Mark March 25th and April 6th on your calendars and plan to attend these two significant events.  Climate change will be the biggest environmental force in your lives, your childrens’ lives and for generations to come.

Kansas and Climate Change: A panel discussion with 5 experts on the impact of Greenhouse Gas emissions and the altered global environment of Kansas’ future.

When: Wednesday March 25, 2015 from 7:30 to 9:00PM

Where: Washburn University, Henderson Learning Center 112

Featuring: 

Kellis Bayless

Lecturer, Washburn Biology Department

Dorothy Barnett

Climate and Energy Project

Brad Loveless

Westar Energy

Mark Smith

EPA’s Region 7 Office

Xiaomao Lin

Climatologist, Kansas State University.

Panel Moderator:

Kaye McIntyre

Kansas Public Radio, University of Kansas 

This program is free and open to the Washburn community and the general public.  This panel discussion is a prelude to the appearance of Dr. Dale Jamieson, New York University Professor of Environmental Studies, April 6, 2015 (see below).

“Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed—And What it Means for Our Future”

A Lecture and Discussion with Dr. Dale Jamieson, New York University Professor of Environmental Studies, and Author of Reason In A Dark Time

April 6, 7:30 p.m.

Washburn University

Ruth Garvey Fink Convocation Hall/Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center

This program is free and open to the Washburn community and the general public.

The program is sponsored by the Washburn University Departments of Biology, Philosophy, and Political Science, the Eco-Bods, the Philosophy Club, the Gleed Lecture Fund, and the Washburn Center for Government and Public Policy.