Day 1: Tuesday, April 21
Theme: Energy & Water
10:20 am-12:30 pm (MAC Rotunda)
Greetings: Dr. Regina Peruggi, President
Dr. Stuart Suss, Provost
Keynote Dr. Wayne J. Martin, Environmental Scientist,
Speakers: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
“Geopolitics of Energy” PowerPoint presentation
Dr. Lisa Rainwater, Executive Director, The Catskill Center for
Conservation and Development,
“NYC Water Supply: A Model for the World” PowerPoint presentation
Mr. Andy Mele, Former Executive Director, Clearwater,
“Environmental Career Opportunities in Not-For-Profits”
PowerPoint presentation
Workshop Sessions and Special Events
“Living Close to the Earth Through Tent Camping”
Visit “Camp PERRT @ Kingsborough” on the flat grassy area
facing the water between the Library and the MAC Building.
11:30-12:30 pm How to Set up a Dome Tent, Prof. Don Hume,
Health, Physical Education & Recreation
12:30-1:00 Demonstration of Cooking on a Camp Stove, Prof. Nick Skirka,
Health, Physical Education & Recreation
1:30-2:00 How to Prepare “SMORE’s,” Michelle Bracco and PERRT Majors
2:00-3:00 Campfire Sing-a-Long led by Profs. Gail Levine and Don Hume,
with friends Michael Dunbar and Don and Dot Cov
12:40-1:40 Prof. Adeline Apena, History,
M-239 “Environmental Destruction in the Niger Delta of Nigeria”
1:50-2:50 Prof. Mohamed Lakrim, Biology,
M-239 “How Climate Change Can Affect the Arctic Herbivore
Through Loss of Food Sources: The Case of the Caribou”
2:00-3:00 Chicholina Sound Machine: “Gypsy-Punk Rockabilly Swing”
Cafeteria
3:00-4:00 Profs. Eben Wood and Kevin Kolkmeyer, English,
V219 “Off the Grid: Red, White, and Green on the Ho Chi Minh Trail”
Profs. Wood and Kolkmeyer will present recorded images (still and moving)
as well as narrative reflections on a month-long journey through Southeast Asia.
Evening Event for the Community
7:00 pm
MAC Rotunda
Greetings: Dr. Reza Fakhari, Associate Provost
Keynote Dr. Wayne J. Martin, Environmental Scientist,
Speaker: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
“Geopolitics of Energy”
Day 2: Wednesday, April 22
Theme: Sustainability
10:20 am-12:30 pm (MAC Rotunda)
Greetings: Mr. Bill Keller, Vice President for Administration & Finance
Keynote Dr. Stuart Schulman, Executive Director, Center for
Speaker: Economic and Workforce Development,
“Green Economic and Workforce Development:
National and Local Perspectives” PDF Presentation
Tourism and Hospitality Dept.,
“Sustainable Nutrition Plan” PDF Presentation
CUNY Sustainable Shorts on “Going Green” Contest Winner
Presented by Laurie S. Reilly,
Communications Director,
CUNY Sustainability Project and PDF Presentation
KCC “Going Green” Ideas Contest
Winners Announced
Workshop Sessions
11:30-12:30 pm Prof. Jane Weiss, English,
V-219 “Reading and Writing Nature in the City”
11:30-12:30 Ms. Kristy Di Cario, Nature Center Coordinator,
M-239 Salt Marsh Nature Center,
“Women and the Environment: Creating Authentic
Selfhood Through Nature”
Eco-Festival Day of the Arts!
Music, Drama, Film and Poetry!
12:40-1:40 Profs. Matthew Gregory, Ryan McKinney and Maurisa Charest,
PAC Amphitheatre Communications and Performing Arts, “Recycle, Reuse, Re-Stage: Theatre’s Evolving Relationship with the Environment”
1:00-3:00 Jazz poet Barry Wallenstein, author of five collections of poetry,
International Hall and the forthcoming Tony’s World, with Mr. Adam Birnbaum,
of Flags the American Pianists Association’s Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz.
Followed by Open Mic, hosted by Prof. Eben Wood and the KCC Poetry Club.
3:00: 4:30 Music by J.J. Sansavorino Quartet
International Hall
of Flags
Evening Event for the Community
7:00 pm Evening Film: Filmmakers Claude Nuridsany’s and
MAC Rotunda Marie Perennou’s “Microcosmos,”
hosted by Prof. Georgia Lind, Biology
Day 3: Thursday, April 23
Theme: Conservation
10:20 am- 12:30 pm (MAC Rotunda)
Greetings: Dr. Reza Fakhari, Associate Provost
Keynote Mr. David Veliz, Regional Youth Representative,
Speakers: Sierra Club, “Reforestation in the United States”
Mr. Shawn Sweeney and Ms. Katia Rossi, staff
members, the Roots & Shoots Program of the Jane
Goodall Institute,” Cultivating a Culture of
Compassion: From Chimpanzees to Worldwide
Conservation”
Workshop Sessions and Special Events
12:00 pm Music by Dwayne & The Last Days and Times
Cafeteria
12:40-2:50 Profs. Kevin Kolkmeyer and Joe Terry, English,
MAC Rotunda Student Panel for Eco-Festival 2009: “Humanity is Green:
Eco-Experiences and Philosophy”
Student art work (pdf) and PDF Presentation
1:50-2:50 Prof. Georgia Lind, Biology,
V219 “The Balancing Act: Handling
Carbon Dioxide to Impact Global Warming”
Late Afternoon Film
3:30 p.m. Filmmaker Werner Herzog’s “Encounters at the End of the World,”
V219 hosted by Profs. Tara Weiss and Kevin Kolkmeyer, English
