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Dr. Jim Wohlpart
Email: wohlpart@fgcu.edu
Phone: (239) 590-7181
Teach-In Schedule
| Teach-In: Wednesday, January 30 | |||
| Time: 8:30-9:30 am | |||
| Session | Room | Panel Title/Presentation Title | Presenter |
| Plenary | Ballroom | Opening Plenary | |
| The Science of Climate Change | Mike Savarese | ||
| Download Science of Climate Change presentation | |||
| Time: 9:30-10:45 am | |||
| Session | Room | Panel Title/Presentation Title | Presenter |
| 1A | SU 213 | The Politics and Culture of Climate Change | |
| Climate Change and Human Rights | Rick Coughlin | ||
| Download Climate Change presentation | |||
| Can We "Enlighten" Energy Policy in Response to Climate Change? | Roberta Walsh | ||
| Bangladesh and Climate Change | Mushfiq Swaleheen | ||
| Political Change and Climate Change: Are we there yet? | Peter Bergerson | ||
| 1B | SU 214 | FGCU, Climate Change and Sustainability | |
| FGCU and the President's Climate Commitment | Lewis Johnson | ||
| Download FGCU and the President's Climate Commitment presentation | |||
| Enhancing Curriculum to Develop Ecological Literacy | Mary Ann Zager | ||
| Download Enhancing Curriculum presentation | |||
| The Campus Naturalist Program: Connecting Students to the Wild Side of Nature | Sarah Davis | ||
| Greening the Scientific Meeting and Greening the Science Lab | Joseph Kakareka | ||
| Time: 11:00-12:15 pm | |||
| Session | Room | Panel Title/Presentation Title | Presenter |
| 2A | SU 213 | Creating Modern Parables for Climate Change Solutions | |
| Science Fiction and the Rhetoric of Meat Envy | Eric Otto | ||
| Narratives, Parables, and Stories that Promote Change | Maria Roca | ||
| Performances that Affect Change | Sachiko Tankei-Aminian | ||
| Ignoring Future Generations: Climate Change, Intergenerational Equity, and the Earth Charter | Peter Blaze Corcoran | ||
| 2B | SU 214 | Growing Sustainable / Growing Sustainable Communities | |
| Growing Organic Vegetables in SW Florida | Gerry Segal | ||
| Meditative Thinking and the Environment | Kevin Aho | ||
| Green Design and Babcock Ranch | Laurie Coventry-Payne | ||
| Time: 12:30-1:45 pm | |||
| Session | Room | Panel Title/Presentation Title | Presenter |
| 3A | SU 213 | Health, Policy, and Climate Change | |
| The "Hamburgerization" of the Forest: The Dilemma of Developing Economies | Joe Cudjoe | ||
| Health, Disease and Climate Change | Sharon Bevins | ||
| The Efficacy of Carbon Offsets in Reducing Carbon Emissions | Christine Andrews | ||
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| 3B | SU 214 | Through the Eyes of an Artist | |
| Teaching Climate Change to Children | Rosie Emery | ||
| 20th-Century Earth Works Reconsidered: Art Empowering or Destroying the Landscape? | Morgan T. Paine | ||
| A Potter Looks at the Earth | Patricia Fay | ||
| Time: 2:00-3:15 pm | |||
| Session | Room | Panel Title/Presentation Title | Presenter |
| 4A | SU 213 | Connecting Outside: Climate Change, Health, and Our Communities | |
| No Child Left Inside and Nature Deficit Disorder | Larry Byrnes | ||
| Citizen Participation & Climate Change | Carolyn Gray | ||
| The Burning of Fossil Fuels: A Plants Perspective | Brian Bovard | ||
| Skiing, Health, and the Loss of Snow Cover | Tom Bevins | ||
| Time: 2:00-2:30 pm | |||
| Session | Room | Panel Title/Presentation Title | Presenter |
| 4B | SU 214 | The Drama of Climate Change | |
| From The Living Blog: Apocalypse | Barry Cavin | ||
| Time: 3:30-4:45 pm | |||
| Session | Room | Panel Title/Presentation Title | Presenter |
| 5 | SU 213 | Climate Change and Our Local and Global Environment | |
| Everglades Restoration and Sea Level Rise | David Green | ||
| Sea Level Rise's Current and Future Effects on SW FL's Coasts | Mike Savarese | ||
| Download Sea Level Rise presentation | |||
| First to Go? The Drowning of South Pacific Island Nations, Cultures, and Languages | Peter Blaze Corcoran | ||
| Download First to Go? | |||
| The Effects of Climate Change on Mangroves | Win Everham | ||