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Teach-In Schedule

(Schedule is also available as a pdf)

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
3:30 Scala Room (Leo)	Renewable Energy and Climate Change Edward Mazria, Architecture 2030 Chair: Kevin Farley/Moujalli Hourani, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
8:00-9:30 pm Rodriguez Room Miguel 311	The 2% Solution: Focus the Nation Live Webcast Chairs: Pamela Chasek, Government Department Jeff Myers, English Department
Thursday, January 31, 2008
10:10 am Rodriguez Room	Care of Creation, Catholic/Biblical Perspective on Environmental Issues Thomas P. Dobbins Jr., J.D., Justice and Peace Coordinator, Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York Chair: David Shefferman, Religious Studies Department
11:15 am Rodriguez Room	Out of the Crisis: Deming, Biomimicry and the Systems Perspective on Climate Change Andrew McKeon, Assistant District Manager, The Climate Project, and Principal, carbonRational Chair: Bernadette Garam, Sociology Department
12:20 pm Rodriguez Room	Green Lifestyles: Living and Eating Sustainably in NYC “Living Sustainably in NYC”:Les Judd, President Green Boroughs “Eating Close to Home: Strategies for Eating Locally and Sustainably”: Paula Lukats, Program Manager, Just Food CSA in NYC Chair: Dean of Arts Mary Ann O’Donnell
1:25 pm Rodriguez Room	Fair Trade and Sustainability Jackie DeCarlo, Catholic Relief Services Chair: Lois Harr, Campus Ministry and Social Action
2:30 pm Rodriguez Room	Urban Greening “Playing Catch-up: Making existing community housing green as well as affordable.”: John Reilly, Fordham Bedford Housing Corp. “Building Green: Some Examples of Sustainable Affordable Housing Development in NYC”: Pat Logan, Community Preservation Corporation “Bronx River Alliance: What Does it Mean to Bring Back a River?”: Anne-Marie Runfola, Bronx River Alliance Chair: Larry O'Connell, Adjunct, Economics Department
2:30 pm Smith Auditorium	The Business of Being Green “Greening the Payments Industry: Credit Card Case Studies” Jessica Haller, The Climate Project/Columbia University “Green Business and Green Money” Charles Geisst, Professor of Finance, Manhattan College Chair: Br. Andrew Winka, Chemistry Department
3:30 pm Fishbach Room	Green Buildings Michael Deane, Turner Construction, US Green Building Council Chair: Kevin Farley/Moujalli Hourani, Civil/Environmental Engineering
4:00 pm Smith Auditorium	New York Climate Change Politics State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz State Senator José M. Serrano City Councilman G. Oliver Koppell Chair: Pamela Chasek, Government Department
6:00 pm Smith Auditorium	Ecologically Engineered Waste-into-Resources- Technologies Paul S. Mankiewicz, Gaia Institute Chair: Thomas A. McCarthy, Alumni Relations
7:30 pm Smith Auditorium	Climate Change Politics in Washington Siddhartha Sanchez, Community Liaison for Immigration and Environmental Affairs, Office of Congressman José E. Serrano Joseph O'Brien, Director of Public Affairs, Office of Congressman Eliot Engel Chair: Pamela Chasek, Government Department
2:30-5:00 Smith Auditorium	Focus the Nation Exhibition and Fair Calculate your Carbon Footprint Green Boroughs Chemical Engineering Research Displays Carbon Sequestration, Biodiesel from Spent Cafeteria Oil, Ethanol from Glucose, Hydrogen Generation Catholic Relief Services Bronx River Alliance Just Food Gaia Institute Manhattan College Veggie Car Vote for Climate Change Solutions Sodexho And many more…

All events subject to change.

Last Update: 01/29/08

For more information, contact Pamela Chasek, Government Department
718-862-7248, pamela.chasek@manhattan.edu

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