Surviving Climate Change Roundtable @ Webster U

WHEN: Fri eve - Sun aft , Jun 27-29, 2008
WHERE: Webster University, 420 E. Lockwood Ave., St. Louis, MO 63119

http://www.gateway-greens.org/2008/08-jun27_climateroundtable.htm

The effects of climate change, peak oil and toxic production are here. We know it every time we see news of weather disasters and disappearing species. We feel it every time we buy gas. We hear it every time a child uses an asthma inhaler. Solutions are here, also. But meaningful changes are being stubbornly ignored by government, big business and big enviro:

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A genuine effort at reducing greenhouse gases would require food to be grown within 100
miles of where it is eaten.
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A serious climate change program would stop funding the 800 military bases which ensure
a continuous flow of oil to the US.
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The most energy efficient homes are homes that have no heating system at all.
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The most energy efficient cars are those that are replaced by trains, buses, bicycles or feet.

But how do we create a society without individual cars and the expanding mountains of garbage that are the real causes of environmental catastrophe? How do we reduce production without worsening the lives of low income Americans and the poor throughout the world?The roundtable will be an open discussion of remaking American society. It will focus on developing solutions, rather than repeating problems.

For registration information, call 314-727-8554.

Panels and Presenters

Those speaking, commenting, moderating and coordinating at the roundtable include:

Panel 1: SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS

digger, (aka Daniel Romano), Confluence
Wes Jackson, The Land Institute
Stan Cox, The Land Institute
Fredrick D. Carter, Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living

Panel 2: QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR ALL

David Henry, Executive Director of Walkable St. Louis
Dr. Rosa Kincaid, M.D., Kincaid Medical Associates
Erin O'Reilly, RN, MSNR, IBCLC La Leche League Leader
Abbe Sudvarg, M.D., Board Chair of the Peace Economy Project
Jifunza C.A. Wright M.D., M.P.H., Holistic Family Medicine Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention Center

Panel 3: EARTH, AIR, FORESTS AND WATER

Marti Crouch, Environmental Consultant
Mark Donham, Heartwood Program Director
Jim Scheff, Missouri Forest Alliance
Kat Logan-Smith, Missouri Coalition for the Environment

Panel 4: REDESIGNING CITIES AND HOMES

Pam Talley, Coalition to Fight Eminent Domain Abuse, St. Louis
Dan Hatch, Hatch Design Studio
Darin Triplett, National Organization of Minority Architects
Ralph Wafer, AIA Architecture and Planning

Panel 5: ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

Tim Montague, Environmental Research Foundation
Jeff Howard, School of Urban &Public Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington
Tim Montgomery, TMA Architects LLC
David Orr, Oberlin College, Ohio
Rob Sadowsky, Chicago Bike Federation

Panel 6: THE ECONOMICS OF LESS STUFF AND BETTER LIVES

Don Fitz, Co-coordinator, Green Party of St. Louis
Ben Wuloo Ikari, Ogoni Children's Cultural and Fundamental Rights Council
David Schweickart, Loyola University Chicago
Mitchell Szczepanczyk, Chicago Area Participatory Economics Society

Panel 7: REVERSING WEALTH INEQUALITY BETWEEN PEOPLE AND COUNTRIES

Ben West, Community Arts and Media Project
Carmelo Ruiz, Puerto Rico Project on Biosafety
Lori Reed, American Friends Service Committee, St. Louis
Fredric Raines, Washington University in St. Louis
Elizabeth Fattah, Green Party USA

Panel 8: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO ENVIRONMENTAL SANITY

Zaki Baruti, Universal African Peoples Organization, St. Louis
Jane Anne Morris, Corporate Anthropologist, Madison, Wisconsin
Kim Scipes Purdue University North Central
Mary Ann McGivern, Peace Economy Project

WRAP-UP PLENARY, facilitated by

Brian Tokar, Director, Institute for Social Ecology