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Saturday Events
8:45–9:45 a.m., Concurrent Presentations l
Session descriptions, locations and presentersAssets over Needs; Alleviating Poverty from the Inside Out
Changing the Climate by Doing Campus Ecology
Climate Stories from Tanzania
Developing a Local Food Economy
Ecological Challenges in South India
Endangered: The Island of Tuvalu
Exploring the Faces of Climate Change
Exploring the Growing Rural Renaissance
Hop on the Bus!
How Does the College Garden Grow?
Human Consequences of a Warming Planet: Seeking Climate Justice and How You Can Help
Local Energy Action Now: Engaging Local Citizens to Mitigate Climate Change
My Arctic: A Discussion of Siberian Children’s Art
Peace Piece
Re-Generation: The Youth Climate Movement
Teaching the Wedge Game: How to Provide a Climate of Hope Using Current Technologies
The Listening Project
The Polaris Project: Current Research in Arctic Ecosystem Science
Using Satellite and Space Telescope Images to Track Climate Change
Wal-Mart and Green Corporate Responsibility
Water Issues in the Middle East
What Does It Mean to Be a Peace Scholar? Studying Peace, Sustainability and Community in Guatemala.
10–10:30 a.m., Interfaith Worship Service, Boe Chapel
St. Olaf Pastor Bruce Benson
10:45–11:30 a.m., Featured Speaker, Boe Chapel
It's Time for Action on Climate Change
Senator Amy Klobuchar11:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m., Peace Fair and Student Expo, Buntrock Commons
11:30 a.m., Lunch, Buntrock Commons, Fireside Lounge
Pick up your vegetarian box lunch in the Fireside Lounge on the main floor of Buntrock Commons and proceed to Saturday Seminar II sessions. Your nametag is your lunch ticket.
Noon–1 p.m., Concurrent Presentations ll
Session descriptions, locations and presentersChanging the Climate by Doing Campus Ecology
Climate and Culture on Baffin Island
Climate Stories from Tanzania
College Students at the Policy Table: The Power of MPIRG
Endangered: The Island of Tuvalu
Faith Based Approaches in Conservation: A Lasting Legacy or a Bunch of Preaching?
Hop on the Bus!
How Does the College Garden Grow?
Human Consequences of a Warming Planet: Seeking Climate Justice and How You Can Help
Palestinian Christian Clubs: Building Community
Perspectives on the Sustainability in Art and the Art in Sustainability
Re-Generation: The Youth Climate Movement
Sustainable Justice: The Future of Environmental Justice
The Healing Journey: Integrating Modern Science, Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Stewardship
The Impact of Global Warming on Environmental Health Challenges in India
The Polaris Project: Current research in Arctic Ecosystem Science
Using Satellite and Space Telescope Images to Track Climate Change
Water Issues in the Middle East
What Does It Mean to Be a Peace Scholar? Studying Peace, Sustainability and Community in Guatemala.
1:15–4 p.m., Final Plenary Session, Skoglund Center
St. Olaf College Taiko Drum ensemble
Luther College Yosakoi Dance ensembleClimate Change: The Defining Challenge of Our Time
A video message from Rajendra K. Pachauri Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute
The consequences of global warming include increased intensity of tropical cyclones, increased frequency of heavy precipitation and rising sea levels. These changes in the global climate endanger peace by causing, among other things, an increase in “environmental refugees” which triggers the destabilization of social and political systems worldwide. Pachauri calls for “integrated and comprehensive solutions” requiring the mobilization of the scientific community — and all of human society — to stabilize the earth’s climate.
Response to Pachauri's Message
Richard Alley, James Lyons, Robert K. MusilPresentation of the 2009 Peace Scholars by Maureen Reed, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum executive committee co-chair
Poetry Reading by Mac Gimse '58
Greening of the Ghetto — And How Much it Won't Cost Us
Majora CarterSustainable South Bronx, the organization Majora Carter founded, pioneered green-collar job training and placement systems in one of the most environmentally and economically challenged parts of the U.S. She will describe how the interests of civic, business and nonproft groups can be met by working together to invest in an urban green economy.
Closing remarks by St. Olaf President, David R. Anderson '74
Invitation to the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Augsburg College President, Paul Pribbenow
Quintet No. 1 by Viktor Ewald
III. Allegro Noderato
St. Olaf Brass QuintetStudents from sponsoring colleges who arrived on buses should meet in front of Skoglund Center near the traffic circle immediately after closing ceremonies conclude.
St. Olaf College is one of five Midwest ELCA colleges that collaborate with the Norwegian Nobel Institute to host the annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum. This prestigious forum is held in cooperation with the Norwegian Nobel Institute and is the institute’s only such program or academic affiliation outside Norway.