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Petition Signing
This petition is sponsored by WKU students, faculty and staff who
are concerned about global climate change and who believe that
WKU has the responsibility to act to reduce our campus’ global warming emissions.
Sign the online petition (make no donation if prompted) www.ipetitions.com/petition/wku/ |
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| Wednesday, January 30 |
All day
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12:40 – 1:35pm
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6:45 – 8:00
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Petition Signing continues
“Too Much Coal”
Come see how much coal it takes to keep you warm at WKU. (Coal piles in front of DUC and in front of Cherry Hall) |
"Is Global Warming Real?"
An introduction to arguments that support and rebut global warming. This will serve as the kick off for a series of student led seminars presenting reputable data from multiple sources concerning some of the most common arguments surrounding global warming. This investigative discussion will continue throughout most of February.
Presenter: Karen Powell, Liberal Arts and Science
BGCC South Campus Room CO 121 |
The 2% Solution
National Focus the Nation Webcast: This webcast will feature Professor Stephen Schneider from Stanford University and lay the ground work for the Teach-In. MMTH Auditorium |
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Thursday, January 31
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| Special Events |
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All day
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8:00am – 4:30pm
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10:00, 11:00 , 1:00
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10:30 – 1:00
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1:00 – 4:30
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3:00 – 4:00
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7:00 – 8:30
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Teach-In Sessions
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8:00am – 9:20
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9:35 – 10:35
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9:35 – 10:55
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10:00 – 11:00
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11:10 – 12:20pm
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12:45 – 2:05
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1:00 – 3:00
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2:00 – 3:00
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2:20 – 3:40
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2:30 – 3:30
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3:00 – 4:00
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4:00 – 6:55
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7:00 – 8:30pm
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| Stop by the Teach In headquarters today! Grise Hall Lobby |
| These special events are Open to All |
Art exhibit, "American Dream" by Anita Jung
Come by the hallway gallery in FAC, 2nd Floor, to view the piece.
It is both image and text based and addresses the political issues surrounding the effects of hurricane Katrina. (Katrina is one of many recent storms whose intensity and effects have been linked to climate change.) The artist will be on campus to visit with students Feb 5. She will speak about her work on Feb 5 – Mardi Gras - at 6:00 PM in FAC 156. The show will remain up until Feb 28. |
* Petition Signing continues
* “Too Much Coal”
Coal piles in front of DUC and in front of Cherry Hall |
| Bowling Green Community GreenFair Grise Hall First Floor Lobby |
Cool Tour of a Hot Joint
Giant ferns and plants inhabiting the swamps that covered this area
300 million years ago keep our campus warm today. Learn more on a tour of the WKU Central Steam Plant. Tours will leave from Grise Hall lobby at 10:00, 11:00, and 1:00 sharp. The tour is 35-45 minutes in duration. Each group is limited to 12 people. |
Science Awareness Society Information Table
Information on basic global warming trends and how recycling can offset a part of the "human footprint." FREE POPCORN BGCC South Campus Common Area |
Solar Demonstration Project Open House
WKU ALIVE Center for Community Partnerships
1818 31-W Bypass |
Solar Energy in Kentucky: Its Time Has Come
"Sustainable development is a global concern but requires local action." We will look at types of solar energy, advantages of use, cost-benefits, local applications, the TVA "Generation Partners" program, and new directions for the future. The presentation is part of a Solar Energy Open House and tour, featuring the new grid-intertied solar photovoltaic "Generation Partners" installation at the ALIVE Center.
Presenter: Nancy Givens - FaCET, Chairperson of BGGreen Partnership for a Sustainable Community
ALIVE Center, 1818 31-W Bypass |
Closing Session
The Climate Crisis: Global Climate Change and a Cultural Movement (FAC Recital Hall)
You've heard about it, you've read about it, so now come see it: The most famous slideshow on Planet Earth! Come see a live presentation of the Climate Project's Global Climate Change slideshow. In 2007, Al Gore and the Climate Project Team trained just 1,000 private citizens in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia to deliver the presentation made famous in the film An Inconvenient Truth. WKU professor,
Dr. Chris Antonsen, trained by Al Gore and his team, presents the science, the facts, and the cultural dynamics of the Global Climate Change crisis. This may be the most important powerpoint you ever see! |
| You are welcome to attend any OPEN session. |
Earth's Changing Resources: Nonrenewable vs Renewable Energy Sources
Lecture discusses the environmental problems associated with nonrenewable energy sources, as well as the economic and non-economic obstacles that need to be overcome for the widespread use of renewable energy sources. Presenter: Jill Brown, BGCC South Campus (Closed) |
The Story of Stuff
Did you get some new STUFF over break? What happened to your old STUFF? Come watch the 20 minute video The Story of Stuff, which explores the production, consumption and disposal of "stuff" and its impact on you and the environment. Then join in the discussion to follow. What can YOU do to stop the madness? Presenter: Dr. Mary Kate Goodwin-Kelly, Honors Program Cherry Hall Room 305 (Open) |
Just the Facts: The Science of Climate Change
What is climate change? Confused about global warming?
Start the day with a discussion of the science of climate change.
Presenter: Dr. John All, Department of Geography and Geology
Cherry Hall Room 302 (Open)
Gender, Race, Class, and the Environment
How does environmental degradation affect the daily lives of poor women? What difference do race, class, and gender make? How does the division of labor and environmental impact affect "women's work?" This session will explore water, food, and fuel production/resources in terms of gender, race, and class both globally and in the U.S.
Presenter: Dr. Molly Kerby, Women’s Studies Program
Cherry Hall Room 304 (Open)
Marketing Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Global Warming
A discussion of how global climate change offers marketing
opportunities to those wise enough to seize them.
Presenter: Dr. Ron Milliman, Marketing Department
Grise Hall 435 (Open)
"The Impact of Global Climate Change on Indigenous Cultures"
Indigenous cultures around the world, particularly those who live
in the Arctic, are disproportionately affected by global climate
change. Indigenous peoples in the Arctic live a subsistence lifestyle where hunting is their primary source of food and economy. Their culture and way of life, which they have practiced for thousands of years, is under threat as the result of global climate change. This session will discuss the ways in which global climate change affects the ability of the Gwich'in and Inuit peoples to maintain their cultural ways of life.
Presenter: Dr. Kristin Dowell, Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology
FAC 239 (Open)
"Global Climate's Impact on the Rise and Fall of Cultures/Civilization."
A brief discussion on how changes in global weather patterns have facilitated the rise and fall of cultures/civilizations.
Presenter: Charles Borders, History, BGCC (Closed)
“A Park in Peril or Just Politics?”
How interest groups compete over issues affecting some of our last “pieces of wilderness,” our national parks, is the subject of this session. The discussion covers three of the issues at stake in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: the fate of the gray wolf, bison and brucellosis and snowmobiles. A slide show will demonstrate what is at stake and some of the actors, including citizen groups, that are engaged in the politics of the park.
Presenter: Dr. Soleiman Kiasatpour, Department of Political Science
Grise Hall Room 337 (Open) |
Radical Simplicity: How Relinquishing the American Dream Can Curb Climate Change
The presentation will focus on YOU and your accountability to a
warming planet. The key culprit in Earth's destruction is the standard American lifestyle. Relinquishing the American Dream means liberating our land and ourselves from the bondage of consumerist culture. By reconnecting with nature, reducing our ecological footprint, and making sustainable choices, we can recognize all that is at stake, curb global warming, and free ourselves from debt in the process.
Presenter: Bonny “Bonfire” McDonald, spoken word poet and teaching artist, Kaleidoscope mentoring artist MMTH Atrium (Open) |
The Environment as a Political (Non-) Issue
A discussion on the role that the environment plays in American elections. Presenter: Dr. Scott Lasley, Department of Political Science
Cherry Hall Room 305 (Open)
The Fight for Environmental Justice
Spirited discussion on the impact of toxic waste dumping in economically deprived African American neighborhoods Presenter: Dr. Saundra Curry Ardrey, African American Studies
Grise Hall Room 337 (Open) |
Marketing Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Global Warming
(See 9:35 to 10:55 presentation for description)
Presenter: Dr. Ron Milliman, Marketing Department
Grise Hall 435 (Open)
Philosophy and Climate Change: Do We Really Know There is a Climate Crisis, and If So, How?
Presenter: Dr. Jan Garrett, Department of Religion and Philosophy
Cherry Hall Room 304 (Closed) |
Environmental Degradation and the Collapse of the Old WorldCivilization Discussion focuses on the archaeological record of environmentaldegradation and the effects of degradation on civilization collapse
in the Old World.
Presenter: Dr. Darlene Applegate, Department of Folk Studies and
Anthropology FAC 239 (Open)
Ethanol, Agriculture, and Political Change
Ethanol and other plant-based fuels are one of the solutions proposed to address US dependence on fossil fuels. This session is about what role agriculture policy plays in addressing the causes of global warming and the achievement of energy independence.
Presenter: Dr. Jeff Kash, Department of Political Science
Grise Hall Room 337 (Open) |
We Are Part of the Global Community: The Importance of Developing Global Awareness in Elementary School Students
An IVS discussion broadcast to Radcliff, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Glasgow, and Elizabethtown.Presenter: Patricia Bertke, Department of Curriculum and Instruction (Closed) |
Radical Simplicity: How Relinquishing the American Dream Can Curb Climate Change
(See 10:00 presentation for description).
Presenter: Bonny “Bonfire” McDonald, spoken word poet and teaching artist, Kaleidoscope mentoring artist
MMTH Atrium (Open) |
Gender, Race, Class, and the Environment
(See 9:35 presentation for description). Presenter: Dr. Molly Kerby, Women’s Studies Program Cherry Hall 325 (Open)
The Politics of Word Choice
Is it “global warming” or "climate change" or "environmental issues"? Does the choice of words and language make a difference in the acceptance of an issue?
Presenter: Dr. Jenifer Lewis, Department of Communication Studies
FAC 140 (Open)
An Insider's View of the Global Warming Debate
A not to miss presentation…
Come hear this insider's perspective who studied with one of the leading global warming skeptics funded by the oil/gas industry. Dr. Goodrich shows how many of the skeptical arguments in use are flawed and how the skeptics have changed their focus as global warming has become better understood.
Presenter: Dr. Gregory Goodrich, Department of Geography and Geology
EST 350 (Open)
Using the Power of the Internet to Muster Public Awareness of and Action Against World Wide Issues Such as Global Warming
Presenter: Dr. Ron Miliman, Marketing Department
Grise Hall 455 (Open)
Philosophy and Climate Change: Do We Really Know There isa Climate Crisis, and If So, How? Presenter: Dr. Jan Garrett, Religion and Philosophy Cherry Hall Room 304 (Closed)
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Methanogenesis
Come hear a really good story about a rather unique
biological process.
Presenter: Dr. Kinchel Doerner, Biology Department Grise Hall Room 337 |
Climate Change and Infectious DiseaseCome learn about the potential impacts of global climate change on the transmission, geographic distribution, and severity of
infectious diseases of humans.
Presenter: Dr. Cheryl Davis, Biology Department
TCNW 130 (Open)
How Economic Sciences can Inform the Discourse on Climate Change
The focus will be on the scholarship in the Economic Sciences that provide a basis for assessing policies to remedy a variety of environmental problems. Attention will be given to the evolution of thinking of economists on environmental issues, the impact of economic sciences on environmental policies and on the relevance of economic sciences to the climate change discourse.
Presenter: Dr. Bill Davis, Department of Economics
Grise Hall 439 (Open) |
21st Century Resource Management Challenges: Maintaining Ecological Resilience in the Face of a Changing Climate
Join Dr. All and his natural resource management students as they discuss this challenging issue.
Presenter: Dr. John All, Department of Geography and Geology
EST 0338 (Open) |
Closing Session The Climate Crisis: Global Climate Change and a Cultural Movement
FAC Recital Hall
You've heard about it, you've read about it, so now come see it: The most famous slideshow on Planet Earth! Come see a live presentation of the Climate Project's Global Climate Change slideshow. In 2007, Al Gore and the Climate Project Team trained just 1,000 private citizens in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia to deliver the presentation made famous in the film An Inconvenient Truth. WKU professor,
Dr. Chris Antonsen, trained by Al Gore and his team, presents the science, the facts, and the cultural dynamics of the Global Climate Change crisis. This may be the most important powerpoint you ever see! |
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