Program & Agenda
Tuesday, October 7, 20088:30 am to 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am to 9:20 am Welcome and Introductions by Dr. William Sanborn “Sandy”
Pfeiffer, College President, Warren Wilson
9:20 am to 9:50 am The Facts About Climate Change, Tom Peterson, Scientist,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
9:50 am to 10:25 am Keynote: Higher Education in a Warming World,
The Case for Climate Leadership, Julian Keniry,
Sr. Director of Campus & Community Leadership,
National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology
10:25 am to 10:35 am Break
10:35 am to 11:30 am Breakout Session: Getting to the Bottom of the GHG Inventory,
Measuring and Managing GHG Emissions
Facilitator: Jennifer Andrews,
Campus Program Manger, Clean Air- Cool Planet
11:30 am to 12:20 pm Lunch
12:30 pm to 1:10 pm Green Walk-about at Warren Wilson—LEED Buildings (Orr Cottage)
& Green Eco-Dorm (Lifestyle contract)
1:20 pm to 2:05 pm What about carbon offsets? Addressing issues with
using carbon offsets to achieve carbon neutrality.
Facilitator:Georges Dyer, Senior Fellow, Second Nature
2:05 pm to 2:50 pm Influencing Attitudes, Removing Barriers, and Promoting
Behavior Change to Reduce GHG emissions.
Facilitator: Martha Knight-Oakley,
Professor of Psychology, Warren Wilson College
2:50 pm to 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm to 3:30 pm Breakout Session: Developing Climate Action Plans
for Reducing GHG Emissions,Moving from climate commitment
and ad-hoc climate projects to a comprehensive,
systematic, long-term implementation strategy for emissions
reduction. Facilitator: Jolea Bryant,
Southeast Campus Field Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation
3:30 pm to 4:15 pm Group Review from the Day—Climate Action in Our
Region—Developing a Regional Network on Climate Action
4:15 pm to 4:30 pm Farewells and Thank You’s |
