SustainabilityTALKS
CLIMATE CHANGE | May 18, 2017
Expert 8-minute TALKS Filmed before a Live Student Audience
Liberty High School Performing Arts Center | 16655 SE 136th St. Renton
The Public is invited! FREE
See the schedule below for our list of 22 Speakers
Attend any or all of the four sessions
4th Annual Sustainability TALKS
Local experts, along with exceptional student speakers, present crisp, professional TALKS, no longer than 8 minutes (it’s an art form!) in front of a live student audience during a regular school day in the beautiful Performing Arts Center at Liberty High School in the Issaquah School District. We bring five cameras, capture great audio, and edit beautiful slides (very little text) into a low-budget, high-quality, big impact final product. See the full Video Library from previous years at SustainabilityAmbassadors.org
What’s the goal?
Bring expert voices on sustainable systems problem-solving into thousands of classrooms to stimulate inquiry and catalyze problem-based learning.
Who is producing it?
Sustainability TALKS are produced by Sustainability Ambassadors in partnership with the Issaquah School District and on behalf of schools throughout Puget Sound. Our videographer is Laura James who specializes in underwater videography.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Issaquah Schools Foundation, Issaquah School District, The Russell Family Foundation,
Clean Energy Transition
RSVP Today to be part of the live Video Audience!
Attend one session or all four!
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PERIOD 1 7:30-8:15 AM 50 minutes for total program# / TIME / TOPIC / SPEAKER
2 min / Welcome, Purpose, Sponsors / Principal / Peter Donaldson
1 / 4 min / China Invests in Clean Energy Future / Student: Raj Duraisamy
2 / 4 min / California Leads on Climate Change / Student: Brett Roper
3 / 6 min / Climate Impact Forecast for PNW / Cassandra Houghton - Sustainability Ambassadors
4 / 8 min / Acidification Impacts in Puget Sound / Jan Newton - UW Ocean Acidification Center
5 / 8 min / Business Case for Climate Action / Stacy Smedley - Skanska
6 / 8 min / Cities Lead on Climate Change / Eileen Quigley - Clean Energy Transition
PERIOD 2 9:05-9:50 AM 50 minutes for total program
# / TIME / TOPIC / SPEAKER
2 min / Welcome, Purpose, Sponsors / Principal / Peter Donaldson
7 / 4 min / Vancouver to be 100% Carbon Neutral / Student: Thomas Guilbert-Newell
8 / 4 min / Engineering Challenges for Battery Storage / Student: Annika Kumar
9 / 8 min / Mathematical Models for Battery Efficiency / Jerry Chen - Clean Energy Institute
10 / 8 min / Thin Film Solar Engineering / Gabriella Tosado - UW Clean Energy Institute
11 / 8 min / Transportation Innovations Climate Change / Eileen Quigley - Clean Energy Transition
PERIOD 3 11:10-11:55 AM 50 minutes for total program
# / TIME / TOPIC / SPEAKER
2 min / Welcome, Purpose, Sponsors / Principal / Peter Donaldson
13 / 4 min / 100% Renewables for Every State by 2050 / Student: Risa Wagner
14 / 8 min / Solar Power 101, 102, 103… / Anders Alexander - A&R-Solar
15 / 8 min / Solar Power For All - Adoption Strategies / Jill Eikenhorst - Northwest SEED
16 / 8 min / Economic Impact of Acidification on Shellfish Industry / Bill Dewey - Taylor Shellfish
17 / 8 min / EV Revolution is a Climate Solution / Seth Zuckerman - Climate Solutions
PERIOD 4 12:50-1:35 PM 50 minutes for total program
# / TIME / TOPIC / SPEAKER
2 min / Welcome, Purpose, Sponsors / Principal / Peter Donaldson
18 / 4 min / Equity Maps Climate Impacts / Student: Sabreen Tuku
19 / 8 min / Climate Justice is Fundamental / Debolina Banerjee - Puget Sound SAGE
20 / 8 min / The Future of Energy Markets / Laura McCarty - Local-E
21 / 8 min / Pathways to Decarbonization for PNW / Eileen Quigley - Clean Energy Transition
22 / 8 min / Net Positive Energy – Bullitt Center / Cassandra Houghton - Sustainability Ambassadors
“Building a Culture of Sustainability
in the Issaquah School District”