Main U of U EventsComprehensive Events Calendar Download pdf Interfaith Conversation on Climate Change - Panel Discussion Jan 23, 2008. 6:30 pm. Panorama East Room, 4th Floor Olpin Union Building, University of Utah. Hosted by SEED, the Office of Sustainability, and Utah Interfaith Power and Light. Elaine Emmi (Quaker) will moderate a lively discussion with faith leaders including Bishop Carolyn Tanner Irish (Episcopalian), Vaughn Lovejoy (Naturalist), George Handley (LDS), Imam Muhammad Shoeabe Mehtar (Muslim), Kol Ami congregation representative Daniel Gomez-Alaniz (Jewish), and Co-president of the U Student Interfaith Panel Amee Garcia (Catholic). Speakers will present on stewardship principles within their traditions and how religious and spiritual leaders and their members are responding to the challenge of global warming. Focus the Nation 2% Solution Webcast Wednesday, January 30th, 6-7:30 pm, Olpin Union Theatre, University of Utah. Focus the Nation will stream a free, live, interactive webcast, 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. Includes cell-phone audience voting on proposed solutions.
Utah's Political Leadership and Policy Solutions to Global Climate Change - Panel Discussion Jan. 31, 2008. 6-7:30 pm. Utah Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium, U of U. Co-hosted by the Hinckley Institute and the Office of Sustainability. Panelists include Mayor Peter Corroon (Salt Lake County), Mayor Ralph Becker (Salt Lake City), Mayor Joanne Seghini (Midvale), Mayor Dave Sakrison (Moab), and Governor Huntsman's Energy Advisor Dianne Nielson. President Michael K. Young will give introductory remarks.
Focus the Nation: 2% Solution Webcast Friday, February 1st -Video and Discussion with Leaders of S.E.E.D. First Unitarian Church, 7:00 pm. Church is located at 569 South, 1300 East. Associated EventsStegner Symposia: Greenbag series S. J. Quinney College of Law, 12:15 p.m. Rm 106
Utah Museum of Natural History: The Nature of Things lecture series
Post Carbon Salt Lake presents film
Geography Department Colloquium lecture – A National Vision for Stabilizing Global Climate.
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Permaculture Solutions to Climate Change - WorkshopSaturday, January 19th, 2008. 9:30 am - 4 pm. Panorama East Room, 4th Floor, Olpin Union Building, University of Utah. Hosted by Tree Utah, SEED, and the Office of Sustainability. Permaculture instructor Emily Shumawary will present a full-day introductory workshop on permaculture landscape design. From plant selection and placement to water harvesting and soil-building, permaculture is one solution to climate change. Morning session will be in the classroom; afternoon session will include outdoor surveying of campus garden sites. Open to the general public; sliding-scale donation suggested. Limited to 30 participants; contact Kendy at Tree Utah, 801-364-2122 x3, to register. January 28thPublic Forum: Climate Change Impact on Tourism, Travel,and Mountain Areas Monday, January 28th, 11:50-1:50. HPER Building East, Room 206. Speakers include Gian P. Zini, Kelly Bricker, Christina Cavaliere, and Daniel Dustin. Event hosted by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the U of U College of Health, and the International Ecotourism Society. More...
Presentation and Discussion – Monday, January 28th: Global Warming and The Coming Energy Shortfall: Interconnected Problems, Common Solutions? Jean Arnold. Hosted by Post Carbon Salt Lake. 3:30 pm-5:00 pm, Olpin Union Theater. January 30thU of U U Meteorology GRADUATE SEMINAR "The NASA Electronic Theater, Earth Science from Space: Our 'Blue Marble' & the BIG PICTURE" Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:00 pm. 110 INSCC. Refreshments will be served following the seminar. Presenters will be
Dr. Arthur (Fritz) Hasler, Research Meteorologist (Emeritus): NASA GSFC; Adjunct Professor: UU Meteorology. More... Frontiers of Science Lecture: Changing Climate: It's All About the Oceans
Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm. AW Skaggs Biology Building, room 220. Live radio interview Wednesday, January 30th: live interview with Dr. Marcia McNutt about Changing Climate and the Oceans. 9:10-9:30 am, KCPW 88.3 and 105.3 FM. January 31stClimate Change and Air Pollution: Health Effects and Global Implications. January 31st. Dr. Brian Moench of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment will present from 12:00-12:30 pm, followed by an update on the Medical Student Windpower Program from Dr. Chris Hill, Professor of Biochemistry, from 12:30-1:00 pm. 1750 HSEB. Utah's Political Leadership and Policy Solutions to Global Climate Change - Panel Discussion Jan. 31, 2008. 6-7:30 pm. Utah Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium, U of U. Co-hosted by the Hinckley Institute and the Office of Sustainability. Panelists include Mayor Peter Corroon (Salt Lake County), Mayor Ralph Becker (Salt Lake City), Mayor Joanne Seghini (Midvale), Mayor Dave Sakrison (Moab), and Governor Huntsman's Energy Advisor Dianne Nielson. President Michael K. Young will give introductory remarks. |