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Changing Climates @ Colorado State

Changing Climates @ Colorado State. SueEllen Campbell, John Calderazzo, and many others. Art by Mahta Bazzaz (7), Iran, UNEP Children’s Art Contest, 2007. Complex global problem, all our cultural resources needed, whole university

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Changing Climates @ Colorado State

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  1. Changing Climates @ Colorado State SueEllen Campbell, John Calderazzo, and many others Art by Mahta Bazzaz (7), Iran, UNEP Children’s Art Contest, 2007

  2. Complex global problem, all our cultural resources needed, whole university • Spread the word, make high-quality information really accessible • Curriculum infusion goal: most people in the long run, but how? • 1st year, seminars for faculty & website • 2nd year, lectures for everyone & website • 2nd & 3rd years, curriculum, other campuses, website, book?

  3. http:// changingclimates @colostate.edu

  4. Fall 2007 Eight seminars by and for faculty • Climate science • Ecological effects • Human costs • Pingree Park • Policy • Some challenges with possible solutions • 17 speakers, 670 total headcount

  5. January 2008Focus the Nation22 talks over 50 presentershands-on activities2400 heads countedWill do again this year: John and Christine

  6. Visibility • High places: VPs for Research and Advancement, 1st; then Penley’s office (RamTracks, new school, banner) • Advertised to all deans & some chairs/heads; Ann Gill (CLA Dean) our major sponsor last year • Press:Colorado State Magazine cover story; forthcoming CLA Newsletter; 6 newspapers, 2 TV stations; on-line journal Inside Higher Education

  7. During 2007-08, CC@CSU involved citizens, local businesses, elected officials, city personnel, various research institutes & programs, an unknown # of classes & participants from all 8 colleges & at least 23 departments

  8. Off-Campus: National Park Service Governor’s Energy Office CU Center for Energy & Environmental Security UNC Monfort School of Business NCAR/UCAR City of Fort Collins Poudre School District Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Institute

  9. On Campus: CSU Facilities Colorado Institute of Public Policy Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands Global Social & Sustainable Enterprise Program Institute for the Built Environment Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Envirofit Bookstore Library

  10. Ag Econ (James) Anthropology (adaptability, Masai Mara) Art (preservation) Atmos (Scott & Dave) Biology (ecological effects) Chemistry (solar)

  11. Construction Management (green bldg) English (poetry, coffee essay) Education (sustainable teaching) Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship (Julia, ecology, forests) Geosciences (rivers) Journalism (skeptics)

  12. Management (business opportunities) Mechanical Engineering (engines etc.) Microbiology (disease) Philosophy (ethics) Physics (energy) Political Science (Michele, peak oil)

  13. Social Work (preliminary Qs) Sociology (disaster, human costs) Soil and Crop Sciences (paleo) Speech (conversation) Wildlife Biology (Pingree)

  14. Next target departments (word of mouth, speakers, who we know and meet . . . . ) • Design and Merchandising • CASAE • Bioag Sciences & Pest Management • Economics (in a minute) • Psychology (ditto) Then . . . . Horticulture & Landscape Design? Engineering? Sports?

  15. Next year: large lecture seriesfor community and student body Climate Change: What We All Need to Know Art by Anoushka Bhari (8), Kenya, UNEP Children’s Art Contest, 2007

  16. Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future, 9/11, Dave Randall Biology/Ecology, 10/9, Alan Knapp Economics, 11/6, Charles Kolstad (UCSB) Poetry & Essays, 11/13, Linda Bierds & Marybeth Holleman (UWash & UAlaska)

  17. Solutions, 2/5, Scott Denning Humans, 3/12, Lori Peek Policy, 4/9, Michele Betsill And maybe Tony Leiserowitz (Yale) on risk assessment, risk communication, and climate change

  18. Teaching Climate Change . Climate Ambassador Team Art by Bobbe Besold, from “The Thirteenth Tipping Point,” Weather Report: Art and Climate Change, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007.

  19. Contact points between CC@CSU network and everyone else • Help with curriculum infusion: help find materials (and speakers) & answer questions • Spread the word • Return the word (website, other CAT members)

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