Conference at Harvey Mudd College to Highlight Undergrad Climate Education

Southern 加州 educators and others wanting to join the growing effort to expand climate education and to incorporate climate beyond the earth sciences are invited to attend the Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) West Coast Regional Conference September 14–15 at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, 加州. The event is co-sponsored by SENCER and Harvey Mudd’s 钟中心 for Climate and the Environment and its Office of Civic and 社区参与 (OCCE).

A goal of the conference is to expand the number of faculty involved in climate education at higher education institutions and, 对于那些已经参与其中的人, to deepen their understanding of and appreciation for the strengths that multiple perspectives bring to addressing the challenges of climate. A theme throughout the conference will be broadening participation in climate education on campuses and within communities.

“The 钟中心 for Climate and the Environment is eager to partner with SENCER ambassador Karl Haushalter and OCCE Director Gabriela Gamiz to host this event that 会说话 directly to the mission of the center as a catalyst for climate education efforts on campus,莱利亚·霍金斯说, Hixon中心主任, professor of chemistry and Hixon Professor of Climate Studies. “In addition to making connections and networking with fellow educators from diverse backgrounds, participants will leave feeling empowered to engage/expand/improve climate education at their home institution and will have the opportunity to workshop ideas for lessons and modules that could be implemented in their own classrooms.”

The conference begins on the Harvey Mudd campus Sept. 14、星期四晚上5点.m.，由V. Ram Ramanathan, emeritus professor at the University of 加州 at San Diego. He is founding chair of University of 加州’s Bending the Curve, a climate solutions education protocol that is taught at many campuses around the world. Ramanathan discovered the greenhouse effect of chlorofluorocarbons and other heat-trapping pollutant gases. His findings on super pollutants (methane, 高果糖玉米糖浆, ozone and black carbon) have led to several successful climate mitigation actions worldwide, including the formation of Climate and Clean Air Coalition by the United Nations to mitigate these pollutants.

9月5日星期五. 上午9点15分.m., 水晶Chissell, executive director of the Global Council for Science and the Environment, 会说话. 她曾为政府工作, business and academic organizations to identify, analyze and implement a diverse portfolio of effective strategies for reversing climate change at local and global scales. 会有演讲者, workshops and 帖子er presentations throughout the day, and the event closes with a reception at 4 p.m.

Registration for the SENCER West Coast Regional Conference is $25, and fee waivers are available upon request. Registrants will have the option of attending in-person or viewing many of the presentations online. The deadline to register is Sept. 12日(面对面)和9月11日. 14(远程).

Conference organizers are seeking 演讲的建议 through June 30 from those with climate expertise, 老师, 员工和管理人员, 以及社区伙伴.

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