Worldwide Teach-In on Climate & Justice

March 29, 2023
Initiated by the Bard Institute for Sustainability, the Global Teach-In on Climate and Justice aims to engage communities in critical dialogue on climate change. It is truly a global event: more than 500 schools and universities around the world have signed up to participate!

The event features 5-minute talks by 32 UR faculty, staff, and student speakers divided thematic panels. Speakers represent diverse academic disciplines and fields of work and contribute unique perspectives on many aspects of climate change science, impacts, solutions, experiences, and narratives.

Schedule

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in the Orton Center

Session A

11:30 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.

Room 1 - Palm: Session A1

  • Susan Goldstein - Harnessing Place Attachment to Increase Pro-Environment Behavior
  • Eric Hill - The Science of How Atmospheric Carbon Warms the Planet
  • Nicholas Reksten - Exploring Gendered Impacts of Climate Change
  • Valerie Rountree - The Myth of Consumerism

Room 2 - Grove: Session A2

  • Larry Gross - The (Indigenous) Price of Clean Energy
  • Lisa Olson - How Climate Change Impacts Sleep
  • Samantha Ferguson - Sustainable Fashion
  • Linda Hamilton- Building Resilient Communities, Neighborhood by Neighborhood

Session B

Noon - 12:25 p.m.

Room 1 - Palm: Session B1

  • Jason Doyle - Sustainable Renovation of Anderson Hall
  • Hillary Jenkins - Climate Projections for Southern California
  • Steven Moore - Changing Minds with a Climate Change StoryMap
  • Mac Maxwell - Climate Change Art

Room 2 - Grove: Session B2

  • Erin Sanborn - What's Growing on at SURF
  • Jennifer Nelson - Reproductive Justice and Environmental Justice
  • Delia Wahby - Shared Solar
  • Roger Cellini - Energy Efficiency

Session C

12:30 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.

Room 1 - Palm: Session C1

  • Abby Dimicco & Marina Wesel - Hydrologic & Vegetation Variability in Meadows
  • Dr. Kathi Jennie, Interim Director of HAST - Food Choices, Animal Suffering, and Climate Change
  • Jim Spee - Our New Presidio Center for Sustainable Solutions
  • Martin Hoecker-Martinez - Blue Sky Flooding

Room 2 - Grove: Session C2

  • Nate Strout - Geospatial Approaches to Climate Change
  • Shellie Zias-Roe - Civic Ecology
  • Hongwei Lu - Poetic Entomology: Cup of Tea Poems of Insects
  • Dr. Nathaniel Cline - Environmentally Conscious Investing - Can Wall St. Save the Planet?

Session D

1:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.

Room 1 - Palm: Session D1

  • Greg Thorson - Are Attempts to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions Working? Evidence from the Field
  • Alisa Slaughter - The World is Your Compost
  • Rebecca Lyons - Pharmacy, Herbal Medicine, & Biodiversity
  • Tom Horan - Climate Change Impacts on Business

Room 2 - Grove: Session D2

  • John Glover - Mapping Historical Climate Change in West Africa
  • Lei Lani Stelle - Is Climate Change Threatening Gray Whales?
  • Mousumi De - Creative Transformations of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Waste into Sustainable Art
  • Jill Jensen - The Future of the Planet / The Future of Jobs