Climate Change, Energy Conservation & Renewable Energy
A contributor to Worldwide Climate Justice & Education Week
A contributor to National Drive Electric Earth Month
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Central Connecticut State University
Student Center – Alumni Hall
Free & Open to the Public
Join us as we examine challenges facing society regarding climate change.
If you would like to have an exhibitor's table, please contact Dr. Charles Button by email, buttonche@ccsu.edu, or by phone, 860.832.2788.
The Central Global Environmental Sustainability Action Coalition (GESAC) invites you to learn and teach about the actions humans must take now to ensure that future generations will experience a life of peace, health, and harmony with our one and only home - Earth.
Directions to Central & campus map
| 9:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Address Dr. Charles E. Button, Professor- Central Geography Department, GESAC Founder & Chair |
| 10 - 10:45 a.m. | Agricultural Impacts of a Changing Climate in New York State Katherine Johns-Galvin, Geography Graduate Student, Central The Earth’s changing climate has played out dramatically in the Northeastern United States over the course of the last decade. From Canada’s worst wildfire season in 2023 burning up almost 15 million hectares and impacting air quality from Boston to Hartford and New York City (BBC.com 2023) to torrential downpours and flooding in a “200-year event” in Massachusetts (Casey and McCormack 2023), to hurricanes in Maine (Sharp, Whittle and Butaky 2023), one does not have to go far to witness the impacts. However, climate change is impacting our region in subtler ways too that do not grab the headlines. This presentation will present “in-progress” research on one such impact. Through an exploration of how climate change is affecting our region using three key indicators, temperature change, instances of extreme precipitation, and changes in the length of growing seasons between 1950 and 2020 in the state of New York, this presentation endeavors to illustrate the fragility of local food systems and the need for ongoing adaptability in agricultural practices. |
| 11 - 11:45 a.m. | Understanding Climate Change Through Labor & Management Panel Presentations
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| 12 - 12:45 p.m | Bring Your Own Lunch & Recycling is Magic Performance Cyril the Sorcerer Lunch time entertainment will be provided by CJ May performing "Recycling is Magic" as Cyril the Sorcerer. For 10+ years CJ has performed this show for audiences in Connecticut and around the country. He is still making improvements, however, and will solicit suggestions from audience members on both theatrical as well as environmental aspects of the show. |
| 1 - 1:45 p.m. | Communicating Climate Change through the Humanities Panel Discussion
Panel members will provide examples of how storytelling can help people understand and take actions to address climate change. |
| 2 - 2:45 p.m. | Biomass Energy: The Key To An Energy Efficient Future (time of session may change)
What is biomass energy and is it actually more energy efficient than our current non-renewables? Learn how energy inefficiency contributes to the climate crisis and how biomass energy can help lead us to an energy efficient future. |
| 3 - 3:45 p.m. | Illustrated Poster Presentations Interact with presenters of scholarly posters from various academic disciplines. |
| 4 - 4:45 p.m. | Electric Vehicle Panel Discussion
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| 5 - 6 p.m. | Sustainability Social Mixer, Sustainability Exhibitors Fair & Electric Vehicle Interactive Showcase Interact with electric vehicles and owners/enthusiasts, sustainability enthusiasts from non-governmental organizations, businesses, and governmental agencies that offer sustainability information, jobs/internships, and service to society while you socialize with other sustainability enthusiasts, and enjoy the sweet jazz stylings of Brown Paper Sax. Sustainability Fair Exhibitors Ana Grace Project |