2018 Agenda Overview
8:45 am – 9:30 am Registration & Light Refreshments
9:30 am – 10:35 am Opening Session
Welcome from Tom Crawford, Candace Penn, and Barb Scavezze
Jim Lazar and Abby Ruskey:
Great Promise for Clean Energy; Top Ten Climate Solutions
Keynote Address by Aji Piper, from Our Children’s Trust, Future Voters for 350 ppm, and Plant for the Planet
10:35 am – 10:45 am Networking Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Morning Concurrent Sessions
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch and Mid-Day Plenary
Catered by Dillinger’s Cocktails and Kitchen
Raging Grannies
Parade of Sponsoring Organizations (1 minute each)
Jill MacIntyre Witt: Climate Justice
Author of Climate Justice Field Manual
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Networking Break
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Networking Break
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Networking Break
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Closing Plenary
Parade of Organizations (1 minute each)
Barb Scavezze:
Communicate, Coordinate, Collaborate
Tom Crawford:
Group Participatory Session
State Rep. Beth Doglio and Stew Henderson:
What We Can Do Right Here in Thurston County
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Reception
Closing remarks by Congressman Denny Heck
Concurrent Sessions A: 10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Session Topic | Presenters |
Food and Climate Change
| Lynn Reveal, Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) Facilitator Allyson Ruppenthal, Recycling & Waste Reduction Supervisor Heather Willis, Recycling & Waste Reduction Specialist |
| Engaging Youth | Aji Piper, Future Voters for 350 ppm, Earth Guardians and Plant for the Planet Abby Ruskey, Educator and Sustainability Specialist |
| Sea Level Rise: What does Olympia do About a Downtown Built on Fill? | Clark Gilman, Olympia City Council Member Brenda Snyder, Author Moderator: Dave Peeler |
| Think Globally, Act Locally: Engaging Local Government for Climate Action | Tom Crawford, President, Thurston Climate Action Team Michael Burnham, Planner, Thurston Regional Planning Council |
| Getting to 100% Renewable Energy | Vlad Gutman-Britten, Climate Solutions Jim Lazar, Economist |
| Solar Energy: Practical Applications, Technological Advances and Policy Priorities | Kirk Haffner, President, South Sound Solar |
Concurrent Sessions B: 1:45 – 2:30 pm
| Solutionary Rail: : A Climate Crisis Solution to Electrify America’s Railroads, and Usher in a Clean Energy Future | Bill Moyer, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Backbone Campaign and Project Lead for the Solutionary Rail Campaign |
| Legislative Session Overview of Climate Related Issues | State Representative Beth Doglio State Senator Sam Hunt |
| 10 Exceptionally Good Reasons to Move Beyond Doom and Gloom to Action Here at Home! | Abby Ruskey, Educator and Sustainability Specialist |
Empowering Women, Family Planning, and Climate Change – Global View and Local Action
| Roy C. Treadway, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Illinois State University Amber Huffstickler, Leadership team, Consultant/Trainer, The Community Cafe Collaborative |
| Birds: Looming Mass Extinction Due to Climate Change | Kim Adelson, Black Hills Audubon Treasurer |
| Electric Vehicle Owner’s Forum: Cars on display: new Nissan LEAF, new Chevy Bolt, Tesla Model S, Chevy Volt, Ford CMAX Energi, and a Fiat500e | Moderator: Thad Curtz, Retired Evergreen Faculty Member and VP of Electrify Thurston EV car owners: Dick Hauser, Addie Spencer, Ingrid Gulden, Bree Anderson, Thad Curtz, Dave Watterson, and Clark Gilman |
Concurrent Sessions C: 2:45 – 3:30 pm
Session Topic | Presenters |
| Collaborative Art as a Catalyst for (Climate) Action | Carrie Ziegler, Earth Art |
| Carbon Tax Initiatives | Mike Massa, CarbonWA Vlad Gutman-Britten, Climate Solutions, Yes on 1631 |
| No coal, No gas, No LNG: Building a Movement to get PSE off Fossil Fuels | Jessica Koski, Sierra Club, Carbon-Free PSE initiative Victoria Leistman, Sierra Club |
| How to Join the Educational Movement of the NEW Climate Reality Project – Thurston County | Susan Woodward, Chair, Climate Reality Project: Thurston County Chapter; Executive Communications Specialist Rhonda Hunter, Member, Climate Reality Project: Thurston County; Former Environmental Education Manager for climate & water |
| Estuaries as Carbon Sinks | Blue Carbon, Video Sue Patnude, Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team Candace Penn, Climate Change Ecologist, Squaxin Island Tribe, Natural Resources Department |
| Active Transportation – Healthy, Wealthy and Climate-wise | Karen Messmer, Citizen Representative to Intercity Transit Authority, former Olympia City Council Member Chris Hawkins, Community Engagement, Evidence & Partnerships Manager for Thurston County Public Health & Social Services Department |
| Zero Net Carbon Buildings as Climate Action | Chris van Daalen, Executive Director (interim), Northwest EcoBuilding Guild |