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St. Olaf Environmental Coalition to present forum on global warming

Kristina Boyer
March 11, 2005

The student-run St. Olaf Environmental Coalition will present a panel discussion on global warming, featuring four St. Olaf professors and State Rep. Ray Cox, on Sunday, March 13, from 7-9 p.m. in the Buntrock Common's Viking Theater.

Topics will include a scientific overview of global warming by Professor Jacobel, an expert in ice and climate who was recently featured in the cover story of Nature Magazine (Feb 10), Professor Jackson discussing "green chemistry" that could deter global warming, the social implications of global warming with Professor Booth, and local and international policies that affect global warming explained by Professor Kramer and Representative Cox.

The purpose of the forum is to educate students and the public about the science of and issues regarding the often-controversial topic of global warming. "The main focus of our forum is to get people thinking," says Greg Bohrer '07, an Environmental Studies and Political Science major who helped to organize the event. "Global warming is an issue that will, sooner or later, affect us all, and it is important that we understand it."

The forum, co-sponsored by the St. Olaf Environmental Coalition, the St. Olaf Biology Club, and the St. Olaf Chemistry Society, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Kyla Bauer '06, Co-President of the Environmental Coalition, at bauerk@stolaf.edu or 507-646-6726.

Contact Kristina Boyer at 507-646-3032 or boyer@stolaf.edu.