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Santa Barbara Reads
In partnership with
UCSB Reads for
Earth Day
February – April 2007
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
By Elizabeth Kolbert
Santa Barbara Reads is a program in which the Santa Barbara community is encouraged to read the same book, and to discuss the issues presented.
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change, by Elizabeth Kolbert, offers a multi-disciplined approach to the issue of global warming by combining science, politics, and the human experience. The public is invited to attend any of the following community conversations, presented by Professor Josh Schimel, Chair of the UCSB Environmental Studies Program, together with other members of the UCSB faculty and a community representative. There will be a brief presentation, a discussion of the scientific basis for global warming, and open forum for questions from the public.
Community Conversations
Montecito Library
March 14 (Wednesday), 7:00 pm
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With Professor Josh Schimel, Environmental Studies Program Chair, Professor Lee Hannah, Biological Consequences of Climate Change, Professor Anita Guerrini, Environmental History, and Ivor John, President of the Board of the Community Environmental Council.
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Goleta Library
April 9 (Monday),
7:00 pm
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With Professor Josh Schimel, Environmental Studies Program Chair, Professor Stephanie LeMenager, English/Nature Writing, Professor Eric R. A. N. Smith, Public Opinion/Environmental Politics, and Mary Byrd, Air Quality Information Specialist, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District. |
Solvang Library
April 11 (Wednesday), 7:00 pm
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With Professor Josh Schimel, Environmental Studies Prgrm.Chair, and Professor Joel Michaelsen, Climatology. |
Carpinteria Library
April 12 (Thursday),
7:00 pm
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With Professor Josh Schimel, Environmental Studies Program Chair, Professor Bruce Tiffney, Dean of the College of Creative Studies, and Ellen Strickland, owner of Livingreen, which provides healthy alternative solutions to standard materials. |
Central Public Library
April 17 (Tuesday),
7:00 pm
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With Professor Catherine Gautier, Climate & Global Warming, Professor Lee Hannah, Biological Consequences of Climate Change, and Marty Blum, Mayor of the City of Santa Barbara. |
Author Elizabeth Kolbert public lecture
| April 19 (Thursday), 8:00 pm. |
Campbell Hall, UCSB -
Free admission |
Earth Day Festival
| April 22 (Sunday), 10:00 to 5:30 |
S. B. Courthouse Sunken Garden |
Global warming presents one of the greatest challenges ever faced by American society. In the next few decades, it has the potential to impact every aspect of our lives, from the energy we use to the coastal cities we inhabit. Controversy about global warming exists at every level, from the science that underpins it and the political alliances forged around it, to the recognition of its social impacts and how we as a nation should respond to it. As a key coastal community and a pioneer in the modern environmental movement, Santa Barbara can play a leadership role in addressing the effects of climate change in our own communities, in America, and beyond. -David W. Lea, Chair, Global Warming Science & Society Event Series.
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SB Reads & other links:
Earth Day 2007
UCSB Reads for Earth Day
UCSB Global Warming Science & Society series
Natural Resources Defence Council
Union of Concerned Scientists
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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