2019 Climate Action Day (Employee Signup): Full Schedule

Dear Employees - Registration begins now for Climate Action Day and will end at 8:00 am TUESDAY, APRIL 23. This is a hard deadline.

Staff Employees who wish to participate should register before attending a workshop. Spaces are limited. Workshops for Staff Employees are color coded PURPLE for Morning Workshops (10:30 - 12:00) and BEIGE for Afternoon Workshops (1:30 - 3:00).

Faculty Employees must register for a full day of workshops along with the Keynote Address. Spaces are limited in all workshops.

Read the descriptions carefully. Several workshops require outdoor physical activity and appropriate outdoor clothing. If you register for the Milne Nature Sanctuary you must drive yourself separately.

There are seven (7) ALL DAY off site workshops and 18 HALF DAY workshops. You will choose either one (1) all day workshop or two (2) half day workshops.

FOR FACULTY WORKSHOPS:
Keynote Address (8:45 - 10:00) is color coded RED
All day workshops (10:30 - 3:00) are color coded GREEN
Morning workshops (10:30 - 12:00) are color coded BLUE
Afternoon workshops (1:30 - 3:00) are color coded ORANGE

8:45am EDT

Opening Assembly Keynote Address: Every Choice Matters

Venue: Assembly Hall

Ko Barrett, Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will speak on major developments in climate from the past year, including the IPCC’s Special Report on 1.5 degrees Celsius of Global Warming. She’ll explain what these developments tell us about climate science and policy, and how to be part of the solution.

Speakers

Ko Barrett

Ko Barrett currently serves as one of three vice chairs of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the international body created to review and assess the scientific, technical, and socio-economic information produced worldwide that is relevant to understanding climate change... Read More →

Friday April 26, 2019 8:45am - 10:00am EDT
Assembly Hall

FACULTY Opening Assembly

10:00am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Oyster Reef Restoration at UNH Jackson Estuarine Laboratory

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meet at EPAC Commons
Vehicle: 10-Passenger Van
Student Numbers: 10

We will work with Dr. Raymond Grizzle at UNH’s Jackson Estuarine Laboratory on Great Bay to help with efforts to restore the population of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. As filter feeders, oysters play a key role in the ecology of Great Bay estuary keeping the water clear and clean and making it inhabitable to other species. However, the oyster population has declined over 90% due to impacts from pollution, disease, and over-harvest. As the oysters decline so do the eelgrass beds and the fish who use the bay as a nursery. Rising water temperatures caused by climate change are changing the ecology of the area and making the challenges of oyster re-establishment even greater. The University of New Hampshire and the Nature Conservancy are together working with fishermen, waterfront landowners, restaurants, and volunteers like you to build up the oyster reefs. These efforts are paying off and the acres of oyster reef are added each year. Come learn about the effort and be a part of gearing up for the 2019 growing season.

Speakers

Dr. Raymond Grizzle

UNH Jackson Estuarine Laboratory

Friday April 26, 2019 10:00am - 12:45pm EDT
EPAC Commons

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:29am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Climate Change and Great Bay Habitats- Hike, Work, and Learn at Lubberland Creek Preserve, Newmarket

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meet at the Parking Lot behind St. Anthony’s Bakery.
Vehicle: Yellow School Bus
Students: 24

The Volunteer Event is being sponsored by TNC on the Lubberland Creek Preserve in Newmarket, NH. The event includes 3 stations focused on estuary education and invasive plant removal.

Station 1 will be an educational hike on the trails at Lubberland Creek which will showcase the habitats and species that exist in the Great Bay watershed and describe the land conservation story and tools that were used to protect the land that was at one time considered for the siting of the largest oil refinery in the US. Station 2 will be located at the trail terminus on the shore of Great Bay. Here, we will discuss our oyster Citizen Science activities at TNC, and teach participants how to use the Picture Post at this site to help us monitoring changes over time to the salt marsh. Station 3 will include a hands-on work activity to help us locate and pull the non-native garlic mustard plants from our Preserve from the wooded and shrubby areas near the trailhead.

No experience is necessary. This event is appropriate for all ages.

We will be walking on hiking trails for the educational hike with some minor topography. The garlic mustard site is off-trail, brushy, flat and easy to get to from the parking area.

Participants should wear sturdy boots and dress appropriately for the weather. Long sleeves and pants are encouraged to protect against bugs and thorny vegetation.

Participants should bring a re-fillable water bottle. Water, work gloves, tools and instructions will be provided. The Volunteer Event on April 26, 2019 will begin at 10:30am and end at 1:30pm followed by a picnic lunch.

Students will be broken into 3 groups and rotate between the three stations.

Speakers

Joanne Glode

The Nature Conservancy

Friday April 26, 2019 10:29am - 3:00pm EDT
Parking Lot Behind St. Anthony's Bakery

FACULTY All Day Workshop

10:29am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Dune Grass Planting with SeaGrant

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meet at Parking Lot behind St. Anthony’s
Vehicle: Yellow School Bus
Students: 42

Coastal storms seem to be increasing and our limited sand dunes along the NH coast are eroding. These dunes form a critical habitat for many species and protect areas behind them from ocean storm surges and tides. Dune grass (Ammophila sp.) is a pioneer plant essential for stabilizing sand on these dunes. In this hands-on, double workshop spanning the morning, we will be planting dune grass on our local sand dunes with the hope of restoring and conserving them. Bring a water bottle and dress in layers - the coast is always cool in April!

Chaperones are to bring all of the gloves, trowels, bug spray and lunches.

Please remember to wear boots, long pants, and light-colored clothing, and to use an insect spray such as Deep Woods Off to reduce the risk of a tick bite, as ticks in this area may carry Lyme Disease. After the workshop, please conduct a tick check on yourself.

Friday April 26, 2019 10:29am - 3:00pm EDT
Parking Lot Behind St. Anthony's Bakery

FACULTY All Day Workshop

10:29am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Ecoacoustics and Climate Change

Limited Capacity seats available

Location: Meet in EPAC Commons
Vehicle: Dragon
Students: 12

Climate change can induce unexpected alterations to biological communities as shifts in environmental conditions destabilize established ecological niches, symbiotic relationships and phenological patterns. One way to measure these changes is to monitor acoustic communities, called passive acoustic monitoring (PAM). Acoustic communities consist of the animals that produce sound, including mostly mammals, birds, amphibians and insects, and monitoring the soundscape signature produced by these soniferous species can provide insights into structural community changes related to seasonality, response to disturbance or restoration, and those associated with climate impacts. Students that attend the Climate Action Day activities hosted by the UNH Integrative Animal Behavior and Ecoacoustics Laboratory will visit the IABE lab, meet faculty and students conducting research related to human impacts on acoustic communities, and walk to a local campus green space to visit acoustic monitoring stations and collect data that will be examined back in the IABE lab.

Dress for the weather, bring a water bottle, and wear sturdy shoes.

Speakers

Dr. Daniel Howard

UNH Integrative Animal Behavior and Ecoacoustics Laboratory

Dr. Carrie Hall

UNH, Integrative Animal Behavior and Ecoacoustics Laboratory

Friday April 26, 2019 10:29am - 3:00pm EDT
EPAC Commons

FACULTY All Day Workshop

10:29am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Habitat restoration at Milne Nature Sanctuary, Durham NH * *FACULTY MUST DRIVE SEPARATELY

Limited Capacity full

Venue: EPAC CommonsVehicle: Van #2 (10 Passenger Van)
Student Numbers: 10
NOTE: Faculty who sign up for this workshop must drive separately.
Students will join Ellen Snyder, Durham’s Land Stewardship Coordinator, to discuss and assess the health of the Mill Pond, the fate of the Mill Pond Dam, and the health of the tidal Oyster River and salt marsh below the dam. After a picnic lunch on the shores of Mill Pond, we will walk a short distance to Durham’s one-acre Milne Nature Sanctuary, where the Town is removing invasive plants and restoring the native plant community. Students will assist in pulling invasive plant seedlings and saplings, remove brush from along the river, restore a stone wall, and spread mulch along walking paths. This effort will help the Town in its goal to restore ecological health to the site and provide the public a more inviting place within walking distance of UNH and downtown Durham. We will wrap up with 5 minutes of quiet contemplation and assess how stewardship here and around Mill Pond helps with climate change resilience.

Bring a picnic lunch and wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, sturdy shoes, and a water bottle.

Ms. Snyder will provide: work gloves, tools, snacks, and extra water.

Speakers

Ellen Snyder

Land Stewardship Coordinator, Town of Durham, NH

Friday April 26, 2019 10:29am - 3:00pm EDT
EPAC Commons

FACULTY All Day Workshop

10:29am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Habitat Restoration at the Kimball Reserve, Pickpocket Road, Exeter

Limited Capacity seats available

Location: EPAC Commons
Vehicle: Dragon
Students: 12
This hands-on workshop takes place at the Kimball Reserve on Pickpocket Road in Exeter. This reserve, owned by the Southeast Land Trust, once grew the Victory Gardens that were so important to our nation during WWII. Where this garden once stood young white pine are growing. Students will work with staff from Southeast Land Trust to remove invasive plants that are taking hold in the understory of the forest.
Come prepared to work hard and get your hands dirty. Dress accordingly (long pants, long shirts, sturdy shoes, and possibly rain clothes). Bring a water bottle.

Here’s a link to a map of the parcel http://seltnh.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Kimball-MAP-ONLY_UPDATED.pdf

Speakers

Phil Auger

Southeast Land Trust

Friday April 26, 2019 10:29am - 3:00pm EDT
EPAC Commons

FACULTY All Day Workshop

10:29am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Planting for Climate Change Resilience at Odiorne State Park

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: EPAC Commons
Vehicle: Dragon
Students: 12

New Hampshire’s coastline is a mix of rocky shores, beaches, mud flats, and salt marshes. Rocky shores are the dominant feature of Odiorne State Park but small patches of the other habitats can be found there as well. We will learn how rising sea levels and higher energy storms are predicted to impact these habitats. Then, we will plant dunes grasses and other native species to help build and stabilize the shore.

Wear clothing you don't mind getting dirty. Long pants, long shirts, sturdy shoes, cold weather or rain gear. Bring a filled water bottle.

Speakers

Arianne Spear

Rockingham County Conservation District

Friday April 26, 2019 10:29am - 3:00pm EDT
EPAC Commons

FACULTY All Day Workshop

10:29am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Tree Planting Day at Tuckaway Farm, Lee

Limited Capacity filling up

Location: Meet at Parking Lot behind St. Anthony’s
Vehicle: Yellow School Bus
Students: 40

Plant trees, help wildlife! We will be planting tree seedlings to provide important wildlife habitat, and to learn about the usefulness of fast-growing trees for producing fuel and other products. First we'll go on a walk to learn about early successional wildlife habitat and the animal species that depend on it, and learn some plant identification. Then, we will plant!

Wear clothing that is appropriate for the weather and you don't mind getting dirty in, including long pants to protect against ticks and poison ivy (we'll do our best to avoid them but you can't be too careful!). Bring lunch, a water bottle, sunscreen, and anything else you feel you need to be comfortable outside for 3 hours. We will provide tools, gloves, and bugspray.

Speakers

Alena Warren

Strafford County Conservation District

Friday April 26, 2019 10:29am - 3:00pm EDT
Parking Lot Behind St. Anthony's Bakery

FACULTY All Day Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Air pollution: A Grand Challenge for Human Health and Environmental Justice

Limited Capacity filling up

Venue: Assembly Hall
Student Numbers: 227

Air pollution is the single most important environmental health risk factor, killing millions of people every year worldwide. But what are the main pollutants to be concerned about, and how do they hurt us? What are the main sources of pollution, and how can we reduce it? Do people breathe the same air across the world, or even across the United States?

This workshop will be a primer on air pollution: sources, effects and controls, and the grand challenge air pollution poses for all of us in the 21st Century. This is a big, exciting, and important problem, affecting human health and environmental justice. In fact, as our recent work has shown, in the United States a major class of pollutants is disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic Americans, even though it is disproportionately caused by the white/other racial-ethnic majority. The solutions to air pollution will depend on involvement from those in the physical, social, environmental and health sciences, not to mention engineers, lawyers, policy makers, businesses, and activists. Expect to leave with some surprising facts from the emerging scientific literature about air pollution; some understanding about what laws are in place for cleaning the air in the United States; and some actionable knowledge about how to find out about air quality in your area.

Speakers

Sumil Thakrar

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Assembly Hall

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Beyond Straws: How Do We Move our communities and culture away from Single-Use Plastic?

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Elting Room
Student Numbers: 50

Where is all the plastic coming from? What are the challenges in reducing it? How can we make exponential change? Take your next step for the environment--there’s never been a better time! Not only are we in a time of extraordinary need for environmental action, but the options and support for each of us to contribute have never been more abundant and accessible. Join Keith Tharp of Sustainable Seacoast to engage these exciting conversation!

Speakers

Keith Tharp

Sustainable Seacoast

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Elting Room

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Campus Heating Plant Tour

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meet on patio steps of Goel Center for Theater and Dance
Student Numbers: 13

Did you ever wonder…
Is the Academy doing its part to cut its emissions of greenhouse gasses?
How could you make ice in the rinks with superheated steam? And what’s under that smokestack behind the gymnasium?
Tour the Academy’s heating plant with manager Mr. Joe Klempa and learn about how the Academy boils and recycles thousands of gallons of water every day to heat and cool the spaces we live and work in, and how we use updated technologies to get these jobs done with environmental stewardship in mind. Each participant will receive a “treasure hunt” puzzle to discover key facts and surprising stories of PEA’s energy use and production.

Speakers

Joe Klempa

Phillips Exeter Academy

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Patio Steps outside of Goel Center

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Campus Waste Audit

Limited Capacity filling up

Venue: Entrance to Facilities Management, directly across from the New Parking Garage entrance.
NOTE: This is a change in venue. Please dress accordingly.
Student Numbers: 35

Do you know how much waste PEA generates in a day? What is the largest component of this waste? What is put in the trash that can be reused or recycled? To find answers to these questions and more join the Climate Action Day Waste Audit Team! Using gloves and other protective gear, dive in and separate waste from various Academy buildings. Estimate the volume and/or percentage each type contributes to the daily total. How can we reduce this amount? The information you compile will be made available to the PEA Community along with any ideas on how to reduce our waste as individuals and as a school.

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Entrance to Facilities Management, directly across from the New Parking Garage entrance.

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Creating Long-Term Value and Outperformance through Impact Investing, with PEA Alumnus Peter Grubstein

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Library Commons
Student Numbers: 25
Does achieving a double bottom line have to be concessionary? Which is, can you get a social return on your investment as well as a financial return? In this presentation you will learn about different ways to make an impact while generating an at-or-above market return. We expect that you will gain insight on the return profiles for various investment objectives along the impact investing spectrum, and learn about the strategies used to achieve those objectives. We will show you how the industry has evolved overtime, including common misnomers and misperceptions surrounding the space, as well as best practices, mistakes to avoid when investing in impact funds, and what the future looks like for impact

Speakers

Peter Grubstein '73

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Library Commons

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Eating for the Climate: Experimenting with plant-Forward Diets

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Church Basement
Student Numbers: 13
Faculty Number: 2

If you are interested in reducing your climate footprint, but you aren’t sure how, this workshop is for you! Eating fewer animal products is a substantive and immediate action you can take for the health of the planet, but many people worry about their protein intake and their food option, when making a transition to eating less meat. The 3 presenters will share their own transitions and explorations with dietary choices, in order to support and encourage yours. Come ready to engage in discussion and to explore options for a healthier lifestyle! Vegan treats will be available to sample.

Speakers

Emmett Shell '18

Emmett Shell ’18 is in his 6th year as a vegan. At Exeter, he balanced a vegan diet with varsity sport participation in basketball and volleyball.

Heidi Dumont

Phillips Exeter Academy

Heidi Dumont is the force behind Wetherell Dining Hall’s fresh, delicious food. She is not vegetarian or vegan, but she has attended several conferences and trainings to become the ally she currently is for plant-based dietary choices.

Amy Schwartz

Phillips Exeter Academy

History teacher Amy Schwartz has been vegetarian since 2013 and recently transitioned to veganism. A self-professed meat lover, she has many strategies to share on transitioning your diet.

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Phillips Church Basement

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Exeter Conservation Commission Environmental Service

Limited Capacity seats available

Vehicle: Dragon
Venue: Meet at EPAC Commons
Student Numbers: 12
Learn more about your own backyard! Join the Exeter Conservation Commission in Exeter's Fort Rock Town Forest. Put in morning's work planting trees, maintaining trails or restoring wildlife habitat. Plan on getting dirty.

Wear long pants, a long-sleeve shirt and rugged footwear. Bring a water bottle. Gloves and bug spray provided.

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
EPAC Commons

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE In Business to Save Our Home Planet

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Round Room, 2nd Floor of Music Building
Student Numbers: 35
Faculty Number: 4

Stefan Bergill is a sales rep for the outdoor apparel company Patagonia. He will outline Patagonia’s strategies for both helping improve and reducing their impact on the environment. As a company, Patagonia is committed to designing sustainable products, following sustainable practices, and helping others do the same. Learn what strides Patagonia has made and what plans they have for the future. Mr. Bergill will help to explain the effects of the clothing industry on the environment and how one small clothing company can try to mitigate climate change.

Speakers

Stefan Bergill

Patagonia, Inc.

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Round Room, 2nd Fl Music Building

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE In Plain Sight: Exeter

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meyer Auditorium
Student Numbers: 36
Faculty Number: 4

What does it take to make Exeter work? As you walk around Exeter you are probably aware of the beauty of the place and the facilities but what are the environmental costs to maintain it? As you eat in the cafeteria you see the first step of food disposal but what is happening behind the scenes? Where do the power, heat, and water that the campus relies on come from? Power, heat, food, and waste disposal each are fundamental needs but are so ubiquitous they are practically invisible. Colorado-based landscape photographer Evan Anderman ‘83 will lead you on a photo shoot to see the invisible side of the Exeter campus so you can make others see their daily impact. This workshop will empower you to make visible the invisible environmental costs of running Phillips Exeter Academy and, as Edward Degas puts it, to make art that makes others see.

Speakers

Evan Anderman '83

Evan Anderman is a social-landscape photographer based in his hometown of Denver, Colorado who seeks to challenge our understanding of the relationship between human development and the natural world. His aerial photography endeavors to bring into focus the difficult to see widespread... Read More →

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Meyer Auditorium

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE It’s Electric! (Your city’s new public bus, that is.)

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: Gillepsie room, located in the Institutional Advancement building
Student Numbers: 40

From New York to Seattle, some of the country’s most environmentally progressive transit agencies have committed to electrifying their entire public bus fleet over the next couple decades. Why are electric buses an integral part of cities’ climate action plans, and can this new technology live up to its promise? How will transit agencies afford this massive transformation and achieve it without disrupting service? In this workshop, we’ll explore the opportunities and challenges of rolling out electric buses, whether in Exeter, NH or in large cities with millions of residents. Put yourself in the shoes of a transit planner as we figure out how, when, and where to charge these new high-tech and whisper-quiet vehicles. Our goals are to reduce emissions, stay on schedule, minimize costs, and get people home from work and school without running out of juice!

Speakers

Kate Tomford '95

Senior Analyst, Chicago Transit Authority

Kate Tomford is a Senior Analyst in the Finance Department at the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), where she manages energy-related initiatives including energy efficiency, electric buses, and utility cost management. She has 15 years of experience in the field of environmental... Read More →

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Gillepsie room, located in the Institutional Advancement building

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Ocean Plastics and Hampton Beach Clean Up

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meet behind St. Anthony’s Bakery in the parking lot
Vehicle: Yellow School Bus
Student Numbers: 26
The Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, a non-profit based in Portsmouth, NH, will be leading students in a hands-on beach cleanup at Hampton Beach. After a presentation and discussion about ocean plastics, we will be removing marine debris such as bottles, ropes, bags, and cigarette butts, while collecting data on the types and amounts of debris found as part of Blue Ocean Society’s research program. Students will work in groups to clean from the water’s edge up to the sidewalk near the beach’s landmark outdoor stage, collecting any and all trash they can find, from the tiniest fragments to the largest objects.
Dress for the weather. Gloves and collection bags provided.

Speakers

Katie Pelon

Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Parking Lot Behind St. Anthony's Bakery

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Passing Climate Policy and Adopting Large-Scale Solutions at the State and Local Levels: Staying Resilient Against the Skeptics and Against all Odds

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Big Grainger
Student Numbers: 42

Fighting climate change on a policy level presents its challenges, so how can we retain our confidence, stamina, persistence? How do we stay the course in light of opposition in a healthy, sustainable way? How do we walk the talk as far as minimizing our own carbon imprint?
In this workshop, we will discuss strategies and tactics for passing strong climate policy at the state level and local level in efficient ways, and by addressing skeptics and opposition. We will discuss strategies for education and outreach messaging to help change consumer behaviors, finally we’ll discuss how to walk the talk, so that you can be a champion on policy issues.

Speakers

Susan Jones '82

President, Comm-En

Having dedicated her career to the environment, Comm-En’s mission of bringing renewable energy systems to the Northeast is more than Sue’s profession, it’s her passion. “After working in the renewable energy field for years, founding Comm-En was what I wanted to do,” says... Read More →

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Grainger Auditorium

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Playing with Climate Change: Using Games, Poetry, and Art to Imagine a Better World

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: Sinha Room in the Science Building
Student Numbers: 16
We are good at imagining the end of the world, but less practiced at imagining a better world. In this interactive workshop, we will adopt a playful approach to thinking about climate change and by so doing, practice imagining futures of mutual flourishing for all communities and creatures. Using games, poetry, art, and other creative practices, we'll try to unlock our imaginations and envision what's possible! How can the creative spirit help us address climate change?

Speakers

Stephen Siperstein

Choate Rosemary Hall

Stephen Siperstein lives at the Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall where he teaches courses in the environmental humanities. He is the editor of the 2016 volume Teaching Climate Change in the Humanities, and his climate change-related poetry has appeared in publications... Read More →

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Sinha Room

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE RedBikes Rollout!

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meet by Track
Student Numbers: 20

Want to be the first person to join our FREE campus bike share? If so, then sign up for the RedBikes Rollout Climate Action Day workshop! Run by the Green Umbrella Learning Lab and StuCo’s Student Life Committee, this workshop will allow you to be among the very first participants in the RedBikes program. We will use the time to give you the history of the creation of the Redbikes program and how it furthers the Academy’s sustainability efforts. We’ll orient you to the details of how the program works--from how to use the bikes and the Bloom app, to the rules and regulations that will govern the program. You will enjoy lots of riding and stories of how the bike share came to be. After the workshop, you will be able to use the bikes on a daily basis and you will play a role in helping us to refine the RedBikes Orientation for other students. Go Redbikes!

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Meet by Track

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Science Journalism in the Age of Climate Change

Limited Capacity filling up

Venue: Latin Study, Second Floor of the Academy Building
Student Numbers: 25
Faculty Number: 4
Climate change is arguably the most important scientific story of our time. Yet the topic is also among the most controversial in science journalism. Misinformation continues to run rampant. So how can we best educate the public and inspire productive conversations concerning the crisis? In this workshop, science journalist Lynne Peeples will share her experiences in covering climate-related topics as a staff reporter for The Huffington Post and as a freelancer for news outlets including NBC News and Scientific American. Students will then have the opportunity to start formulating accurate and convincing stories of their own on timely issues such as green energy, carbon sequestration and the impacts of a changing climate on public health. Interested students may even expand on their workshop writings for potential future publication in MATTER Magazine.

Speakers

Lynne Peeples

Lynne Peeples is a Seattle-based freelance science journalist, specializing in the environment, public health and medicine.Her writing has appeared in Nature, Scientific American, The Huffington Post, NBC News, Popular Science, Undark Magazine, The Atlantic and Pharmacy Practice News... Read More →

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Latin Study

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE The Secret Lives of Icelandic Glaciers

Limited Capacity filling up

Venue: Goel Center for Theater and Dance
Student Numbers: 227

Environmental educator and National Geographic expert Dr. M Jackson has spent years researching glaciers and climate change. In The Secret Lives of Icelandic Glaciers, she effectively explains what glaciers are, why they matter to people and landscape, and how understanding the individuality and interconnections of people and ice is critical to engaging with climate change today. She poses a stark question: what actually happens as communities lose their glaciers? By drawing on the glacier-related narratives, knowledges, and practices of people living along the southeastern coast of Iceland, Jackson demonstrates the lived complexities peoples worldwide face living within modern transforming environments. Jackson shares unforgettable stories of Icelandic glaciers that will dramatically change how people worldwide think about ice.

Speakers

Dr. M. Jackson

Dr. M Jackson is a geographer, glaciologist, TED Fellow, and National Geographic Society Explorer. M earned a doctorate from the University of Oregon where she examined how climate change transformed people and glacier communities in Iceland. M is the recipient of many grants and... Read More →

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Goel Center for Theater and Dance

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE The Sun: 4.5 Billion Years to Run: The Path to an All Electric Future

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: The Seabrooke Room
Student Numbers: 20
We’ll trace the history of solar energy over 50 centuries and understand the disruption that photovoltaic (PV) electricity provides. Despite the fact that PV only makes up two percent of energy generation today, it is less expensive than any other form of electricity and the displacement of fossil fuels is inevitable. You will learn about perovskite, a mineral discovered in 1839, which is one of the most exciting materials being explored today, both for light emission as well as for energy generation, which will accelerate the transformation to an all-electric future.
Some of the questions we will address related to this all-electric future: What if electricity were virtually free? What are the technological, political and societal impacts? Is this enough to mitigate climate change? What happens to big oil? Can wind save us? What about nuclear? Isn’t it sustainable? PV: what happens at night and the need for storage. Grid-lock: are micro-grids the solution?

Speakers

Chris Case '74

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Seabrooke Room, Elm Street DHall

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Water Quality at Exeter and Beyond with Mindi Messmer and the GULL Class

Limited Capacity full

Venue: The Forum, in the Academy Center
Student Numbers: 30
Join members of the Green Umbrella Learning Lab (GULL) in a discussion about the quality of Exeter’s municipal water supply and its impact on our community at large. According to town quarterly reports, our local water contains elevated levels of contaminants, including the carcinogen trihalomethanes. GULL students set out to ascertain the repercussions of the substandard water quality within the context of the PEA campus.
In this workshop, we’ll discuss the condition of Exeter’s drinking water and learn about future plans for its improvement. We’ll engage in conversation with Paul Roy, the manager of the Town’s water system, Tegan DeGenova, PEA’s Environmental Compliance Manager, and Mindi Messmer, a former member of the State’s House of Representatives and an expert on local incidents of cancer.
Finally, participants will measure trihalomethane levels of samples from campus water fountains using a spectrometer and reagent kit, in a partnership with the Chemistry Department. We encourage students to bring their own water samples so we can determine the extent to which the level of carcinogens exceeds the federal limit.

Speakers

Tegan DeGenova

Environmental Compliance Manager, Phillips Exeter Academy

Mindi Messmer

Paul Roy

Water System Manager, Town of Exeter

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
The Forum

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Winning a Carbon Price with Our Climate

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: Modern Language Department Room on the 4th floor of Phillips Hall
Student Numbers: 16

Interested in advocating for strong, science-based climate policy? Join Our Climate’s New England Field Coordinator (and once PEA Biology instructor) Eben Bein and Exonian student leaders who fight to put a price on carbon pollution. During this workshop, we will explore how youth are championing the movement for carbon pricing policy across the country and here in New England. We will review the basics of carbon pricing policy and the #PutAPriceOnIt campaign, then break up into small skill-building teams by interest: Legislative Advocacy, Campaigning at Exeter, and Carbon Pricing Art and Memes. Lastly, each team will share their main takeaways with the larger group and end with a Q & A and opportunities to join the campaign.

Speakers

Eben Bein

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Modern Language Dept. Rm, 4th Floor, Phillips Hall

FACULTY Morning Workshop

10:30am EDT

STAFF ATTEND Air pollution: A Grand Challenge for Human Health and Environmental Justice

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: Assembly Hall

Air pollution is the single most important environmental health risk factor, killing millions of people every year worldwide. But what are the main pollutants to be concerned about, and how do they hurt us? What are the main sources of pollution, and how can we reduce it? Do people breathe the same air across the world, or even across the United States?

This workshop will be a primer on air pollution: sources, effects and controls, and the grand challenge air pollution poses for all of us in the 21st Century. This is a big, exciting, and important problem, affecting human health and environmental justice. In fact, as our recent work has shown, in the United States a major class of pollutants is disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic Americans, even though it is disproportionately caused by the white/other racial-ethnic majority. The solutions to air pollution will depend on involvement from those in the physical, social, environmental and health sciences, not to mention engineers, lawyers, policy makers, businesses, and activists. Expect to leave with some surprising facts from the emerging scientific literature about air pollution; some understanding about what laws are in place for cleaning the air in the United States; and some actionable knowledge about how to find out about air quality in your area.

Speakers

Sumil Thakrar

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Assembly Hall

STAFF ATTEND MORNING

10:30am EDT

STAFF ATTEND Beyond Straws: How Do We Move our communities and culture away from Single-Use Plastic?

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Keith Tharp

Sustainable Seacoast

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Elting Room

STAFF ATTEND MORNING

10:30am EDT

STAFF ATTEND Creating Long-Term Value and Outperformance through Impact Investing, with PEA Alumnus Peter Grubstein

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Peter Grubstein '73

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Library Commons

STAFF ATTEND MORNING

10:30am EDT

STAFF ATTEND Eating for the Climate: Experimenting with plant-Forward Diets

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Emmett Shell '18

Emmett Shell ’18 is in his 6th year as a vegan. At Exeter, he balanced a vegan diet with varsity sport participation in basketball and volleyball.

Heidi Dumont

Phillips Exeter Academy

Amy Schwartz

Phillips Exeter Academy

History teacher Amy Schwartz has been vegetarian since 2013 and recently transitioned to veganism. A self-professed meat lover, she has many strategies to share on transitioning your diet.

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Phillips Church Basement

STAFF ATTEND MORNING

10:30am EDT

STAFF ATTEND In Business to Save Our Home Planet

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Stefan Bergill

Patagonia, Inc.

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Round Room, 2nd Fl Music Building

STAFF ATTEND MORNING

10:30am EDT

STAFF ATTEND Passing Climate Policy and Adopting Large-Scale Solutions at the State and Local Levels: Staying Resilient Against the Skeptics and Against all Odds

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: Big Grainger

Fighting climate change on a policy level presents its challenges, so how can we retain our confidence, stamina, persistence? How do we stay the course in light of opposition in a healthy, sustainable way? How do we walk the talk as far as minimizing our own carbon imprint?
In this workshop, we will discuss strategies and tactics for passing strong climate policy at the state level and local level in efficient ways, and by addressing skeptics and opposition. We will discuss strategies for education and outreach messaging to help change consumer behaviors, finally we’ll discuss how to walk the talk, so that you can be a champion on policy issues.

Speakers

Susan Jones '82

President, Comm-En

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Grainger Auditorium

STAFF ATTEND MORNING

10:30am EDT

STAFF ATTEND The Secret Lives of Icelandic Glaciers

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: Goel Center for Theater and Dance

Environmental educator and National Geographic expert Dr. M Jackson has spent years researching glaciers and climate change. In The Secret Lives of Icelandic Glaciers, she effectively explains what glaciers are, why they matter to people and landscape, and how understanding the individuality and interconnections of people and ice is critical to engaging with climate change today. She poses a stark question: what actually happens as communities lose their glaciers? By drawing on the glacier-related narratives, knowledges, and practices of people living along the southeastern coast of Iceland, Jackson demonstrates the lived complexities peoples worldwide face living within modern transforming environments. Jackson shares unforgettable stories of Icelandic glaciers that will dramatically change how people worldwide think about ice.

Speakers

Dr. M. Jackson

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Goel Center for Theater and Dance

STAFF ATTEND MORNING

10:30am EDT

STAFF ATTEND Water Quality at Exeter and Beyond with Mindi Messmer and the GULL Class

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: The Forum, in the Academy Center

Join members of the Green Umbrella Learning Lab (GULL) in a discussion about the quality of Exeter’s municipal water supply and its impact on our community at large. According to town quarterly reports, our local water contains elevated levels of contaminants, including the carcinogen trihalomethanes. GULL students set out to ascertain the repercussions of the substandard water quality within the context of the PEA campus.
In this workshop, we’ll discuss the condition of Exeter’s drinking water and learn about future plans for its improvement. We’ll engage in conversation with Paul Roy, the manager of the Town’s water system, Tegan DeGenova, PEA’s Environmental Compliance Manager, and Mindi Messmer, a former member of the State’s House of Representatives and an expert on local incidents of cancer.
Finally, participants will measure trihalomethane levels of samples from campus water fountains using a spectrometer and reagent kit, in a partnership with the Chemistry Department. We encourage students to bring their own water samples so we can determine the extent to which the level of carcinogens exceeds the federal limit.

Speakers

Tegan DeGenova

Environmental Compliance Manager, Phillips Exeter Academy

Mindi Messmer

Paul Roy

Water System Manager, Town of Exeter

Friday April 26, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
The Forum

STAFF ATTEND MORNING

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Air pollution: A Grand Challenge for Human Health and Environmental Justice

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Sumil Thakrar

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Assembly Hall

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Beyond Straws: How Do We Move our communities and culture away from Single-Use Plastic?

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Keith Tharp

Sustainable Seacoast

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Elting Room

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Campus Heating Plant Tour

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meet on patio steps of Goel Center for Theater and Dance
Student Numbers: 13

Did you ever wonder…
Is the Academy doing its part to cut its emissions of greenhouse gasses?

How could you make ice in the rinks with superheated steam?

And what’s under that smokestack behind the gymnasium?

Tour the Academy’s heating plant with manager Mr. Joe Klempa and learn about how the Academy boils and recycles thousands of gallons of water every day to heat and cool the spaces we live and work in, and how we use updated technologies to get these jobs done with environmental stewardship in mind. Each participant will receive a “treasure hunt” puzzle to discover key facts and surprising stories of PEA’s energy use and production.

Speakers

Joe Klempa

Phillips Exeter Academy

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Patio Steps outside Goel Center

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Campus Waste Audit

Limited Capacity full

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Entrance to Facilities Management, directly across from the New Parking Garage entrance.

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Climate Change and Invasive Species at Great Bay Discovery Center

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meet at EPAC Commons
Vehicle: Dragon
Student Numbers: 12

Climate change can have negative impacts on native plant species directly, and also indirectly by helping to increase the growth of invasive species. Learn how climate change supports the growth of invasive and help to remove invasive species at the Great Bay Discovery Center Greenland, NH. The Great Bay Discovery Center is an educational center at the Great Bay Estuarine Research Reserve. The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GBNERR) is part of a national network of protected areas and promotes long-term research, education and stewardship throughout the Great Bay estuary. Created under the Coastal Zone Management Act, the National Estuarine Research Reserve partnership program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the coastal states protects more than one million acres of the nation's most important coastal resources.

Speakers

Melissa Brogle

Great Bay Discovery Center

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
EPAC Commons

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Creating Long-Term Value and Outperformance through Impact Investing, with PEA Alumnus Peter Grubstein

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Library Commons
Student Numbers: 25

Does achieving a double bottom line have to be concessionary? Which is, can you get a social return on your investment as well as a financial return? In this presentation you will learn about different ways to make an impact while generating an at-or-above market return. We expect that you will gain insight on the return profiles for various investment objectives along the impact investing spectrum, and learn about the strategies used to achieve those objectives. We will show you how the industry has evolved overtime, including common misnomers and misperceptions surrounding the space, as well as best practices, mistakes to avoid when investing in impact funds, and what the future looks like for impact.

Speakers

Peter Grubstein '73

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Library Commons

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Eating for the Climate: Experimenting with plant-Forward Diets

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Emmett Shell '18

Emmett Shell ’18 is in his 6th year as a vegan. At Exeter, he balanced a vegan diet with varsity sport participation in basketball and volleyball.

Heidi Dumont

Phillips Exeter Academy

Amy Schwartz

Phillips Exeter Academy

History teacher Amy Schwartz has been vegetarian since 2013 and recently transitioned to veganism. A self-professed meat lover, she has many strategies to share on transitioning your diet.

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Phillips Church Basement

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE In Business to Save Our Home Planet

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Round Room, 2nd Floor of Music Building
Student Numbers: 35
Faculty Number: 4
Stefan Bergill is a sales rep for the outdoor apparel company Patagonia. He will outline Patagonia’s strategies for both helping improve and reducing their impact on the environment. As a company, Patagonia is committed to designing sustainable products, following sustainable practices, and helping others do the same. Learn what strides Patagonia has made and what plans they have for the future. Mr. Bergill will help to explain the effects of the clothing industry on the environment and how one small clothing company can try to mitigate climate change.

Speakers

Stefan Bergill

Patagonia, Inc.

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Round Room, 2nd Fl Music Building

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE It’s Electric! (Your city’s new public bus, that is.)

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Gillepsie Room, located in the Institutional Advancement building
Student Numbers: 40

From New York to Seattle, some of the country’s most environmentally progressive transit agencies have committed to electrifying their entire public bus fleet over the next couple decades. Why are electric buses an integral part of cities’ climate action plans, and can this new technology live up to its promise? How will transit agencies afford this massive transformation and achieve it without disrupting service? In this workshop, we’ll explore the opportunities and challenges of rolling out electric buses, whether in Exeter, NH or in large cities with millions of residents. Put yourself in the shoes of a transit planner as we figure out how, when, and where to charge these new high-tech and whisper-quiet vehicles. Our goals are to reduce emissions, stay on schedule, minimize costs, and get people home from work and school without running out of juice!

Speakers

Kate Tomford '95

Senior Analyst, Chicago Transit Authority

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Gillepsie room, located in the Institutional Advancement building

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Ocean Plastics and Hampton Beach Clean Up

Limited Capacity seats available

Venue: Meet behind St. Anthony’s Bakery in the parking lot
Vehicle: Yellow School Bus
Student Numbers: 26

The Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, a non-profit based in Portsmouth, NH, will be leading students in a hands-on beach cleanup at Hampton Beach. After a presentation and discussion about ocean plastics, we will be removing marine debris such as bottles, ropes, bags, and cigarette butts, while collecting data on the types and amounts of debris found as part of Blue Ocean Society’s research program. Students will work in groups to clean from the water’s edge up to the sidewalk near the beach’s landmark outdoor stage, collecting any and all trash they can find, from the tiniest fragments to the largest objects.

Dress for the weather. Gloves and collection bags provided.

Speakers

Katie Pelon

Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Parking Lot Behind St. Anthony's Bakery

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Passing Climate Policy and Adopting Large-Scale Solutions at the State and Local Levels: Staying Resilient Against the Skeptics and Against all Odds

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Susan Jones '82

President, Comm-En

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Grainger Auditorium

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Playing with Climate Change: Using Games, Poetry, and Art to Imagine a Better World

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Stephen Siperstein

Choate Rosemary Hall

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Sinha Room

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE RedBikes Rollout!

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Meet by Track
Student Numbers: 20
Want to be the first person to join our FREE campus bike share? If so, then sign up for the RedBikes Rollout Climate Action Day workshop! Run by the Green Umbrella Learning Lab and StuCo’s Student Life Committee, this workshop will allow you to be among the very first participants in the RedBikes program. We will use the time to give you the history of the creation of the Redbikes program and how it furthers the Academy’s sustainability efforts. We’ll orient you to the details of how the program works--from how to use the bikes and the Bloom app, to the rules and regulations that will govern the program. You will enjoy lots of riding and stories of how the bike share came to be. After the workshop, you will be able to use the bikes on a daily basis and you will play a role in helping us to refine the RedBikes Orientation for other students. Go Redbikes!

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Meet by Track

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Science Journalism in the Age of Climate Change

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Lynne Peeples

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Latin Study

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE The Secret Lives of Icelandic Glaciers

Limited Capacity filling up

Speakers

Dr. M. Jackson

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Goel Center for Theater and Dance

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE The Sun: 4.5 Billion Years to Run: The Path to an All Electric Future

Limited Capacity full

Speakers

Chris Case '74

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Seabrooke Room, Elm Street DHall

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Water Quality at Exeter and Beyond with Mindi Messmer and the GULL Class

Limited Capacity full

Venue: The Forum, in the Academy Center
Student Numbers: 30

Join members of the Green Umbrella Learning Lab (GULL) in a discussion about the quality of Exeter’s municipal water supply and its impact on our community at large. According to town quarterly reports, our local water contains elevated levels of contaminants, including the carcinogen trihalomethanes. GULL students set out to ascertain the repercussions of the substandard water quality within the context of the PEA campus.

In this workshop, we’ll discuss the condition of Exeter’s drinking water and learn about future plans for its improvement. We’ll engage in conversation with Paul Roy, the manager of the Town’s water system, Tegan DeGenova, PEA’s Environmental Compliance Manager, and Mindi Messmer, a former member of the State’s House of Representatives and an expert on local incidents of cancer.

Finally, participants will measure trihalomethane levels of samples from campus water fountains using a spectrometer and reagent kit, in a partnership with the Chemistry Department. We encourage students to bring their own water samples so we can determine the extent to which the level of carcinogens exceeds the federal limit.

Speakers

Tegan DeGenova

Environmental Compliance Manager, Phillips Exeter Academy

Paul Roy

Water System Manager, Town of Exeter

Mindi Messmer

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
The Forum

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE Winning a Carbon Price with Our Climate

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Eben Bein

Friday April 26, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Modern Language Department Room 4th Fl Phillips Hall

FACULTY Afternoon Workshop

1:30pm EDT

FACULTY ATTENDANCE/CHAPERONE [E]MISSION[S]: CRITICAL

Limited Capacity full

Venue: Lamont Gallery, basement of Academy Building
Student Numbers: 36
Faculty Number: 4

This workshop will feature the four contemporary artists whose work is included in the current environmentally-themed exhibition at the Lamont Gallery: Evan Anderman (’83), Lucinda Bliss, Tom Hall, and Jim Sardonis (’69). The afternoon session will begin in the galleries themselves for the first hour, and conclude with a panel discussion in Mayer Auditorium. Attendance will be limited to 40 attendees.

With the mounting research on greenhouse gas emissions, carbon emissions, deforestation emissions and so on, the Paris Agreement goal since 2015 has been to hold global warming below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) over pre-industrial levels. It’s not working out so well. The self-assigned mission of these artists has been to examine through an aesthetic lens the environmental decline that they each observe, and bear witness through the visual arts.

Through photography, painting, drawing, sculpture and mixed media, these artists call our attention to different aspects of our climatic plight. From an aerial perspective, from hiking through the woods, and from the water as well, human and other species’ viewpoints address topics of water loss, water-quality deterioration, agri-business, forest clearcutting, habitat loss, and other ills with which we as a society – a global society – continue to grapple. Discussion will be about experiences in the environment that resonate, and also opportunities and personal responsibilities to make a difference.

Speakers