CU FTN Events
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The following events will be taking place on campus the week of January 28th through the 31st.
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Events will be added to this site until January 31st so check back for updated listings. Events are listed in chronological order.
1/31 @ 11:00 AM to 08:00 PM,
CU Dining Halls:
Scrape Your Plate Day
Demonstration given by CU Recycling & Dining Services
Scrape your plate for climate change!
CU Dining Services has been working with CU Recycling for the last 3 years to collect compost for the dining operations. However, most students are not aware of this. Also, most people are not aware that composting can lead to less climate change. By reducing the amount of food waste going to landfills, composting reduces the amount of methane gas entering the atmosphere. Since methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas, a reduction of methane will lead to less global warming and ultimately less climate change.
"Scrape Your Plate Day" will be held in all the CU Dining halls during lunch and dinner. Students who eat there will scrape their food scraps into compost bins to physically see the amount of food that is composted. This event is designed to raise awareness of composting at CU along with the fact that composting can reduce global warming. Look to "Scrape Your Plate" at a dining hall on campus near you!
CU Dining Services has been working with CU Recycling for the last 3 years to collect compost for the dining operations. However, most students are not aware of this. Also, most people are not aware that composting can lead to less climate change. By reducing the amount of food waste going to landfills, composting reduces the amount of methane gas entering the atmosphere. Since methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas, a reduction of methane will lead to less global warming and ultimately less climate change.
"Scrape Your Plate Day" will be held in all the CU Dining halls during lunch and dinner. Students who eat there will scrape their food scraps into compost bins to physically see the amount of food that is composted. This event is designed to raise awareness of composting at CU along with the fact that composting can reduce global warming. Look to "Scrape Your Plate" at a dining hall on campus near you!
1/31 @ 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM,
Wolf Law, room 204:
Vickie Patton: "Law in a Changing Climate: The Race Against Global Warming"
Speakers given by Environmental Law Society and the Center for Energy and Environmental Security
The climate is changing. Animated by science documenting the present and probable impacts of rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, policymakers across the nation are debating and deploying new laws and policies to slow and reverse the damaging pace of global warming pollution. This new body of law is being forged in municipal governments, statehouses, corporate boardrooms, expert agencies and the U.S. Congress. Join us for an examination of the dynamic legal landscape and the urgent race for law to prevent a changing climate.
Vickie Patton is the Deputy General Counsel at Environmental Defense where she manages the organization’s national and regional clean air programs.
Lunch provided
Vickie Patton is the Deputy General Counsel at Environmental Defense where she manages the organization’s national and regional clean air programs.
Lunch provided
1/31 @ 12:30 PM to 01:45 PM,
Old Main Chapel:
The Injustice of Climate Change
Panel given by Environmental Center
Who will be hit the hardest by climate change and what are they doing about it?
Moderator: Daniel Sturgis, Professor, Environmental Ethics.
Speakers:
Sarah Krakoff, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law. The unique and disparate impacts of climate change on American Indian nations.
Maxine Burkett, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado School of Law. Climate change impacts on developing countries and what they're doing about it.
Moderator: Daniel Sturgis, Professor, Environmental Ethics.
Speakers:
Sarah Krakoff, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law. The unique and disparate impacts of climate change on American Indian nations.
Maxine Burkett, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado School of Law. Climate change impacts on developing countries and what they're doing about it.
1/31 @ 12:45 PM to 01:45 PM,
Fiske Planetarium:
What does a teenager know about climate change?
Presentation given by Environmental Center
Alex Budd, a 15-year old Freshman at Fairview High School, is one of only 1000 people to be taught by Al Gore to give the presentation that awoke the world to climate change.
Alex will give the presentation from the perspective of the generation that will deal with climate change for the next several decades.
Alex will give the presentation from the perspective of the generation that will deal with climate change for the next several decades.
1/31 @ 01:00 PM to 06:00 PM,
Fleming Law School, Art dept. :
The Object(ive) of Art
Installation given by Advanced art class
Social activism in art through use of recycled materials and no added toxins.
1/31 @ 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM,
UMC 425:
Study Abroad supports Focus the Nation
Presentation given by Study Abroad Programs
CU Study Abroad Programs supports Focus the Nation with thematically-appropriate and opportunity-rich programs
1/31 @ 02:00 PM to 03:15 PM,
Old Main Chapel:
Ask a Climate Expert
Panel given by CIRES and the CU Environmental Center
What are your burning questions about global warming?
Because it’s such a huge issue, we know you have burning questions about climate change. Come to this open Q&A forum for your chance to ask a local expert on issues related to climate change and atmosphere, melting glaciers and sea level rise, oceans and freshwater resources, impacts on species and biodiversity, and zero-emissions energy sources now and in the future.
Moderator: Susan Buhr, Director,CIRES Education and Outreach
Climate experts:
Konrad Steffen, Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and CU-Boulder Professor of Geography.
Beth Holland, Senior Scientist, Director Biogesciences program, National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Brad Udall, Director, CU-NOAA Western Water Assessment.
Chuck Kutscher, Principal Engineer, Manager, Thermal Systems Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
David Noone, Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and Asst. Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at CU-Boulder.
Because it’s such a huge issue, we know you have burning questions about climate change. Come to this open Q&A forum for your chance to ask a local expert on issues related to climate change and atmosphere, melting glaciers and sea level rise, oceans and freshwater resources, impacts on species and biodiversity, and zero-emissions energy sources now and in the future.
Moderator: Susan Buhr, Director,CIRES Education and Outreach
Climate experts:
Konrad Steffen, Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and CU-Boulder Professor of Geography.
Beth Holland, Senior Scientist, Director Biogesciences program, National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Brad Udall, Director, CU-NOAA Western Water Assessment.
Chuck Kutscher, Principal Engineer, Manager, Thermal Systems Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
David Noone, Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and Asst. Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at CU-Boulder.
1/31 @ 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM,
UMC room 245:
Rountable with Senior Environmental Policy Advisor to the Obama Campaign
Speakers given by Students for Obama
Come learn about and discuss the environmental and energy policies of Presidential Candidate Barack Obama with senior advisor William Stetson. Mr. Stetson also serves as an environmental adviser to Governor James Douglas of Vermont, served on the national political committee of the Sierra Club, co-founded an energy and
environmental think tank, and is the founding president of the Vermont Film Commission. Mr. Stetson will speak briefly about Senator Obama's policies and will then take questions.
environmental think tank, and is the founding president of the Vermont Film Commission. Mr. Stetson will speak briefly about Senator Obama's policies and will then take questions.
1/31 @ 03:30 PM to 04:45 PM,
Old Main Chapel:
The Future of Energy
Panel given by CU Energy Initiative
Fossil fuels, nuclear, renewables, efficiency? This panel of energy decision-makers will take your questions and comments about what Colorado's energy future should look like and how to get there.
Moderator: Paul Komor, Lecturer, Environmental Studies.
Speakers:
Seth Portner, Deputy Director, Colorado Governor's Energy Office;
Greg Sopkin, Attorney, Former Chair, Colorado Public Utilities Commission;
Fred Stoffel, Vice President, Xcel Energy;
Keith Hay, Energy Program Director, Environment Colorado.
Moderator: Paul Komor, Lecturer, Environmental Studies.
Speakers:
Seth Portner, Deputy Director, Colorado Governor's Energy Office;
Greg Sopkin, Attorney, Former Chair, Colorado Public Utilities Commission;
Fred Stoffel, Vice President, Xcel Energy;
Keith Hay, Energy Program Director, Environment Colorado.
1/31 @ 05:00 PM to 08:00 PM,
UMC cafeteria:
Rhythms of Change
Performance given by Environmental Justice Steering Committee, SORCE, and the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
FREE Live Latin Hip-Hop by Debajo Del Agua and spoken word by LaNiece Littleton and Jarvis Fuller- All focusing on the loss of culture because of climate change.