Seminar/Forum
4 June 2008 05:30 pm - 08:00 pm
Griffith University Eco Centre, Nathan campus

In 2007 Adjunct Professor David Hood and Ms Delwyn Langdon travelled to Melbourne to train with Al Gore as part of his global leadership program on climate change. As part of the leadership program, Professor Hood and Ms Langdon will be giving a presentation expanding on Mr Gore's film/slideshow 'An Inconvenient Truth' which was released in 2006. The presentation will update the information contained in the original slideshow as well as discussing climate change impact on Australia.

Topics discussed will include:

• Climate Change
• Peak Oil
• Biodiversity collapse
• Population explosion
• Global impacts
• Australian impacts
• What's happening within the Australian government
• How you can make a difference

Professor Hood is a Chartered Professional Engineer and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of the Built Environment and Engineering at Queensland University of Technology and Deputy President of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC). Ms Langdon is the Manager of the Griffith University EcoCentre.