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Bard’s One-Night Teach-in on Climate and Justice
March 30, 2022 @ 4:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Tuesday, March 29 — “Hope for Our Mother Earth: An Interfaith Service of Prayers, Meditations, Dance, and Music,” Chapel, 5:30 PM
Wednesday, March 30 @ 4:45 — 9:30 PM
Karianne Canfield, Bard alumni class of 2020, is at the center of a global climate educational initiative spearheaded by the Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard: The WorldWide Teach-in on Climate and Justice. They are helping organize events at over 300 universities, high schools, faith communities, and NGOs in 50 countries, involving tens of thousands of students around the world.
Karianne is also helping put together (and will be speaking at) Bard’s own flagship Teach-In, to be held the evening or March 30. Free and open to the public, the live, in-person event will feature more than 35 Bard faculty, staff, and students in panels with audience discussion.
Topics include:
(1) Climate Justice (2) Food Systems and Solutions (3) Climate Science: What You Need to Know (4) Dealing with Climate Despair (5) Climate Stories & Songs (6) Local to Global (7) Energy, Cities, Behavior ( 8)Art, Citizens, Climate (9) and a plenary session on What We Can Do Starting Now.
The complete program follows below.
Speakers will give 5-minute lightning talks, leaving the balance of each panel for discussion. The Teach-in begins at 6:15 pm and ends at 9:30 pm at Olin Hall. Members of the public who would like to attend in person or remotely via live stream should register here.
In-person attendance by non-Bardians requires uploading proof of vaccination against Covid-19. We will share the zoom link with registrants on the day of the event.
Today, most people understand that carbon pollution is causing the planet to heat up. We see the fires and floods, the extreme weather, the droughts and crop failures. But many of us react with a sense of despair. The problem seems too big and our politics and economic systems too broken for solutions. In fact, we are living at a moment of tremendous agency, where what we all do matters as never before. The teach-in will help us move from despair to determination, working together, to change the future.
Karianne says: “The time for talk is over, so why have a teach-in? Because there is always more to learn. More policy to understand, more biases to unlearn, and new perspectives on old issues to give you hope. At the World Wide Teach-In on Climate Justice, our team has focused on the solutions—large and small—that can be implemented in our communities. I am proud to be part of a hope-focused effort for change. Join us on March 30.”
The WorldWide Teach-in on Climate and Justice, and Bard’s flagship event, is a project of the Graduate Programs in Sustainability (GPS) at Bard College, with support from the Open Society University Network. GPS degree programs include MS degrees in Environmental Policy and Climate Science and Policy; the M Ed In Environmental Education, and the MBA in Sustainability, ranked the #1 Green MBA for 2021 and 2022, and among the top 10 MBA’s nationwide for Non-Profit Management for both years as well by the Princeton Review.
