Let’s Talk

Engaging Campus With The US Senate on Climate

In partnership with The National Teach-In On Global Warming Solutions, The Bard Center for Environmental Policy is setting up a series of conference calls between Senate and environmental staffers and faculty/student/staff audiences in their states to discuss climate and clean energy policy. These are not lobbying calls, but rather critical educational dialogues. Our goal is to engage young people directly with decision makers in conversations about the climate and energy policy changes that are shaping the future.

Check below for our growing list of scheduled calls.  Dial in to join the conversation with your state's Senate offices at 1-712-432-3100, code 253385.  Send questions in advance to climate@bard.edu; please specify your state in the e-mail.

About Let’s Talk

The calls start off with a "briefing" by a student from the state talking about interest and engagement in climate issues, and then the audience hears from the staffers about the senator's position and concerns. We take questions in advance via e‐mail, and the student team asks those questions.

Our staff does all the logistical work—contact Senate staff to set up the calls, solicit the questions, provide your student with the question list, manage the call.

We Need Your Help

We need your help in volunteering to convene a call in your state, so we can issue the invitations on your behalf. If you are interested in staying informed about these efforts, or being the convener on the call, please contact me at climate@bard.edu, or 845-758-7067.

Help us get hundreds of students, faculty and staff in dozens of states engaged and tuned into the critical decisions being made in Washington the coming months.

Schedule of Upcoming Calls

To RSVP for the call in your state, click here. Upcoming Calls will be added as they are scheduled. If you would like to schedule a call in your state, please contact us at climate@bard.edu, or call 845-758-7067.

State Date Time (EST)
 Senate Staff
Michigan 2.16.10 3pm Chris Adamo (Senator Stabenow) & Alice Yates (Senator Levin)
Alaska 2.25.10 4pm McKie Campbell (Senator Murkowski)
New Mexico 3.12.10 4pm Jonathan Black (Senator Bingaman) & Andrew Wallace (Senator Udall)
Colorado 3.15.10 4pm Wendy Adams (Senator Udall) & Sean Babington (Senator Bennett)
North Carolina   3.19.10 12pm Kara Weishaar (Senator Burr) & Perrin Cooke (Senator Hagan)
Florida 3.25.10   4pm      Stratton Kirton (Senator Bill Nelson) 
Iowa 3.30.10 2pm Eldon Boes (Senator Harkin)
Indiana TBD TBD
Missouri TBD
Pennsylvania TBD
New York TBD
Nevada TBD


Press/News

February 16: It's Getting Hot in Here, Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement.
February 25: Studetns talk policy with Senate aides, MSU ESPP

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