Health & Fitness
Climate Forum March 19, 2014
Climate Forum
March 19, 2014, 7pmLippitt Hall, Room 402
URI Kingston, RI 02881
From rising seas to severe storms such as hurricane Sandy and winter storm Nemo to record heat waves, floods, and droughts, the challenges posed by climate change are intensifying around the world, the US, and in Rhode Island with its 420-mile shoreline while it lasts.
Rhode Island is already experiencing the effects. From big storms to urban heat, the challenges posed by climate change are on the rise.
Forum speakers will outline the challenges climate change poses for communities and governance. There will be a discussion about how Rhode Island can respond to climate change in a way that taps its creative capacity to implement existing solutions, find new ones so as to improve the lives of all its citizens.
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This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in the conversation and new climate initiatives.
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Speakers at the Climate Forum will include:
Margiana Petersen-Rockney Rosasharn Farm, Young Farmer's Network
Julian Rodriguez-Drix Environmental Justice League
Jim Bruckshaw OSHA Consultant from Matunuck
Judith Swift URI Coastal Institute
ECO Youth organizers such as Abe Vargas, Kendra Monzon, and Juliana
Rodriguez
Sponsored by:
Rhode Island Student Climate Coalition, a statewide alliance of students and youth working for a clean, safe, and just future for all
Fossil Free Rhode Island, action for climate justice, urging public institutions that divestment from fossil fuels is the only moral choice
URI Multicultural Center, dedicated to the development by means of social justice, change and empowerment of a campus united across culture, identity, and discipline
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