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Breakout Session Series I: 10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

1.)*Creating a Sustainable and Just Energy Future - Race and Class Matter Lynn Benander and Eduardo Suarez (Co-op Power) Campus Center 103/104
2.) *Psychology of Effective Persuasion: How to get People to "Do the Right Thing" Michele Wick (psychology) & Peggy McLeod/Tomasin Whitaker (Center for Ecological Technology) Seelye 312
3.) *Climate Change: Science and Policy Solutions Paul Voss (engineering) & Don Baumer (government) Campus Center 003
4.) *Global Warming - Past Present, and Future: A Geological Perspective Sara Pruss (geology) & Amy Rhodes (geology) Sabin Reed 101A
5.) *Ecogydrology and Water Resources *
Global Warming and Water
Andrew Guswa (engineering) & Meenakshi Menon ('10) Campus Center Carroll Room
6.) *Climate change and sustainability issues on the U.S./ Mexico Border      * Environmental Policy Solutions Michelle Joffroy (Spanish and Portuguese) & Paul Newlin (government) Campus Center 205
7.) *Global warming skeptics' most common arguments against a human role in climate change, and how to answer them with consensus science. *Climate Change Solutions: getting from Here to There Steve Gaurin (geology) & Chris Mason (Energy/Sustainability Officer, Northampton) Burton 110
8.) *The Great Global Warming Swindle: True or False (film/discussion)           
*Smith College's Efforts Towards Carbon Neutral
Bob Newton (geology) & Todd Holland (College Energy Coordinator) Neilson Library Browsing Room
9.) *Globalization of Environmental Issues: Expanding Gateways for Increasing Public Understanding         *Winning Change and Effective Citizen Action Tom Litwin (biological sciences) & Tina Clarke (Clean Water Action) Hatfield 105
10.) *Chemical Principles Behind the Greenhouse Effect/ What makes a Molecule a Greenhouse Gas?              *Climate Change as a Moral and Spiritual Issue Shizuka Hsieh (chemistry) & Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas (Grace Church, Amherst) McConnell 102
     


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