Focus the Nation: Climate Teach-in @ San Francisco State University

Focus the Nation: Climate Change Teach-In
San Francisco State University, Jack Adams Hall

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008

9:00-9:10 Introduction Sheldon Axler, Dean, College of Science & Engineering, SFSU

9:10-11:00 The Science of Climate Change—What we know and what we can predict Keynote Speaker: Michael Glantz, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; Geosciences students: poster and carbon footprint activities; IPCC report: Andrew Oliphant, Geography, SFSU and Petra Dekens, Geosciences, SFSU; Expected impacts in California: Leonard Sklar, Geosciences, SFSU

11:10-12:00 Human Health and Environmental Consequences of Climate Change ‘Environmental Risks’, Meredith Kurpius, USEPA; Jonathon Stillman, Biology, SFSU; Zoe Clayson, Health Education, SFSU; Kenn Burrows, Holistic Health/Health Ed, SFSU

12:10-12:25 Robert A. Corrigan, President, San Francisco State University

12:30-1:00 S.F. State’s response to climate change Leroy Morishita, Vice President & CFO for Administration & Finance; Robert Hutson, Associate Vice President, Facilities & Service Enterprises; Caitlin Fager, Recycling Coordinator, SFSU

1:10-2:00 Bay Area and California responses to climate change Fahmida Ahmed, Sustainability Specialist, Cal Climate Action Partnership (CalCAP), U.C. Berkeley; Cal Broomhead, Energy and Climate Programs Manager, San Francisco Department of Environment; Erin Rogers, California Outreach Coordinator, Union of Concerned Scientists

2:10-3:00 Climate change and social justice ‘Hurricane Katrina’, Kevin Washington, Africana Studies, SFSU; ‘U.S. obligations in the global context’, Paul Baer, EcoEquity

3:10-3:50     What students are doing; what’s happening on campuses Keir Johnson & Dre Dominguez, Housing Eco-Friendly Residents’ Organization (HERO); Suzanne McNulty & Marielle Earwood, ECO Students; Nicholas Linesch, Organizing Director, California Student Sustainability Coalition; Jeremy Nicoloff, ASI SFSU

4:00-5:00     Keynote speaker Van Jones, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

5:00-6:00 “The 2% solution” Focus the Nation interactive video broadcast with Van Jones, Hunter Lovins, Stephen Schneider, and Edward Norton

6:10-7:00 Keynote speaker Dennis Martinez Restoration Ecologist, Indigenous Peoples Restoration Network, John-Carlos Perea, musical presentation

7:00-8:30 Focus on native peoples in the Arctic and South Pacific Melissa Nelson and Philip Klasky, American Indian Studies. SFSU; Logan Hennessy, Liberal Studies, SFSU; Enrique Salmon, Ethnoecologist, Marin Conservation Corps.

DAY TWO: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008

9:10-9:15 Introduction Joel Kassiola, Dean, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, SFSU

9:15-10:00 The critical citizen: how to evaluate climate solutions ‘Energy effieciency,conservation alternatives’, Ahmad Ganji, Engineering, SFSU; ‘Transportation alternatives’, Jason Henderson, Geography, SFSU; ‘Climate Policy 101,’ Glenn Fieldman, ENVS, SFSU

10:10-11:00 Business and climate change Peter Melhus, Management, SFSU; Bryan Cole, Clif Bar; Wendy Pulling, PG & E; Susan Cholette, Decision Sciences, SFSU

11:10-11:55 The “Big Picture”: war, capitalism and climate change ‘War and Climate Change’, Carlos Davidson, ENVS, SFSU; Antonia Juhasz, Institute for Policy Studies

12:05-1:00 Policymaker Roundtable Wade Crowfoot, Director of Climate Protection Initiatives, Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom; Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Supervisor, Dictrict 5; Bob Twomey, District Director,
Office of Assemblymember Fiona Ma, 12th Assembly District; Tom Lantos, Congressman, California’s 12th District

1:10-2:00 Creative responses to climate change "Serpentine," Douglas Johnson, SFSU ENVS Student; Fashion for Change, Connie Ulasewicz, Consumer & Family Studies, SFSU; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi live web chat with SFSU students

2:10-3:00 Climate change and social justice II ‘Making climate solutions equitable in the U.S.’, Nia Robinson, Director, Environmental Justice and Climate Change; ‘Climate change and global justice’, Paul Baer, EcoEquity

3:10-5:00 What you can do: facilitated discussion/conclusion Glenn Fieldman, ENVS, SFSU; Student Update, Bryan Ting, ECO Students, SFSU; Kenn Burrows, Holistic Health/Health Ed, SFSU