Post-Flood Event: Experiences of Natural Disaster + Climate Risk Awareness
This short workshop will provide a space to reflect on our experiences of the flood, to consider risks posed by climate change and an opportunity to talk about what we can do about the dangers associated with more extreme climate related natural disasters.
When & Where:
Thursday, 24 October 2013 from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. (MDT)
Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado
Room #155a - 1440 15th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
No registration required but you can reserve a seat here:
https://flood-experiences-climate-risk.eventbrite.co.uk/
When & Where:
Thursday, 24 October 2013 from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. (MDT)
Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado
Room #155a - 1440 15th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
No registration required but you can reserve a seat here:
https://flood-experiences-climate-risk.eventbrite.co.uk/
Past Events
May 2013 Spring Commencement Ceremony
Congratulations to core ICE CaPs members Lucy McAllister and Shawn Olson for graduating with a Masters from the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder. As Master's students, Olson studied opposition to wind energy in the American West and McAllister studied the role of multinational electronics corporations in environmental and human harm. Both Olson and McAllister will continue their research in doctorate programs at Utah State University and the University of Colorado-Boulder, respectively.
photos courtesy Mary Ellen Shields
"C2C" Workshop
From February 22nd - 24th, ICE CaPs hosted the "C2C" Fellows Workshop, short for Campus to Congress, to Capitol, to City Hall, and also for Campus to Corporation. The aim of the workshop was to support and create a national network for undergrads and recent grads aspiring to sustainability leadership in politics and business. C2C workshops are held at universities across the country, with the networking center located at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The attachment below includes the agenda from the weekend.
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Reconciling the Science and Economics of Climate Change: The Social Cost of Carbon
Prior to the C2C workshop beginning, ICE CaPs hosted a free event on Friday, February 22nd, at CU-Boulder on the Social Cost of Carbon by Eban Goodstein from the Bard Center for Environmental Policy. The talk looked at how scientific assessments of climate change consequences forecast massive physical changes to the planet's biophysical systems, and by extension, to human economic and social systems as well. However, some economists -- while accepting the basic science of climate change -- have suggested rather modest mitigation policies. This talk explored these differences in perspective.
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"The True Cost of Coal:" Presentation from the Beehive Design Collective
In December 2012, ICE CaPs invited the Beehive Design Collective and Josh Rollins, a graduate student in the Theatre and Dance department, to the University of Colorado-Boulder to speak about the connections between coal mining in Appalachia and the Rockies, the effects of mountaintop removal (MTR) mining, other forms of energy extraction, climate change, and biodiversity in these areas.
The Beehive Design Collective presented their epic graphic campaign, “The True Cost of Coal,” which depicts the history of coal mining in Appalachia. Rollins grew up in West Virginia in communities that experience the direct impacts of coal mining, and in particular MTR, a technique which uses large amounts of explosives to blow the tops off of mountains to quickly and efficiently get at the coal inside.
ICE CaPs also sought to show how knowledge production can come in the form of oral traditions, photography, visual graphics, structural designs, and performances. These mediums have the ability to convey knowledge that is not formal, not necessarily linearly structured, maybe not even tied to traditional narrative structures, but they can enhance and enrich our understanding of our relationship with the environment in very different and perhaps unexpected ways.
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The Beehive Design Collective presented their epic graphic campaign, “The True Cost of Coal,” which depicts the history of coal mining in Appalachia. Rollins grew up in West Virginia in communities that experience the direct impacts of coal mining, and in particular MTR, a technique which uses large amounts of explosives to blow the tops off of mountains to quickly and efficiently get at the coal inside.
ICE CaPs also sought to show how knowledge production can come in the form of oral traditions, photography, visual graphics, structural designs, and performances. These mediums have the ability to convey knowledge that is not formal, not necessarily linearly structured, maybe not even tied to traditional narrative structures, but they can enhance and enrich our understanding of our relationship with the environment in very different and perhaps unexpected ways.
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photo courtesy Xi Wang and Marisa McNatt
Between God & Green: How Evangelicals are Cultivating a Middle Ground on Climate Change
In October 2012, ICE CaPs invited Katharine Wilkinson, author of Between God & Green, to the University of Colorado-Boulder to speak about her research and recently published book. Her work shows that faith-based efforts are emerging and strengthening for addressing the problem of climate change in the U.S., contrary to popular expectations