2019 Session Videos & Resources
8:15 am – 9:00 am Registration, Refreshments, Visit Sponsor Tables
9:00 am – 9:55 am Opening Session, Cafeteria
Watch the Opening Session (video by Ed Ericsson)
Welcome to the land – Candace Penn, Squaxin Island Tribe
Welcome to Olympia – Mayor Cheryl Selby
Thurston Climate Action Team greeting – Tom Crawford and Barb Scavezze
Citizens’ Climate Lobby greeting – Louise Stonington
Drawdown focus – Lynn Fitz-Hugh
Keynote Speaker – Representative Beth Doglio
10:05 am – 11:05 am Morning Concurrent Sessions A
11:20 am – 12:35 pm Morning Concurrent Sessions B
12:35 pm – 2:10 pm Lunch
Vegetarian/Vegan Buffet, Socialize, Visit Sponsor Tables
Mid-Day Plenary at 1:05 pm – Derek Hoshiko, from For the People
Watch Derek’s Keynote Address (video by Ed Mays)
2:35 pm – 2:25 pm Drive Electric Earth Day
2:25 pm – 3:25 pm Afternoon Concurrent Sessions C
3:40 pm – 4:50 pm
TCAT Action Group Breakout
CCL State Chapter Meeting: Representative Denny Heck made a surprise appearance at the State Chapter Meeting to talk to CCL members about the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, which he signed on as a co-sponsor just days before the convention. Watch Rep. Heck (video by Ginny Lohr)
4:50 pm – 5:10 pm Closing Session
5:10 pm – 6:30 pm Reception
Raging Grannies
Folly of Frack play at 6:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Click on the Session Title for Speaker Bios and Session Description.
- Click on the Session Videos and Resources listed under each speaker to download them.
| Track | 10:05 am-11:05 am Concurrent Sessions A | 11:20 am-12:35 pm Concurrent Sessions B | 2:25 pm-3:25 pm Concurrent Sessions C |
| Activism | Holding Climate Movements Accountable Derek Hoshiko, For the People; Board President, E3 Washington Resources: Holding Climate Movements Accountable – Being on a Journey, presentation.pdf For The People, facebook page | How to Devise Smart Strategies for the Climate Movement Glen Anderson, Glen’s Parallax Perspectives; Grassroots Organizer for Peace and Social Justice Resources: Dismantle the “Pillars” that Perpetuate the Climate Crisis, handout.pdf “Spectrum of Allies” to Strengthen the Climate Movement, handout.pdf Multi-issue blog: www.parallaxperspectives.org | Folly of Frack, a Play & Discussion Jan Zuckerman, Susan Monson, Kelly O’Hanley, Jim Plunkett, Bonnie McKinlay |
| Activism | Be Part of the Solution! | Environmental Grief, Hope and Healing Kriss Kevorkian, PhD, MSW, Study of Death, Dying & Bereavement; Walden University; Climate Reality Leader; Founder, Legal Rights for the Salish Sea | Be Part of the Solution! |
| Advocacy | Sparking Action Among Faith Communities Barak Gale, organizer among Jewish community; Climate Reality Project -Thurston County Frank Turner, Earth Ministry Olympia Colleagues; Olympia CCL; Unitarian Universalist Church member | Adaptation and Mitigation: Thurston County’s Two-Pronged Approach to Climate Action Paul Brewster, Senior Planner, Thurston Regional Planning Council Tom Crawford, Thurston Climate Action Team, Board Chair Resources: SESSION VIDEO (by Ed Mays) Local Action on Climate Change, Crawford presentation.pdf Sustainable Thurston, Thurston Regional Planning Council website Thurston Climate Adaptation Plan, Thurston Regional Planning Council website Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan, Thurston Regional Planning Council website Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report for Calendar Years 2010 – 2016.pdf Carbon Free Thurston, website | Sunrising on a Green New Deal Jaime Cruickshank, Student, The Evergreen State College; one of the founders of local Sunrise Chapter |
| Citizens’ Climate Lobby | National Climate Legislation Mike Kelly, CEO at Tech DNA, Chapter Leader, Bainbridge Island CCL Resources: SESSION VIDEO (by Ed Ericsson) Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, presentation.pdf Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, CCL website Dividend Delivery Study, CCL website Household Impact Study, CCL website | Transformational Advocacy Gwen Hanson MD, Family Medicine Doctor; Chapter Leader, Bellevue CCL Resources: SESSION VIDEO (by Ed Ericsson) Transformational Advocacy, presentation.pdf | Climate and National Security Bob Hallahan, Retired Commander, US Navy; Chapter Leader, Whidbey Island CCL Resources: SESSION VIDEO (by Ed Ericsson) Climate and National Security, presentation.pdf |
| Citizens’ Climate Lobby | Communicating Across the Political Divide John Sandvig, Retired Aeronautical Engineer, Product Development Manager and Executive; WA State CCL Co-Coordinator Resources: SESSION VIDEO (by Ed Ericsson) Communicating Across the Political Divide, presentation.pdf | Be Part of the Solution! | Making Dollars and Sense of Clean Energy Louise Stonington, J.D., Retired Legal Services Lawyer; science teacher; WA State CCL Co-Coordinator Resources: SESSION VIDEO (by Ed Ericsson) Dollars and Sense presentation, part 1.pdf Dollars and Sense presentation, part 2.pdf |
| Education | Climate Change Basics – 101 Rhonda Hunter, Ecosystem Biologist; Climate Reality Project – Thurston County Donna Thompson, Chapter Chair,Climate Reality Project – Tacoma | Northwest Trees, Forests & Climate Jan Keller, People for Climate Action in King County Carolyn Rodenberg, Tree Keepers Alliance Resource SESSION VIDEO (by Jenna Mason) | Climate and Healthcare Chris Covert-Bowlds, Physician with Kaiser Permanente; Member, Physicians for Social Responsibility Resource SESSION VIDEO (by Justis Biggart) |
| Energy | A Bright Spot: Residential and Community Solar Kirk Haffner, President, South Sound Solar Mason Rolph, Chair, Olympia Community Solar Resource: SESSION VIDEO (by Jenna Mason) | Achieve 95% Fossil Free Electricity with Public Power within 5 Years Randall Samstag, Civil and Sanitary Engineer; Steering Committee Member: Island Power, Bainbridge Climate and Energy Forum Steve Johnson, Retired, Executive Director of WA Public Utility Districts | Be Part of the Solution! |
| Food & Agriculture | Take the Food Challenge Lynn Fitz-Hugh, Founder, 350Seattle.org; Faith Action Climate Team; TCAT Convention Program Chair Resource: SESSION VIDEO (by Ed Mays) | Waste Not, Want Not: Food Waste and Climate Mary Harrington, Organics Management Lead, WA Dept of Ecology Peter Guttchen, Solid Waste Planning, WA Dept of Ecology Cathy Visser, Senior Nutrition Program Director, Senior Services for South Sound | Reverse Climate Change thru Regenerative Agriculture Pat Rasmussen, Coordinator, Edible Forest Gardens Resource: SESSION VIDEO (by Jenna Mason) |
| Green Buildings & Cities | Clean Building Policy: How to get to Zero-Net Carbon Buildings Chris van Daalen, Executive Director, NW EcoBuilding Guild Resources: SESSION VIDEO (by Justis Biggart) Shift Zero Policy, presentation.pdf Shift Zero, Zero Net Carbon Building Alliance website Code Innovations Database website Building Innovations Database website | What Makes a Green Building? Jim Lazar, Economist; Carnegie Group of Olympia Chris van Daalen, NW EcoGuild Kirk Haffner, South Sound Solar Randy Foster, Artisans Group | Building an EcoDistrict in Downtown Olympia Karen Gaul, Anthropology and Sustainability Studies, The Evergreen State College Lisa Parshley, Olympia City Council |
| Transportation | How can we build a pathway to lower transportation emissions? Veena Tabbutt, Deputy Director, Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC) Karen Parkhurst, Planning and Policy Director at TRPC | Electric Vehicles and the Phaseout of Gasoline Matthew Metz, Co-Executive Director, Coltura | Bikeable / Walkable Olympia Chris Hawkins, Thurston County Public Health & Social Services Duncan Green, Intercity Transit Resource: SESSION VIDEO (by Ed Mays) |
| Water | Effects of Sea Level Rise on the Squaxin Island Tribe Candace Penn, Climate Change Ecologist, Squaxin Island Tribe, Natural Resources Department Brian McTeague, Quantitative Services Manager, Squaxin Island Tribe, Natural Resources Department. Resource: Sea Level Rise in the South Salish Sea website | We Agree: Water is Life Sue Patnude, Executive Director, Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team Zena Hartung, Founding Member, Olympia Urban Water League; League of Women Voters of Thurston County | Restoring the Deschutes Estuary: Why it Makes Sense! Sue Patnude, Executive Director, Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team |
| Youth | Climate Learning in K-12 Schools Abby Ruskey, US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development Sheila Wilson, Program Director, Nisqually River Education Project | Youth Activists Panel Emma Song and Kaylee Shen, Students, Olympia High School Rebecca Canright, Student, The Evergreen State College Sue Leander, Plant for the Planet | Climate Change and the Courts Andrea Rogers, Lead Attorney on Children’s lawsuit against the US government |