SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
(Many Nations Longhouse, University of Oregon)
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. – Keynote speakers Daniel Wildcat and Larry Merculieff
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
(Fir Room, Erb Memorial Union)
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. — Welcome and keynote address
9:30 – 10:40 a.m. — Student Panel #1: Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change
- Natasha Steinmann – Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Collaborative Land Management and Climate Change Adaptation (An Australian Case Study)
- Mary Kennedy - Weaving Traditional Ecological Knowledge through Tsimshian Stories
- Elise Downing – Nature-Culture Dualism in US Climate Change Discussion
10:40 – 10:50 a.m. — Coffee break and snacks
10:50 – 12:00 p.m. — Student Panel #2: Cultural Perspectives and Responses to Climate Change
- Carson Viles – Climate Change Impacts on First Foods and Culture in the Northwest
- Forrest Callaghan, Northwest Indian College Carbon Footprint: Baseline Data for Raising Consciousness Among Indians
- Lehua Kauhane, University of Hawai’i at Manoa Environmental Law Program
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. — Lunch break
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. — Poster session for public viewing and discussion
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. — Student Panel #3: Cultural impacts and climate education
- Christa Linz – Preparing Students for Climate Change: A Critical Look At Climate Change Educational Programs
- Kelsey Stilson - Humans and the North American Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction
- Madeline Culhane - Climate Change in the Maldives: A Rising Tide That Cannot Be Ignored
2:30 – 3:00 p.m — Closing ceremony
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- Hillary Boost - Effects of Global Climate Change on the Psychology of Children and Adolescents
- Frances Bursch – Sustainable Development and Climate Change Policy: Cooperation for the Mitigation of Climate Change Impacts on Communities
- Weston Cooper
- Shannon Ferry – An Earth That Speaks and Those Who Listen: Climate Change in Inuit Oral Tradition
- Ethyn Kelley - Whooping Cranes and Texans: a Plan for Water, Survival, and Coexistence
- Kylie Loutit - Maori Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change
- Paul Metzler - Indigenous Cultures and Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
- Mia Schauffler – Climate Change Adaptation and Pacific Salmon
- Benjamin Stone - Varying Portrayals of Climate Change and Water Stress in Bolivia, Seen Through Science and Journalism
- Inga Suneson
- Laura Vigeland – Coffee Farmers and Climate: Adapting to a Changing Environment
