Kalamazoo Fall 2013 Events on Climate Change
Awareness and Response:
Fall Events on Changing Climate
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, 2 p.m.
Flagpoles at WMU, adjacent to Wesley Foundation
350 Kalamazoo:
“Draw the Line” on the Keystone XL pipeline!
Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
People’s Church, 1758 10th St N, Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Dave Karowe, WMU Professor of Biological Sciences:
The Effects of Climate Change on Birds.
sponsored by the Audubon Society
Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013, 7 p.m.
Ethics Center, 105-107 Bernhard Center, WMU
Ron Kramer, WMU Professor of Sociology:
Is Climate Change a Crime? Moral, Legal and Political Perspectives.
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 7p.m.
Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S Rose St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Craig Brainard, Conservation Chair, Sierra Club of SW Michigan, and Steve Losher, Michigan Land Air Water Defense:
Don’t Frack Up My Environment!
Sponsored by the Sierra Club of SW Michigan.
Thursday, Sept. 26, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 314 S Park St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Michele Oka Doner:
The Ocean as Inspiration, the Ocean as Fabricator
Thursday, Sept. 26, 7p.m.
Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S Rose St Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Mark Cowell, Otsego farmer & former U. of Missouri Professor of Geography:
Consequences of Climate Change for America’s Biological and Agricultural Landscapes
Monday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m.
1110 Rood Hall, WMU
Michigan Clean Air Advocates:
President Obama’s Climate Change Agenda
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 7p.m.
WMU Office for Sustainability, 2529 W. Michigan Ave.
Harold Glasser, WMU Executive Director for Campus Sustainability:
Climate Change, Sustainability, and WMU’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Efforts
Thursday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m.
Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S Rose St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Dave Karowe, WMU Professor of Biological Sciences:
Five Things Everyone Should Know About Climate Change
Thursday, Oct. 10 – Thursday, Oct. 17, 8a.m. – 9p.m.
1206 South Kohrman Hall, WMU
Art Exhibit, Spare Change: The art of climate
Sponsored by Environmental Studies Program and the Frostic School of Art
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, 7 p.m.
Miller Auditorium, WMU
Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and author of The End of Nature:
Notes from the Front Lines of the Climate Fight
Free and open to the public; registration required at:
www.wmich.edu/humanities/events/bill-mckibben.html
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, 7 p.m.
Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S Rose St Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Paul Clements, WMU Professor of Political Science:
The Politics of Climate Change
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 6 to 8 p.m.
Habitat and Community Homeworks Warehouse, 810 Bryant Street
Home Energy Efficiency: New Home Construction and Retrofitting Existing Homes
Online registration required at: www.habitatkalamazoo.org
or by phone 269-344-2443 x 206.
Thursday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m.
Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S Rose St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Cybelle Shattuck with Rev. John Boley,
Kalamazoo Interfaith Coalition for Peace and Justice:
A Faith-Based Response to Climate Change
Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, 7p.m.
Bernhard Center, WMU, West Suite (Rooms 208+209)
Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change, with elected officials.
Sponsored by WMU Institute of Government & Politics
Saturday, Oct. 19, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Kalamazoo Nature Center, 7000 N Westnedge Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Public conference on “Biodiversity and Climate Change:
Towards a Climate Action Plan for Kalamazoo”
sponsored by KNC and Kalamazoo Area Wild Ones.
Online registration required at www.naturecenter.org, or by phone 269-381-1574.
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2 to 4 p.m.
Habitat and Community Homeworks Warehouse, 810 Bryant Street
Home Energy Efficiency: New Home Construction and Retrofitting Existing Homes
Online registration required at: www.habitatkalamazoo.org
or by phone 269-344-2443 x 206.
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2 p.m. and again at 5 p.m.
The Little Theatre, corner of Oakland Drive and Oliver Lane, Kalamazoo People’s Food Co-op and Kalamazoo Film Society:
Dirt! The Movie.
Each showing will be followed by a panel discussion exploring the role of food and agriculture in climate change.
Thursday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.
Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S Rose St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Tom Small, WMU emeritus Professor of English:
Climate Change and the Transition Movement to Resilient Community
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.
3301 Friedmann Hall, WMU
Don Cooney, WMU Professor of Social Work:
Divesting from Big Oil: Building the Movement
November 21, 2013, 6 p.m.
2452 Knauss Hall, WMU
Kenneth Chang:
News Judgment vs. Opinion: Do I Have an Agenda When I Write about Global Warming?
Sponsoring Partners: The Western Michigan University Center for the Humanities, the Kalamazoo Nature Center, and the People’s Food Co-op of Kalamazoo