davis Center - Sugar Maple Ballroom
Find out what the Barnes Elementary School is doing about sustainability through presentations made by the students themselves.
6pm: Junk Music with the Junkman - Performance followed by "Junk Jam" - Davis Center - Sugar Maple Ballroom
Come see conservatory-trained percussionist and
composer Donald Knaack jam out on his "instrument": junk and recycled
materials! Knaack has been featured on Late Night with Conan
O'Brien and CBS Sunday Morning for his talent and dedication to
ecofriendly music, and has played in numerous Jazz and film festivals
across the country. He has collaborated with the likes of Ice T,
Eminem, Blink 182, and others, as well as being nominated for a Grammy
in 1999 for his CD Junk Music.
His performance will be followed by a "junk jam" in which the audience is invited to bring their own "junk" and jam along!
8pm: Climate Change Film Festival -- Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice - Billings Lecture Hall (Formerly CC Theater) |
Wednesday
Jan 30 |
9am - 2pm: *Sustainable Burlington Design Workshop - Billings North Lounge
Sustainable Burlington Design Charrette moderated by Diane Gayer of Vermont
Design Institute. This charrette will be a community lead envisioning of a new
Burlington. Participants include Burlington Legacy Project, CEDO, Mayor Bob
Kiss, 10% Challenge, Whole Systems Design, Burlington Electric Department,
Localvore, CCMPO, VBSR, NEGEF, and more.
12:05 - 1:05pm: Climatological Perspectives on Global Climate Change - Lafayette 207
Global
climate change will impact us as individuals, communities, and nations.
These impacts will be social, economic, and cultural. Just
as it is critical that we understand the potential impacts of global
climate change on humans, it is also important that we gain an
understanding of the science upon which these predictions are made.
Join the Department of Geography for a teach-in on the Climatological Perspective on Global Climate Change.
Come, learn, and ask questions of the Vermont State
Climatologist, Professor Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux and climate change
researcher, Professor Shelly A. Rayback, about Vermont's chaning
climate, how global climate change occus and why the past matters to
our understanding of climate today and in the future.
2:30 - 3:30pm: *Green Building Workshop - Billings North Lounge
Reiss Building and Renovation is a company owned by Chuck Reiss that builds custom homes with a focus
on quality and craftsmanship. They are dedicated to educating thier customers
about "green" building or sustainable building practices. Several of the
company's employees have been actively involved in the development of the Vermont Built Green Program that is a state
wide voluntary program that certifies homes that have been built green, not
unlike the energy rated home program. They have experience in the construction of
energy efficient super insulated homes including both passive and active solar
as well as conventionally framed houses. Join us to learn more about Green Building from Chuck Reiss
wednesday Jan 30, following the Sustainable Burlington Design Workshop.
For more information on Chuck's company, check out his website:
Reiss Building and Renovation.
3:00 - 3:45pm: Tour of UVM Central Heating & Cooling Plant (CHCP) - CHCP; entrance behind
Royal Tyler Theater
Ever wonder how UVM heats all the buildings on campus? Join
us for an inside look of the Central Heating & Cooling Plant and
learn how huge boilers produce high temperature steam that is piped
underground throughout campus. The facility recently added a central
chilled water system to air condition several buildings. The entire
plant runs 24 hours per day, 365 days per year using a state-of-the-art
management system to ensure the efficient use of fuel and reduced
emissions. Two tours are available, one on wednesday the other on
thursday. Meet at the facility entrance on the back side of Royal
Tyler Theater.
4 - 5:30pm: *Green Economy Technologies Panel - Billings North Lounge
Looking
for a career in the "Green Economy"? A number of Vermont-based
entrepreneurs and companies are being started and rapidly expanding in
an economic sector being described as the "green economy." The
backbone of this sector, informally defined as those businesses which
help communities reduce their impacts on the environment, are clean
technology and energy companies. The Vermont Center for Emerging
Technologies [VCET], with the help of VASE and GBIC, has assembled a
diverse cross-section of these companies to discuss opportunities and
challenges in clean energy and technology. Panelists:
1. Vermont Electric Cooperative -- Dave Hallquist, CEO
2. Kilawatt -- Paul Grover, Founder & President
3. Concepts NREC -- Daniel Hinch, Senior Vice President,
Engineering and Products
4. Rising Stone, Inc. -- Jiggs Blackburn, President
8pm: 2% Solution Live Interactive Webcast - Davis Center - Livak Ballroom
Focus the Nation will stream a free, live,
interactive webcast called THE 2% SOLUTION. Join Stanford
University climate scientist, Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter
Lovins and green jobs pioneer Van Jones
and youth climate leaders, for a discussion of global warming
solutions. Come to one of the screenings throughout campus or
watch on your own computer— tune in and change the course of history. |
Thursday
Jan 31 |
11am - 12pm: *Global Challenge Panel - Billings North Lounge
In
the Global Challenge, teams of US high school students collaborate with
international counterparts from October to May to address global
climate change and compete for prizes and scholarship awards.
Established in 2005 by The Arno Group in partnership with the University of
Vermont College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The Global
Challenge engages parents, teachers, students and the community in a high-impact
educational experience that teaches about complex systems and global
environmental challenges while enhancing K12 education and strengthening the
pipeline of students entering science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Recently awarded over $900,000. from the National Science Foundation, the program leverages
existing online resources and networks and works collaboratively with other
programs, such as UVM's Design TASC and the Engineering Summer Institute. We
hope you take some time to learn about the project and find a way to
participate, contribute, and help extend the goals of the Global Challenge. Our
primary motivation is to prepare young people for the challenges of the 21st
century by helping them build skills in disciplines necessary to succeed in a
more complex, technologically-advanced world.
Craig DeLuca, Principal, Arno Group; Founder of Global Challenge Award, LCC
David Gibson, Research Assistant Professor, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Susan Grasso, Research Engineer, Global Challenge Award, LCC
Domenico Grasso, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, Dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences & Professor of Engineering
11:00am - 11:45am: Tour of UVM Central Heating & Cooling Plant (CHCP) - CHCP; entrance behind Royal Tyler Theater
12:30pm: *Keynote Speaker: Judy Bonds - Billings North Lounge
Julia "Judy" Bonds, from the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, USA, is
the director of "Coal River Mountain Watch". She was awarded the Goldman
Environmental Prize in 2003, for leading the fight against the mining
practice called mountaintop removal that is steadily ravaging the
Appalachian mountain range and forcing neighboring communities, some of whom
have lived in the region for generations, to abandon their homes.
To Learn More About Judy's Efforts, Please Go To Her Organization's Website: COAL RIVER MOUNTAIN WATCH
3:30 - 5:30pm: Does Permit Trading Minimize Costs Under an Expected Pollution Target? - 221 Old Mill
The
Economics Department is hosting a seminar with guest Hongli Feng of
Iowa State University. You can read Hongli Feng's paper by
clicking on the following link: "Does Permit Trading Minimize Costs Under an Expected Pollution Target".
5 - 7pm: *Rubenstein School Town Hall Meeting - Aiken Center
Join us for one of New England's oldest traditions — the town hall meeting.
The Rubenstein School will be holding an informal discussion
about climate change, carbon credits, and much more. You'll have
a chace to voice your concerns, ideas, and opinions on this global
issue with fellow classmates, professors, and staff.
8pm: "The Boycott" -- Performance by Kathryn Blume - Ira Allen Chapel
"The Boycott "
Written and Performed by Kathryn Blume
Directed by Jason Jacobs
Packed to the rafters with
moxie and magic,"The Boycott" tells the story of the First Lady of the
United States launching a nationwide sex strike to fight global warming
and save the world. Come for a raucous tour of Oval Office
affairs, psychadelic absinthe trips, enchanted frogs, movie star cameos
- and land in a heap of unabashed hope.
"It's hard to find humour in
global warming but Kathryn Blume manages to do it in "The Boycott."
She engages, in an entertaining way, that tough question of "how
can what I do make a difference to a global problem?" And
critically, she makes us come out of our denial and confront this
planet's climate crisis with a snese of optimism and hope."
- Peter Lehner, Executive Director, NRDC
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
* Check out THE BOYCOTT official website *
REDUCED CARBON ARRIVALS
In an effort to cut down on our carbon footprint, we are encouraging
all attendees of "The Boycott" to arrive by means of alternative
transportation -- such as walking, riding a bike, or taking the bus.
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Friday
Feb 01 |
1 - 2:30pm: Climate Change Advocacy Training & Outreach Workshop - Davis Center - Silver Maple Ballroom *** CANCELLED ***
Have
you ever wanted to get involved in a cause but were never sure how?
Here is your chace to learn! Todd Bailey of the Vermont
Alliance of Conservation Voters will be giving a "Democracy Workshop"
on the final day of UVM Focus the Nation. This workshop will
teach you how to lobby, how to get in touch with your local representatives, how a Bill becomes Law, and more!
2:30 - 3:30pm: Climate Change Policy Workshop - Davis Center - Silver Maple Ballroom
Learn
about local, state, federal, and international policy initiatives to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change.
Professor Curt Ventriss and State Representative Rachel Weston
will discuss how governments are handling these issues. Other
potential speakers include U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Burlington
Mayor Bob Kiss. A question and answer session will follow speaker
presentations.
3:30pm: Focus the Nation SPEAK OUT ! - Davis Center Atrium
The
culminating event for the UVM Focus the Nation. We will look at
the new direction UVM is taking with respect to climate change;
specifically addressing the President's Climate Commitment.
Invitations sent to UVM President Dan Fogel, Senator Bernie
Sanders, Focus the Nation national coordinator Jon Isham, UVM Student
Goverment President Kesha Ram, Eco-Reps Coordinator Christina Erickson,
Sustainability Coordinator Gioa Thompson, Gregor Barnum from Seventh
Generation, Bill McKibben, and more.
9pm: Recycled Prom - Davis Center - Livak Ballroom
Dancing plus activity tables with creative and educational info regarding climate change and recycling. |
