Education and Events

current projects:

ongoing:

website: www.climateactionallianceofthevalley.org

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/caavva

projects being considered:

• • energy efficiency educational event including government policy

    • see energy efficiency event considerations

  • considering forum ideas: requested ideas from membership through CAAV email 8/5/13

    • see forum ideas from members

  • public event about food, choices and as an industry, and how it impacts climate disruption (and vice versa)/forum on food and carbon

possible presenters: Bobby Whitescarver

Black Bear Composting

John Eckman- former asst. manager farmers market, former Valley Conservation Council director

Eric Bendfeldt crop and soil scientist/ forester with VA Cooperative extension

Steve Cooke - Friendly City Food Coop manager

• • forum on carbon pricing legislation should this gain traction in Congress with Barkley Rosser

    • Possible presenter also Jim Josefson, poli sci from Bridgewater College

  • forum on how and if schools are offering information on climate change; possibly what ed psych has to say about how and when to talk to kids about it

  • Lennis Echterling

  • forum on the jet stream and how it has and will be changed by CC and ensuing impacts

    • possible presenters Stan Ulanski, Bill Ruddiman

  • Reconsidering nuclear power

    • Union of Concerned Scientists

    • American Nuclear Society

    • next generations of nuclear power e.g. mixed oxide reactors

    • nuclear reprocessing facility near Lynchburg

    • no discussion of current light water reactors, politics

    • consider this movie about it: The Good Reactor or Pandora's Promise

    • plus short video by Hansen in favor of nuclear

  • Tom Domonoske's solar project tour map and flyer see: Solar Tour

    • Heather Hunter-Nickels and Adrie working on this

  • public event detailing different individuals' projects to decrease energy use

  • Speakers from Natl. Forest and/or SNP about their efforts at CC mitigation

  • check out dailyclimate.org --one of their people lives in Charlottesville:

• • • John Peterson "Pete" MyersFounder, chief scientist

    • Environmental Health Sciences

    • Charlottesville, Va.

    • Pete Myers provides overall leadership for DailyClimate.org and EnvironmentalHealthNews.org, focusing on strategic planning, public outreach and development of the news sites' parent organization, Environmental Health Sciences.

    • 2017 Speaker possibilities

• • Lisa Susternen--psychiatrist

  • William Ruddiman, author of Earth Tansformed, pre-industrial human effect sof landscapes and climate, marine geologist studying past climate. Cathy says great speaker. Lives between Staunton and Lexington.

  • Michael Delgano--pop. and cc--JMU history prof

  • Howard Gelfin--JMU--civil disobedience