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2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 114
Monday, 8 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T118. The Science of Sustainability: How Can We Most Effectively Educate Students, the Public, and Policymakers?

Critical Issues Caucus, GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee

 

Paul H. Reitan, Christine V. McLelland and A.R. Palmer, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
"THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY"
VAUGHAN, Florence R., 5704 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1719, fvaugha@vertex.ucls.uchicago.edu, fvaugha@vertex.ucls.uchicago.edu
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2:00 PM
TEACHING SUSTAINABILITY: CAN YOU TEACH A PESSIMISTIC SUBJECT OPTIMISTICALLY?
KIEFFER, Susan W., Department of Geology, Univ. of Illinois, 1301 West Green St, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61901, skieffer@uiuc.edu, skieffer@uiuc.edu
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2:20 PM
EDUCATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY: TEACHING AT THE INTERFACE OF SCIENCE, POLICY, & POLITICS
FEISS, P. Geoffrey, Office of the Provost, College of William and Mary, The Brafferton, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23185-8795, pgfeis@wm.edu, pgfeis@wm.edu
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2:40 PM
FACTS, POLITICS, AND SUSTAINABILITY
SAREWITZ, Daniel, Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, Arizona State Univ, PO Box 874401, Tempe, AZ 85287-4401, dsarewitz@asu.edu, dsarewitz@asu.edu
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3:00 PM
CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
SCHIFFRIES, Craig M., National Council for Sci and the Environ, 1707 H Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006, schiffries@NCSEonline.org, schiffries@NCSEonline.org
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3:15 PM
FIELD CONFERENCES: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR EDUCATING DECISION MAKERS
SCHOLLE, Peter A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, pscholle@gis.nmt.edu, pscholle@gis.nmt.edu
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3:30 PM
COMMON GROUND - AN EMERGING SOCIETAL ROLE FOR GEOSCIENTISTS
CARLSON, Marvin P., Nebraska Geological Survey, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 102 NH, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517, mcarlson1@unl.edu, mcarlson1@unl.edu
 
3:45 PM
Break
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4:00 PM
THE MICROCOSM OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE: SCIENTISTS ARE TALKING, BUT MOSTLY TO EACH OTHER
SULESKI, Julie and IBARAKI, Motomu, Ohio State Univ, 125 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1308, suleski.1@osu.edu, suleski.1@osu.edu
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4:15 PM
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENTS PROMOTE ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
BAUER, Lisa, Manager, Campus Recycling and Refuse Services, Univ of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 and BERRY, William B.N., Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of California, 307 McCone MC 4767, Berkeley, CA 94720, lisabauer@berkeley.edu, lisabauer@berkeley.edu
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4:30 PM
TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: CONNECTING THE DOTS
MCLELLAND, Christine V., Geological Society of America, GSA Education and Outreach, GSA Headquarters, 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, CO 80301-9140 and PALMER, Allison R., Institute for Cambrian Studies, 445 N. Cedarbrook Road, Boulder, CO 80304, allison.palmer@comcast.net, allison.palmer@comcast.net
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4:45 PM
BEYOND OUR LIMITS: CHALLENGES OF TEACHING SCIENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY
TUCKER, Trileigh, Environmental Studies Program, Seattle Univ, 901 - 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, tri@seattleu.edu, tri@seattleu.edu
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5:00 PM
BEYOND EDUCATING ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF SUSTAINABILITY, WHAT'S NEEDED?
REITAN, Paul H., SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Science Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260-3050, preitan@eng.buffalo.edu, preitan@eng.buffalo.edu
 
5:15 PM
Concluding Discussion
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