National Climate Seminar Archive
Fall 2012 | ||
| Date | Presenter | Conversation |
| Sep. 5 | Hunter Lovins and Bill Becker, Natural Capitalism Solutions | Rio, Deja Vu? |
| Sep. 19 | Darren Springer, Energy Advisor to Sanders (I-VT) | Climate and the Election |
| Oct. 3 | KC Golden, Climate Solutions | Coal exports and the first rule for winning the climate game: “Don’t lose.” |
| Oct. 17 | May Boeve, 350.org | Social Movements & Politics |
| Nov. 7 | Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future | Clean Air Act, Next Steps |
| Nov. 21 | Kim Knowlton, Health & Environment Program, NRDC | Climate Change: A Matter of Health |
| Dec. 5 | Eleanor Sterling, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, AMNH | Climate Change and the Impacts on Biodiversity |
Spring 2012 | ||
| Date | Presenter | Conversation |
| Feb. 1 | Jon Shenk, Filmmaker, Actual Films | The Island President: Climate Story-telling |
| Feb. 15 | Anthony Leiserowitz, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication | Six Americas: Communication on Climate |
| Mar. 7 | Billy Parish, author and founder, Solar Mosaic | Careers: Finding Meaning, Money and Community |
| Mar. 21 | Auden Schendler, VP for Sustainability, Aspen Skiing Company | Getting Green Done: Front Line Sustainability Work |
| Apr. 4 | Paul Comey, Vice President of Environmental Affairs, GMCR | The Climate for Coffee |
| Apr. 18 | Cynthia Rosenzweig, Climate Impacts Group, NASA Goddard Inst. | Climate and Food Supply |
| May. 2 | Jihan Gearon, Director, Black Mesa Coalition | Carbon Supply Chain: Black Mesa and Beyond |
Fall 2011 | ||
| Date | Presenter | Conversation |
| Sep. 7 | Mike Tidwell, Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network | The Tea Party and Climate Strategy |
| Sep. 21 | David Roberts, Editor, Grist | Global Warming, Politics, and the Media |
| Oct. 5 | Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions | Climate Capitalism |
| Oct. 19 | Sharon Nunes, VP, Smarter Cities Strategy & Solutions, IBM | Smarter Planet? IBM's Climate Solutions |
| Nov. 2 | Richard Alley, Penn State University | The Carbon Control Knob |
| Nov. 16 | Seb Henbest, Bloomberg New Energy Finance | SPECIAL TIME: 2PM EASTERN - Politics Down Under: Does Catastrophe Drive Change? |
| Dec. 7 | Mark Hertsgaard, Author and Journalist | Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth |
Spring 2011 | ||
| Date | Presenter | Conversation |
| Jan. 19 | Eban Goodstein, Bard CEP | Time for the American Clean Energy Party? |
| Feb. 2 | Dr. Donald Brown, Associate Professor of Environmental Ethics, Science, and Law, Penn State | Climate Ethics: Do the Right Thing |
| Feb. 16 | Andrew Stevenson, Resources for the Future | A Global Warming Primer on China |
| Mar. 2 | Peter Byck, Director | Carbon Nation |
| Mar. 16 | Bob Langert, McDonald's VP of Corporate Social Responsibility | McDonald's and Climate |
| Mar. 30 | Team 350, 350.org | Global Organizing |
| Apr. 4 | McKie Campbell, Republican Staff Director for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee | SPECIAL TIME 4PM |
| Apr. 13 | Majora Carter, Consultant | Green Jobs - Headed Where? |
| Apr. 20 | Sarah Severn, Stakeholder Mobilization Director, Sustainable Business and Innovation, Nike Inc. | Earthweek Webinar: "Why We Fight" |
| Apr. 20 | Bill McKibben, Writer | Earthweek Webinar: "Why We Fight" |
Fall 2010 | ||
| Date | Presenter | Conversation |
| Sep. 8 | Bill McKibben, 350.org | author, Eaarth |
| Sep. 22 | David Orr, Environmental Studies, Oberlin College | A Climate Action Plan & the Oberlin Project |
| Oct. 6 | Liz Butler, Campaign Director, 1Sky | Climate Politics, Post 2010 |
| Oct. 20 | Bill Snape, Senior Council, Ctr for Biological Diversity | Climate and the Clean Air Act |
| Nov. 3 | Michael Mann, Dir., Earth Systems Science, Penn State | Beyond the Hockey Stick |
| Nov. 17 | Bryan Walsh, Journalist, Time Magazine | What will Come From Cancun? |
| Dec. 1 | Juliet Schor, Economist and author, Plentitude | Confronting the A in IPAT: Plenitude |
Spring 2010 | ||
| Date | Presenter | Conversation |
| Jan. 27 | William Schlesinger, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies | Ecology of a Hot Planet |
| Feb. 3 | Joe Romm, Climate Progress | Senate Action: Yes or No? |
| Feb. 17 | Kristen Sheeran, E3 Network | Equity and Global Warming |
| Mar. 3 | Larry Schweiger, National Wildlife Federation | Facing Mass Extinction |
| Mar. 17 | Mike Tidwell, Chesapeake Climate Action Network | Inside Look at the CLEAR Legislation |
| Mar. 31 | Nathan Richardson, Resources for the Future | EPA regulation of CO2 under the Clean Air Act |
| Apr. 7 | The Yes Men | Pranksterism for a Dead Serious Message |
| Apr. 14 | Denis Hayes, Bullitt Foundation | Earth Day, 2050 |
| May. 5 | Elysa Hammond, Clif Bar | Transforming Corporations Around Climate |
| May. 19 | Ross Gelbspan, Journalist | Democracy and Climate Solutions |
Fall 2009 | ||
| Date | Presenter | Conversation |
| Sep. 9 | Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future | US Policy: Eyes on the Prize |
| Sep. 23 | Stephen Schneider, Stanford University | Meaning of Business as Usual |
| Oct. 7 | Bill McKibben, 350.org | Climate Citizens |
| Oct. 21 | Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism Solutions | Business on Board |
| Nov. 4 | Andrew Revkin, New York Times | Copenhagen Prospects |
| Nov. 18 | Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, IPCC | China, India, and the US |
| Dec. 2 | Congressman Ed Markey's Staffers, D-Mass. | What Washington Needs |
| Dec. 16 | Eban Goodstein, Director, Bard CEP; Director, National Teach-In for Global Warming Solutions | Live Report from Copenhagen |
Climate and Food Supply
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Director of the Climate Impacts Group spoke on Climate and Food Supply on .
Getting Green Done
Auden Schendler, VP of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company spoke about his new book "Getting Green Done" on March 24, 2012.
Climate Change Communication: The role of the messenger
Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication spoke on February 16, 2012.
The Island President: Climate Story-telling
Filmmaker Jon Shenk spoke about his new movie "Island President" on February 6, 2012.
Social Movement and the Climate Change fight
Mark Hertsgaard, author of “Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth," spoke on December 8, 2011.
Climate Policy Down Under
Seb Henbest, Manager of Operations at Bloomberg New Energy Finance spoke on November 21, 2011.
