Global Warming
The Temperature’s Rising!
A Town Hall Meeting on Solutions to the Global Warming Crisis
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On Saturday, April 14, Assemblywoman Loni Hancock hosted, "The Temperature's Rising!," a town hall meeting on solutions to the climate change crisis at Berkeley City College. More than 200 participants came to hear over a dozen experts and community leaders address state and local initiatives to stop global warming, as well as what individuals can do to reduce their carbon footprint. The speakers included Sierra Club Deputy Executive Director Bruce Hamilton, California Public Utilities Commissioner Dian Grueneich, City of Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, Town of Moraga Vice Mayor Lynda Deschambault, as well as Berkeley scientists and professors, and representatives from other state agencies. Assemblywoman Hancock addressed the questions and comments of the audience members in a lively public forum. Participants were also able to take advantage of the wide array of environmental organizations at a Resource Fair throughout the day. All in all, the town hall meeting underscored the importance of taking immediate action to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainability.
Many of our presenters also put together wonderfully informative PowerPoint presentations, which you can now access on our website. To view the presentations from the event, please click on the links in the following agenda of the event. (All presentations are in PDF format.)
The Temperature’s Rising!
A Town Hall Meeting on Solutions to the Global Warming Crisis
Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA
Saturday, April 14, 2007
9:30 -1:00 PM
WELCOME
Assemblywoman Loni Hancock
California State Assembly, 14th District
THE STATE OF OUR PLANET: CLIMATE IN CRISIS AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF INACTION
Bruce Hamilton, Deputy Executive Director
Sierra Club
CODE GREEN: TAKING ACTION THROUGH STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES
Catherine Witherspoon, Executive Officer
California Air Resources Board
Presentation: State Initiatives and AB 32: The Global Warming Solutions Act
Commissioner Dian Grueneich
California Public Utilities Commission
Presentation: Preparing for the Carbon Constrained World
Henry Hilken, Director of Planning and Research
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Debra Kaufman, Senior Program Manager
StopWaste.org
Presentation: Climate Change: How Recycling & Composting Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Will Travis, Executive Director
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission”
Presentation: Impacts of Global Climate Change on San Francisco Bay
Dan Kalb, California Policy Coordinator
Union of Concerned Scientists
Presentation: Warming Globally; Acting in California (and the Bay Area)
Mayor Tom Bates
City of Berkeley
Vice Mayor Lynda Deschambault
Town of Moraga
Evan Mills, Energy Analyst
Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Presentation: Bringing it all back home: What can individuals do to affect climate change
Allison Quaid, Executive Director
Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities
Bruce Riordan, Principal
Elmwood Consulting
Presentation: Global Warming Starts with YOU (and you, and you, and you)
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE PLANET
Ian Kim, Reclaim the Future Policy Director
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Presentation: Sustainability and Social Equity
Daniel Kammen, Director
U.C. Berkeley Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
Presentation: The Clean Energy Future
Henry Siegel, Principal
Siegel & Strain Architects
Vice Chair, AIA Committee on the Environment National Advisory Group
Presentation: Promoting Sustainable Buildings