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Breakout Session Series II: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

1.) *Sustainable Biofuels: Local, clean fuels for heating and transportation Lynn Benander (Co-op Power) & Larry Union (Northeast Biodiesel) Campus Center 205
2.) *Transportation: How Will We Get There Beyond Peak Oil
*Global Warming: the Student Perspective
James Lowenthal (Astronomy) & Rebecca Staples-Moore ('08) Neilson Browsing Room
3.) *Sources of Greenhouse Gases
*Community Gardens as a Global Warming Solution
David Bickar (Chemistry) & Caroline Henderson ('11) Campus Center 003
4.) *Climate Change and the Developing World - The First to Suffer, the Last to Recover
*Bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet
Elliot Fratkin (Anthropology) & Susan Lantz (local peace activist) Seelye 201
5.) *Global Warming and the Coral Reef Crisis
*Global Warming Policy Solutions 101
Allen Curran (Geology) & Alana Miller ('10) Bass 102
6.) *Carbon Footprints Paul Wetzel (Biological Sciences) & Rouwenna Lamm ('08) Hatfield 203
7.) *Environmental Refugees or Economic Migrants: African Migration to Europe in the 21st Century
*The World's Best Renewable Energy Law
Greg White (Governement) & Lois Barber, Executive Director, Earth Action Seelye 106
8.) *Recycling and Product Life Cycles
*Reducing Petroleum in our Landscapes
Roger Guzowski (Recycling Coord.) & Bernadette Giblin (Owner, Safeground Organic Landcare) Hatfield 204
9.) *Confronting Your Dementors: Common Solutions to Peak Oil and Global Warming
*Winning Change and Effective Citizen Action
Nat Fortune (Physics) & Tina Clarke (Clean Water Action) Campus Center 103/104
10.) *Place Based Education: Cultivating Environmental Sensibility with Youth Sam Intrator and Carol Berner (Education and Child Study) Seelye 101
     


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