Climate Conversations

The Climate Conversations group meets twice a month over zoom on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 – 8:15 on the dates listed below. Participants include students, some of whom are taking the class for credit, faculty, staff, administrators, and members of our Board of Trustees and Board of Regents. This level of cross-generational engagement was wonderful last year and, I believe, is deeply important for building meaningful connections within our Transy community.

We discuss a variety of short readings, videos and the Crucial Terrain lectures and events, all related to climate change and environmental justice. Students in the IDS course co-lead the discussions.

SCHEDULE (tentative):

Students will watch and discuss the Project Drawdown Videos 1 – 6 at other times. Other group members will need to watch these independently. Each video is about 15 minutes. Here is the link: https://drawdown.org/climate-solutions-101

Students also meet in person the weeks in between the full group conversations.

September 7 – Full Group

Katharine Heyhoe article “How to Talk about Climate Change Across the Political Divide” and a TED talk by the atmospheric scientist. Her most recent book, Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World.

September 21 – Full Group

Excerpt from The Ministry for the Future

Podcast episode of Your Undivided Attention interview with Kim Stanley Robinson

September 28

Lisa Schlesinger lecture – Group to attend the playwright’s talk

October 12 – Full Group

Leah Stokes essay and TBA

October 26 – Full Group

Greg Abernathy’s lecture – Group to attend the lecture by the Director of the Kentucky Natural Lands Trust

November 2 – Full Group

Discuss Greg Abernathy talk and Mark Anderson video, Reanimating the Landscape

November 16 – Full Group

Discuss Woman at War feature film

December 7 (Final exam day) – Full Group

Discuss Transy’s Sustainability Plan

Discuss future visions