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; Resources: |
How to Devise Smart Strategies for the Climate Movement
Glen Anderson, Glen’s Parallax Perspectives; Grassroots Organizer for Peace and Social Justice Resources: |
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 |
Adaptation and Mitigation: Thurston County’s Two-Pronged Approach to Climate Action
Paul Brewster, Senior Planner, Thurston Regional Planning Council Resources: Local Action on Climate Change, Crawford presentation.pdf |
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: Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, presentation.pdf |
Transformational Advocacy
Gwen Hanson MD, Family Medicine Doctor; Chapter Leader, Bellevue CCL Resources: |
Climate and National Security
Bob Hallahan, Retired Commander, US Navy; Chapter Leader, Whidbey Island CCL Resources: |
| Citizens’ Climate Lobby | Communicating Across the Political Divide
John Sandvig, Retired Aeronautical Engineer, Product Development Manager and Executive; WA State CCL Co-Coordinator Resources: |
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: Dollars and Sense presentation, part 1.pdf |
| Education | Climate Change Basics – 101
Rhonda Hunter, Ecosystem Biologist; Climate Reality Project – Thurston County |
Northwest Trees, Forests & Climate
Jan Keller, People for Climate Action in King County Resource |
Climate and Healthcare
Chris Covert-Bowlds, Physician with Kaiser Permanente; Member, Physicians for Social Responsibility Resource |
| Energy | A Bright Spot: Residential and Community Solar
Kirk Haffner, President, South Sound Solar Resource: |
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 |
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: |
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: |
| Green Buildings & Cities | Clean Building Policy: How to get to Zero-Net Carbon Buildings
Chris van Daalen, Executive Director, NW EcoBuilding Guild Resources: Shift Zero Policy, presentation.pdf |
What Makes a Green Building?
Jim Lazar, Economist; Carnegie Group of Olympia |
Building an EcoDistrict in Downtown Olympia
Karen Gaul, Anthropology and Sustainability Studies, The Evergreen State College |
| Transportation | How can we build a pathway to lower transportation emissions?
Veena Tabbutt, Deputy Director, Thurston Regional Planning Council (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 Resource: |
| Water | Effects of Sea Level Rise on the Squaxin Island Tribe
Candace Penn, Climate Change Ecologist, Squaxin Island Tribe, Natural Resources Department |
We Agree: Water is Life
Sue Patnude, Executive Director, Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team |
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 |
Youth Activists Panel
Emma Song and Kaylee Shen, Students, Olympia High School |
Climate Change and the Courts
Andrea Rogers, Lead Attorney on Children’s lawsuit against the US government |