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On-Site
Presentations -
Do you know people who are interested in learning
about one of the topics below? Local speakers are available
to provide on-site presentations so groups of any size can learn and
discuss the facts. Presentations can be scheduled at places like your
home, church, school, place of business and more.
If
you are interested in scheduling a presentation or have a question,
please contact Rosemary at the Milwaukee Sierra Club office at 414-453-3127
or via email: rosemary.wehnes@sierraclub.org
Presentation
Topics Include:
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Introduction
to Renewable Energy - Most
of our electrical energy comes from burning coal in Wisconsin.
Fossil fuels have played a big part of fueling our economy
and they have various costs and benefits. Renewable energy
sources can lead to a more sustainable future. Learn what
you can do to reduce your carbon footprint.
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Global
Warming and the Great Lakes - The
effects of global warming have been most apparent in the melting
of the glaciers and polar ice. The Great Lakes ecosystem will
also be impacted. Diminishing ice cover on the Great Lakes
is just one of the clues that scientists are looking at.
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Cool
Cities: Solving Global Warming One City at a Time - All
over America, cities, counties and states are launching an
exciting grassroots movement to help solve one of our county’s
most pressing problems: global warming. The strategies that
cool cities are pursuing fall under three categories: cleaner
vehicles, energy efficiency and renewable energy.
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The
Benefits of Green Building - Energy
consumption from buildings currently accounts for more than
50% of our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. “Green Building”
is a trend toward high-performance and sustainable construction.
In this presentation, you’ll learn more about the effects of
buildings on the world around us, and how greening our new
construction and existing buildings can have tremendous benefits
to the climate, our energy future, and the health of our population.
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Answer
the Call: Global Warming Challenges and Solutions - Melting
arctic ice, droughts in the desert southwest, unusual floods
in Europe and Asia. These are some of the headlines we read
about each day. But what do they mean? Are we witnessing natural
fluctuations in our earth’s climate or a human-induced tragedy
in the making? Sue Loomans presents the science behind
global warming, and how our earth systems respond to atmospheric
changes. We’ll look for real evidence that global warming is
occurring and that it is caused by human activity. We’ll see
what the future holds if climate change is not addressed, and
most importantly, we’ll learn about real solutions that exist
today.
Biographies
of some of our available Speakers -
Sue
Loomans: Sue
is a Climatologist and Environmental Scientist who spent many
years working the US Air Force, studying climate change in
places ranging from the Midwest to as far away as Antarctica. In
2007 Sue was trained by former Vice-President and Nobel Prize
winner Al Gore as a presenter for “The Climate Project,” a
slide presentation based on the material from the award-winning
documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” She now delivers presentation
on global warming to a variety of audiences, highlighting the
global challenges of this alarming phenomena, and strategies
we can implement to meet them. Sue also is employed for
The Wisconsin
Green Building Alliance, a Milwaukee-based non profit organization
that promotes sustainable building practices across the state.
Additional information about "The Climate Project" can
be found at www.theclimateproject.org
Peter
Lee: Peter has recently retired from
UW-Milwaukee after 27 years as an instructor in Linguistics
and English as a Second Language. In the course of his career
he has taught in Thailand, Taiwan and China. His interests
in renewable energy center on energy conservation and efficiency
issues. He has been working with RENEW
Wisconsin and its Community Education Group for several
years now.
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