Workshops- CONCURRENT
Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 9:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
Pre-Registration Required

Campus-based/University Initiatives:

• Renewable Energy Hedges: A Tool for Campus and Institutional Sustainability . Karen Erickson, Southern New Hampshire University
• COMBINEDCampus Solutions to Global Warming .  Lisa Madry, National Wildlife Federation AND Using the Clean Air-Cool Planet Campus Carbon Calculator to Inventory and Monitor GHG Emissions at Colleges and Cultural Institutions. Brett N. Pasinella, Program Coordinator, Climate and Biodiversity Education Initiatives, University of New Hampshire; Jennifer Andrews. Clean Air-Cool Planet
• Focus the Nation: Campus-based Education and Action . Eban Goodstein, Lewis and Clark University
• Developing Campus-Wide Initiatives on Climate-Change, Energy Use and Sustainability.  Carl Koval, University of Colorado at Boulder

Government and Policy Solutions:

• Developing a Climate Change Reduction Plan for State and Local Governments  .  Flint Webb, Air & Waste Management Association and Miriam Lev-On, The LEVON Group, LLC
• Building Local Community Support for State and Federal Climate Legislation . Mike Tidwell, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
• Tools to Assist State and Local Governments Make Sound Decisions Regarding Energy and Environmental Technology .  Market Allocation Model (MARKAL) and Environmental Technology Verification (ETV ) Program, National Risk Managment Research Lab, US EPA
• Climate Change Risks, Challenges and Opportunities: Equipping the Next Generation of Federal Leaders to Tackle It .  EPA Emerging Leaders Network

Community Initiatives:

• People of Faith Respond to Climate Change with Concrete Actions.    Peter Adriance, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the U.S.; Cassandra Carmichael, National Council of Churches

Climate Change Education: Formal and Informal:

• Integrating Climate Change into the K-12 Classroom.  Roberta Johnson, National Earth Sciences Teacher Associaton
• Teaching Climate Change to Undergraduates.     Co-Chairs: David Hassenzahl, University of Nevada- Las Vegas; Tricia Mynster, University of Nevada- Las Vegas, Discussants: Roberta Hotinski, Consultant to the Carbon Mitigation Initiative
• An Abbreviated WWF Climate Camp for Conservationalists .  Brooke Haywood Hack, World Wildlife Fund
• Climate Careers: Finding your Career Pathway. Kevin Doyle, Green Economy, Inc.
• Earth Portal and the Encyclopedia of Earth: A Resource for Climate Change. Stephen Nodvin, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Maggie Surface, NCSE; Maggie Walser, NCSE
• Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders: Organizing Meeting. Cutler Cleveland, Boston University
• Developing a Framework for Climate Literacy. Chair:Mark Stanislaus McCaffrey, University of Colorado- Boulder, Discussants:Frank Niepold, NOAA
• Addressing Human Population Growth with Accuracy and Confidence  . Worldwatch Institute, National Audubon Society, Population Action International, Izaak Walton League of America, and the Sierra Club

Monitoring and Assessment Tools:

• Tools for Forest Carbon Inventory, Management, and Reporting. Rich Birdsey, U.S. Forest Service
• Carbon Footprint Calculators & Carbon Reduction Tools  Deborah L. Williams, President, Alaska Conservation Solutions; Discussants:Heather Benz, Stanford University; Mark A. Foster, Mark A. Foster & Associates (MAFA); Kim Lundgren , ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability; Christa Koehler, Clean Air Cool Planet
• Technical Methods to Inventory and Monitor Greenhouse Gas Emissions.  Alliance Technical Services, Inc
• Making Sense of Carbon Offsets. Derik Broekhoff & Kate Zyla, World Resources Institute
• NASA Earth Observations & Models Informing Decision Making in Support of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Richard Eckman, NASA Applied Sciences Program
• Measurement Science for Climate Research.  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Communicating Climate Change:

• Communicating Climate Change Science and Solutions.   Chair: Susan Hassol, Climate Communication; Additional Discussants: Stephen Schneider, Stanford University; Bill Blakemore, ABC News; Clayton Sandell, ABC News

* The Transportation Research Board will be sponsoring concurrent sessions at the Hilton Hotel (Wed. Jan 16)

• 638- Opportunities for Energy Security and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions from Improved Fuel Efficiency (8am- 9:45am)
• 672- Low Carbon and Renewable Fuels: Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Enhance Sustainability (10:15am- Noon)

Please register for the TRB Annual Conference to attend these sessions (http://www.trb.org/meeting/)