WWU “Focus the Nation” Panel Discussion Series: Panel Discussions

Monday, January 28th
12:00 – Tipping Points: Climate, Politics, Economics, Viking Union 464

• Can We Predict Global Climate Change?: Andy Bunn Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Huxley College, WWU.
• The Social Impacts of Global Climate Change: Rabel Burdge Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology and Huxley College of the Environment, WWU.
• Historical and Modern Views of Large Scale Movements and Their Ramifications: Hart Hodges Assistant Professor in the Center for Economic and Business Research, Department of Economics.

6:00pm – The Addiction to Fossil : Alternative Fuels, Peak Oil, Public Transportation, Science Lecture 110

• Civic engagement in a post-carbon age: Woodring Professor, Victor Nolet
• Technology and practicality of electric and bio fuel vehicles: VRI Director and engineering professor Eric C. Leonhardt
• Alternative transportation and the challenges of moving away from one person per car: Smart Trips Program Coordinator Susan Horst

Tuesday, January 29th
12:00 – Food and the Future, Viking Union 464

• Fred Berman from the USDA Small Farms Program
• Sustainable Business/Restaurant Ethics: Leah Peterson Director of Sustainability Programs for the Colophon
• AgroEcology, Sustainable agriculture, and food security : Gigi Berardi-Allaway Chair of the Environmental Studies Department and the Interim Director, Institute for Global and Community Resilience
• A Local and Commercial Perspective on Food: Chris Kenny Sodexho Director of Operations

6:00pm – Developing Nations and Climate Change: What About China, Science Lecture 110

• Kristen Paris – Associate Professor in Political Science WWU
• Ken Cousins – Visiting Professor in Political Science WWU

Wednesday, January 30th
-Prospect, Response, and initiatives.

12:00 – Climate Change and Local hazards, Viking Union 464

• Rebekah Green – Research Associate for the Institute for Global and Community Resilience
• Tiffany Isaacs – Field Organizer for Washington State Public Interest Research Group

6:00pm – Faith and Climate, Science Lecture 110

• Staff member of Restoring Eden, Western graduate: Ali Illyn
• A Jewish Perspective: Rabbi Levi Backman with the Bellingham Chabad Center
• Campus Christian Fellowship: Jonathan Lytle Our Moral Future: Prof. Religious Studies