Transcript 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
Our goals are to
• Make high-quality information about
climate change readily available—to
our faculty, our students, our
community, and beyond
• Be as multidisciplinary as possible
• Aim for curriculum infusion
• Spread our ideas and offer our help to
anyone interested
One big change since a year
ago: CMMAP sponsorship
(along with CLA Dean,
President’s Office, VP
Research, Lilla Morgan
(cultural) Fund, Depts of Atmos,
English, Econ, Ag Econ . . . )
So far . . . .
I’ve learned basic
Power Point . . .
http://changingclimates.colostate.edu
FacultyTeachingFaculty
Seminars
January 2008
2-day teach-in
for students &
public
• 3100 or so listeners
• Almost 70 speakers from quite a
variety of positions—including
involved citizens, business &
government folks; a few visitors
from out of town; a few students,
CSU staff, and researchers; and
faculty from all 8 colleges & at
least 23 departments
National Park Service
Governor’s Energy Office
NCAR/UCAR
City of Fort Collins
Poudre School District
CSU Facilities, Bookstore, Library
Center for Environmental Management of
Military Lands
Global Social & Sustainable Enterprise
Program
Institute for the Built Environment
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Ag Econ
Anthropology
Art
Atmos
Biology
Chemistry
Construction Management
English
Education
Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed
Stewardship
Geosciences
Journalism
Management
Mechanical Engineering
Pathology
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Social Work
Sociology
Soil and Crop Sciences
Speech
Wildlife Biology
Increasing
Visibility:
Publicity support
from university
Columns (papers,
alumni mag)
Banners (Penley &
new SoGES)
Our current agenda . . . .
Large lecture
series
for community
and student body
Climate Change:
What We All
Need to Know
• Climate science (Dave, done, 375)
• Ecological effects
• Effects on humans
• The literary imagination
• Economics
• Policy
• Solutions (Scott)
Also CO 150, Scott (350-75)
.
Climate
Change
Teaching
Team
Art by Bobbe Besold, from “The Thirteenth
Tipping Point,” Weather Report: Art and
Climate Change, Boulder Museum of
Contemporary Art, 2007.
Library resource bibliographies
February teach-in
Website: archives,
annotated resources,
syllabi (whole and part),
short essays on “CC & X”
Maybes:
• Leiserowitz seminar
• Earth Day “carbon fest” CLA/CNR
• Course proposals via new school
• RMHS “Green Curriculum”
• Join in a few proposals and
possible projects (NREL/NASA,
CSU Facilities, Artposium/Ecoarts)
Look out for more presentation ops:
• Blue River, just done, for NW nature
writers, univ-level teachers, & centerrunners
• Friday, for teachers of WAL
• ASLE, June, for teachers of L&E,
probably international panel, followup on 2007 discussion
Any suggestions, especially for infusion
and diffusion?