Event: Focus the Nation!
Focus the Nation Teach-In:
Civic Engagement, Global Citizenship, and Global Warming
Tuesday, January 15
David Orr, Keynote address
7:30 p.m. Science Center 280
Wednesday, January 16
Teach-in
9:00-10:00 Viking Theater
St. Olaf’s Response to Global Climate Change
Pete Sandberg, “The Changing Climate at St. Olaf: What We’re Doing and Why”
David Anderson, “How St. Olaf Thinks about Climate Change: Institutional Tensions and Trade-offs”
Mary Sue Lovett, “A St. Olaf Car Policy for Climate Change Solutions”
9:00-10:00 Black Ballroom
The Global Dimensions of Climate Change
Tom Williamson, “Global Interdependence and Climate Change”
Jeane DeLaney, “Climate Change and the Developing World”
Bob McClure, “The Middle East and Climate Change”
10:30-11:30 Viking Theater
Marketing Solutions: Public Policy and Private
Eric Fure-Slocum, “Wal-Mart and Climate Change”
Beckie Judge, “Making Markets Work for Global Climate Change Solutions”
Vern Rippley, “German Solutions for Climate Change”
10:30-11:30 Black Ballroom
The Climate of Change in Northfield and America
Daniel Jones, Northfield Environmental Quality Commission
Ryan Sheppard, “The Changing Social Climate”
Dan Borek (`07), “What a Student/Graduate Can Do”
11:30-12:30 Viking Theater
Climate Change and the Moral Ecology of Everyday Life
Jim Farrell, “Everyday Morality and Global Climate Change”
Pat Anfinson, “Changing our Everyday Habits to Change the Climate”
Susannah Shmurak, “Consumer Culture and Climate Change”
11:30-12:30 Black Ballroom
Student Involvement in Climate Change Solutions
Kris Estenson, “Social Innovation for Climate Change Solutions”
Julia Nerbonne, "HECUA Student Research: Barriers to Mitigating Climate Change Behaviors"
Katie McKenna and Peter Abrahamsen, “Eating a Low-Carbon Diet”
1:00-2:00 Viking Theater
Global Climate Change: Why It Matters
Bob Jacobel, “Global Climate Change: Why It Matters”
David Booth, “Why We Act Like It Doesn’t Matter”
Bruce Nordstrom-Loeb, “A Changing Climate for the World’s Poor”
1:00-2:00 Black Ballroom
The Changing World of Climate Change
Kathy Shea, “A Changing Climate for Other Species”
Mike Swift, “Changing Climate, Changing Water Issues”
Diane Angell, “A Changing Climate of Environmental Health”
2:00-3:00 Viking Theater
Imagining Global Climate Change
Imagining Global Climate Change
Matt Rohn, “The Artistic Climate”
Karil Kucera, “Global Climate and Global Travel”
2:00-3:00 Black Ballroom
Dramatizing Climate Change
Susan Carlson, “Earth Day Cabaret”
Shay Melgaard, “En-acting Global Climate Change Solutions”
Brett Werner, “How We Talk about Climate Change and Why It Matters”
3:30-5:00 (King's Room)
World Café (refreshments provided by Bon Appetit)
The World Café provides us with a chance to share ideas about what we’ve heard so far. Polar explorer Will Steger and Norwegian expedition member Toby Thorleiffson will join us for a facilitated discussion of a variety of perspectives on climate change and the climate of American culture.
7:00 p.m. Science Center 280
Will Steger, “Eyewitness to Global Warming”
8:00 p.m. Lion's Pause
Concert and Dance
Archaic Revival, the Sextones, and Christian, Nick and Family
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