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Aloha everyone,


I wanted to let everyone know about a symposium on climate change that
is being held at the Exploratorium in San Francisco this coming week,
with an opening reception on Sunday April 5 and sessions on Monday and
Tuesday April 6-7.  The event is produced by ECHO (Education through
Cultural and Historical Organizations), a Department of Education-funded
partnership.   

 
A couple of ways to plug in to this event:


1. Museum professionals are welcome to attend any sessions they wish at
the Exploratorium itself.  Please RSVP by Friday April 3 (by 5 PM
Eastern Daylight Time) to Merry Glosband (Peabody Essex Museum). Merry's
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
 

2. Six of these sessions on Monday/Tuesday will be webcast.  These
sessions are so-indicated on the agenda below.  You can go and view
these webcasts at the following Exploratorium site:
www.exploratorium.edu/webcasts


The session from 11 AM - 12 Noon PDT on Tuesday April 7 may be of
particular interest to the ASTC community, since it focuses on
communicating climate change to the general public.  Leon Geschwind of
Bishop Museum will discuss the current ASTC Communicating Climate Change
initiative as part of that presentation. 

 

Yours,

Mike 

 

Mike Shanahan

Director of Education, Exhibits and Planetarium

Bishop Museum

Honolulu HI 96817


Understanding & Communicating the Science of Climate Change

 

WHEN:          Sunday, April 5th - Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 

WHERE: San Francisco's Exploratorium or on the web:

www.exploratorium.edu/webcasts  www.explo.tv <http://www.explo.tv/>
www.exploratorium.edu/echo


WHO: People studying the effects of climate change including educators,
scientists, artists and policy makers

FOR: The general public, especially students in grades 6 - 12

The ECHO Climate Change Symposium will be permanently available and
archived by the Exploratorium at www.exploratorium.edu/echo .  Barrow
Arctic Science Consortium (BASC) www.arcticscience.org
<http://www.arcticscience.org/>  is symposium facilitator; the

Exploratorium is our national host.   

All times are Pacific Daylight Time 

 
Agenda

Sunday, April 5

7:00 - 9:00pm                 

Opening Reception

Performance of Longitudinal Installation by artist Xavier Cortada

 

Monday, April 6

9:00 - 9:30am                

Welcoming Remarks - Richard Glenn

 

9:30 - 10:30 am             

Webcast 

Panel - Impact of Climate Change: An Overview

Glenn Sheehan, Tim Churchill, Jeff Williams

 

11:00 - 11:45 AM   

Webcast 

Keynote Address:  Charles Wohlforth Scientists, Eskimos and Climate

Change:  How Our Cultures and Communities Influence the Way We See the
Environment, and Our Hopes to Make a Difference

 

1:00 - 2:00 pm               

Panel - Impact on Arctic Ecosystems and Populations

Richard Glenn, Edward Itta

 

2:00 - 3:30pm                 

Webcast 

Panel - Impact of Climate Change Across

America 

Ku'ulei Rogers, Tim Churchill, David Welty, Jeff Williams

 

Tuesday, April 7

9:00 - 9:30am                

Welcoming and Summary Remarks - Richard Glenn 

 

9:30 - 10:30 AM            

Webcast 

Keynote Presentation:  Xavier Cortada  Participatory Art Projects -
Global Awareness/Local Action

 

11 AM - 12 noon 

Panel - Communicating Climate Change to the Non-Scientific Community

Webcast                           

Leon Geschwind, Amber Inwood, David Welty, AK Sen. Begitch (via DVD)


12:00 noon - 1 PM 

Webcast                             

Panel - Impact on Hawaiian Ecosystems and Populations

Phil McGillivary, Leon Geschwind, Amber Inwood, Ku'ulei Rogers

 

Webcast = live broadcast on www.exploratorium.edu/echo

 
ECHO partners includes Alaska Native Heritage Center (Anchorage), Bishop
Museum,  New Bedford ECHO Project, North Slope Borough/Inupiat Heritage
Center (Barrow AK), Peabody Essex Museum (Salem) and Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians. 

 

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