Hosted in Gary by:

            IUN Department of Minority Studies, Environmental Justice Partnership

Organized in Indiana by Sponsors:

            Citizens Action Coalition

            Cool Earth Relay

            Earth Charter Indiana

            Hoosier Environmental Council

            Sierra Club

Are you ready to commit to being an agent for change in your community? 

Register at www.hecweb.org

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2008

INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST, Library Conference Center

 
By attending the Gary summit, you will be joining hundreds of Hoosiers in Bloomington, Indianapolis, Lafayette, and South Bend with a focus on:

Climate Change Impacts in Indiana: Current and Long Range

Registration at 9:30 a.m.

Introductions and entertainment at 10:00 a.m.

At 10:30 a.m. we'll begin... 

Morning keynote presentations regarding climate change effects on our:

·        Ecosystems—John Shuey, Nature Conservancy

·        Public Health—Indra Frank, M.D.

·        Economy—Kenneth Richards, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IU

·        Faith Communities—Fr. Boniface Hardin, Founder and President Emeritus, Martin University

·        Governance—Mayor James Brainard, City of Carmel, Indiana

Lunch at 11:45 a.m. including a Round Robin Webcast with other Climate Change Summits happening around the globe.

Then, at 1:15 p.m. we'll split up to join one of three, concurrent...

Afternoon training workshops, preparing you to be a:

·        Cool City and Sustainable Community
http://coolcities.us  http://sustaindane.org

·        Indiana Public Policy Advocate, or

·        Grassroots Advocate of Electricity without Coal or Nuclear Power

We'll wrap it up at 3:30 p.m. and finish at 4:00 p.m.

 

TO REGISTER,

Go to www.hecweb.org

 (Please register by Friday, October 10th)

 

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