Past Events
Clean Air Partnership: Monitor Launch Celebration
Members of the groundbreaking Clean Air Partnership -- Carlisle Regional Medical Center,
The Sentinel, and the Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania -- invite you
to the public unveiling of the Met One BAM-1020 EPA certified air quality monitor.
Date: Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008
Time: 4:00 to 6:00PM with ceremony at 5:00PM
Where: The Sentinel
457 E. North Street
Carlisle, PA, 17013.
Light refreshments will be served.
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National Symposium on Global Warming:
Dickinson College will host a series of environmental events as part of an unprecedented free and public nationwide symposium designed to raise awareness about sustainability and climate change. Dickinson is one of more than 1,200 colleges, schools and organizations scheduled to participate in the event, “Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America,” scheduled for January 29th to February 2nd.
Dickinson’s keynote presenter is Daniel J. Desmond, deputy secretary for the Pennsylvania Office of Energy and Technology Deployment. His speech is scheduled for Thursday, January 31st, at 7 p.m., at the Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS) auditorium on West Louther Street between College and Cherry streets. Desmond’s office, created in 2003, is responsible for identifying and supporting markets for innovative environmental and advanced energy technologies.
Focus the Nation, which will feature what organizers describe as the largest national teach-in in U.S. history, was founded by Eban Goodstein, a professor of economics at Lewis and Clark College, with the goal of promoting dialogue on global warming solutions.
“This is not an environmental issue, this is a civilization issue,” Goodstein said.
RSVP is not required for most events.
For more information contact:
Vallie Edenbo, Program Coordinator,
Environmental Studies Department:
edenbov@dickinson.edu
Stephanie Hair, Sustainability Coordinator,
Facilities Management:
hairs@dickinson.edu
Tuesday, January 29th
2-6 p.m.: Climate and sustainability art exhibit, Social Hall. The Arts Collective, Photography Club and Earth Now will display works relating to climate change and sustainability.
Wednesday, January 30th
7 p.m.: Dickinson & Carlisle: Our connection to climate change. Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts, West High Street between West and College streets. Students, faculty, college employees and members of the Carlisle community will discuss climate change and sustainability, and what the college and the community are doing to address the issues. The discussion will be led by Joyce Bylander, the college’s special assistant to the president for institutional and diversity initiatives; Kenneth Shultes, associate vice president for campus operations and director of facilities management; and additional panelists from the Carlisle community.
8:30 p.m. A capella concert, Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts, West High Street between West and College streets. Dickinson’s a capella groups will perform.
Thursday, January 31st
Nationwide teach-in: Global warming solutions educational symposium for college and community.
9-10:15 a.m.: The 2 percent solution: Can America get global warming pollution under control by 2050? Social Hall, Holland Union Building (HUB), College Street between West Louther and West High streets. To limit global warming to the low end of a 3- to 4-degree Fahrenheit temperature rise will require cuts in global warming pollution in the developed countries by more than 80 percent below current levels by 2050. That amounts to a deduction of about 2 percent of current emissions levels a year for the next 40 years. The webcast, produced with the support of the National Wildlife Federation, and hosted on Earth Day TV, will be broadcast from the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Panelists include Stanford University climate scientist Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins, green jobs pioneer Van Jones and youth climate leaders.
10:30–11:45 a.m. Faculty panel discussion -- Climate Science 101. Anita Tuvin Schlecter Auditorium (ATS), West Louther Street. Panelists: Jeffrey Niemitz, professor of geology, Thomas Arnold, associate professor of biology, and Hans Pfister, associate professor of physics.
10:30–11:45 a.m. Faculty panel discussion -- Business, economics and climate: Will global carbon offsets work? Social Hall East, Holland Union Building (HUB), College Street between West Louther and West High streets. Panelists: Nicola Tynan, associate professor of economics, Helen Takacs, assistant professor of international business & management, and Michael Heiman, professor of environmental studies.
10:30–11:45 a.m. Faculty panel discussion -- Sustainability or Collapse? Long-term perspectives on environmental crisis. Social Hall West, Holland Union Building (HUB), College Street between West Louther and West High streets. Panelists: Meghan Reedy, assistant professor of classical studies; Jeremy Vetter, assistant professor of environmental history and history of science; and Jeremy Ball, assistant professor of history. Noon-1 p.m. Local food display in Dickinson College cafeteria, Holland Union Building (HUB), College Street between West Louther and West High streets.
Noon-1:15 p.m. The changing cultural climate. Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts, West High Street between West and College streets. Multimedia presentation by students from The Treehouse: Dickinson College Center for Sustainable Living. Discussion will be led by Treehouse alumni and Candie Wilderman, professor of environmental studies.
1:30-2:45 p.m. Faculty panel discussion -- Natural disasters and climate change. Room 110, Dana Hall, West Louther and College streets. Panelists: Ward Davenny, associate professor of art & art history; Daniel Schubert, associate professor of sociology; and Peter Sak, assistant professor of geology.
1:30-2:45 p.m. Faculty panel discussion -- Religious, moral and psychological factors in changing behavior. The Great Room, Stern Center, West Louther Street. Panelists: Thomas Nadelhoffer, assistant professor of philosophy; Andrea Lieber, associate professor of religion; and James Skelton, associate professor of psychology.
3-5 p.m. Careers in sustainability reception. Side rooms 202-204, Holland Union Building (HUB), College Street between West Louther and West High streets. Alumni in careers relating to sustainability will join students in conversation about their career experiences, education, employment and internship possibilities, and the future of sustainability fields.
4-7 p.m. Climate change solutions & sustainable energy fair. Social Hall, Holland Union Building (HUB), College Street between West Louther and West High streets. Local business, nonprofit organizations and researchers will exhibit renewable energy technology, programs and services.
7 p.m. Keynote presentation. Daniel J. Desmond, deputy secretary for the Pennsylvania Office of Energy and Technology Deployment. Anita Tuvin Schlecter (ATS) auditorium, West Louther Street.
Friday, February 1st
8-10 p.m. “Run With It” (performance). Anita Tuvin Schlecter (ATS) auditorium, West Louther Street. Dickinson’s improvisational comedy group will explore the lighter side of climate change.
Saturday, February 2nd
8:30 a.m.-noon. Interactive art. The Depot, West High and Cherry streets. Participants will have an opportunity to create projects from recycled materials. Families with children, scout troops, and other groups are welcome to this hands-on event.
1-6 p.m. The climate change game. Social Hall, Holland Union Building (HUB), College Street between West Louther and West High streets. This interactive multimedia game provides participants with a chance to influence the fate of the world. Each student acts as a leader in a grass roots organization, a business, or in government and is responsible for making decisions that manage the scientifically-based global warming scenarios found in this game. It is up to the participants to be creative and to work together to alter the effects of global warming.
Sponsors include The Department of Environmental Studies, Dickinson SAVES and The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues.
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007, 7:00pm
Getting to Green?: Pennsylvania’s Commitment to Renewable Energy
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As both a major industrial state and a large producer of coal, Pennsylvania leaves a significant environmental footprint. Ranked third highest in the nation for production of greenhouse gasses (behind California and Texas), Pennsylvania contributes 1% of all human-generated global carbon dioxide. Yet recently, this hotbed of energy generation and use has also given a lot of attention to alternative energy sources and environmental protection.
Join the panelists for a discussion of Pennsylvania’s electricity provision, reform and contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions. Panelists will discuss the alternatives state laws allow, and the advances that have been made in wind and solar energy. An open discussion will follow.
Mike Ewall, Director, ActionPA
Tom Tuffey, Director, Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future Center for Energy, Enterprise and the Environment
Moderator: Michael Heiman, Facilitator, Geographer and Professor of Environmental Studies, Dickinson College
Location: Dickinson College, Stern Center, Great Room
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007, 7:00 pm
Local Air Quality: Past, Present & Future?
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Join the panelists to discuss what we can do as citizens groups, educational institutions, health providers, government, and business to balance the economic, environmental health, and quality of life issues raised by the air we breathe.
Phillip Carey, M.D., Pulmonary Specialist
Thomas Au, Environmental Attorney
Omar Shute, Acting Director, Cumberland County Economic Development
Jesse Keen, Keen Transport
Moderator: R. Russell Shunk, Executive Vice President College/Community Development
Location: Dickinson College, Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium