Dirty to Clean Energy Transition.
Biochar for Carbon Capture and The JOBS Project, Chris Fields-Johnson, VT Grad Student Squires 236
- Pyrolysis converts biomass into liquid fuel and biochar. Biochar is a stable from of carbon that can be added to soils to improve their productivity and reduce atmospheric carbon. The JOBS Project of WV is taking an integrative approach to sustainable energy and jobs in the Appalachian coalfields, including solar and pyrolisis energy systems.
Space-Based Solar Power, Austin Phoenix, VT Grad Student Squires 238
- As energy demand skyrockets there are no technologies ready to tackle the needs of the near term while leaving a healthy future quite like Space Based Solar Power can. Come learn about what makes this technology so different from any other energy source and what technical and political challenges are holding it back. This technology will be the key energy source for an efficient and truly renewable energy grid.
Wind Energy in VA and in Campus, Remy Pangle, JMU/VA Center for Wind Energy Squires 342
- We will discuss the potential for wind energy in Virginia and some of the strategies that JMU is taking to bring wind energy into their sustainAll Pagesability plan for campus. We will also take time to understand where a turbine could fit on campus and how to go about getting it installed to add to your campus’ sustainability – lessons to take home to your campus!
Mountaintop Removal Roadshow, Dave Cooper, Mountain Justice McBryde 341
Social Sustainability.
Conscious Climate Change: The psychology of sustainability, Michael Blackwell, Future Generations McBryde 126
- How we see the world changes how we live in and care for the world. At the root of the disruption of earth’s ecosystems are patterns of disruption in the human mind and body. Connection to the earth and to people is an essential form of nutrition. This participatory workshop will explore the healing effects of systematic, culturally facilitated exposure to nature.
- Usually by the time we are finishing our college degrees and figuring out our next steps we start are asking ourselves, “What is my purpose? What do I want to do with my life?” This workshop will provide you with tools to take an inventory of yourself, your passions and your skills and translate those qualities in to tools to help identify and pursue your career as a young professional. This workshop will challenge you to take those questions a step further and ask yourself, “Why am I here and how do I get paid to do it?”
Leadership & Movement Building.
How to reach far into a community for support & mastering phone banking, Emily Sherman
Lobbying: NOT a Curse Word / Federal Efforts to End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Mike McCoy, Appalachian Voices
- Mike McCoy of Appalachian Voices will lead a discussion on how talking to elected officials and relevant agencies is a crucial part of the larger movement to stop mountaintop removal coal mining. Come learn why lobbying is no longer a curse word when it is citizen lead and how you can be a more effective agent of change by bugging your representatives.
De-escalation Techniques (NVDA), Caroline Hansley
