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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

This email is being sent to all members of the Baruch College faculty.

For an archive of announcements sent from the Associate Provost beginning June 2011, click here.

From: Prof. Mindy Engle-Friedman, Chair, Baruch College Task Force on Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

We had the great pleasure and benefit of hearing Karen Walker Thompson speak at last Tuesday’s Freshman Convocation. Her novel, The Age of Miracles, was selected as this year’s freshman text. Aside from her illuminating description of her writing process, she shared her thoughts about the roles our students must play in responding to and mitigating the widespread impact of climate change and natural resource depletion. Her discussion of human resiliency and innovation in the face of challenge and adversity was especially captivating. She urged our students to become leaders, visionaries and creators in this new and evolving environmental landscape.

We can, both in and outside the classroom, prepare our students for the challenges and possibilities that lie ahead. Here is a sample of resources that may help to stimulate conversations about this topic with your students and colleagues.

United Nations Framework on Climate Change

http://unfccc.int/2860.php

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

http://ipcc.ch/

Economies and the Environment

http://www.majoreconomiesforum.org/about.html

National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration

http://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/state-climate-2012-highlights

National Council for Science and the Environment

http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/152615/

Innovation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw