The University of Colorado at Boulder Environmental Center will host a live, interactive national webcast on Wednesday, Oct. 22, to detail solutions to the growing threat of "climate disruption."
"This is a great opportunity for students and members of the campus community to find out more about climate change's effects on campus and how they can be a positive part of sustainability efforts, both on campus and in their communities," said CU Environmental Center Director Dave Newport. "Climate disruption and climate solutions will be one of the most important issues in our lives from now on."
The webcast, scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. in University Memorial Center room 247, will include Andrew Revkin, science reporter for The New York Times; Richard Moss, vice president and managing director for climate change for the World Wildlife Fund-U.S.; Anthony Cortese, president of Second Nature, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making healthy, just and sustainable action a foundation of higher education; and Jessy Tolkan, executive director of programs for the Energy Action Coalition.
Panelists will focus on the convergence of student, faculty and staff activity around efforts to address climate change and sustainability on campus. Participants also will have the opportunity to submit questions via text messaging during the live program.
The event is the eighth annual national Web conference among thousands of U.S. campuses seeking to enhance campus sustainability. To date, 587 campuses have pledged to become carbon neutral and CU is among the vanguard of leaders in that effort through robust conservation, efficiency and renewable energy initiatives. The webcast seeks to improve everyone's understanding of effective climate action on campus and in their local communities.
Newport encouraged everyone to bring a sack lunch to the zero-waste event and said CU's zero-waste system will turn leftovers into new materials.