Engaged Locally and Globally: Young Climate Researchers at UC Berkeley

Join four energetic, engaged UC Berkeley grad students for a to glimpse the fascinating range of climate-related research that young people are doing in our back yard – as well as a their aims for the future.   

• Ian Bolliger models the Sierra snowpack – and in his spare time works to make tiny houses a solution for low-cost, energy-efficient housing.
• Cecilia Han Springer studies the political and economic factors that affect sustainability in Chinese eco-cities and heavy industry.
• Adrienne Marshall, an experienced science educator, works on communicating climate change to California forest landowners.  
• Rebekah Shirley, from Trinidad-Tobago, studies sustainability for islands – currently, how large dams in Borneo may affect biodiversity and indigenous groups.

Refreshments 7 PM, talks 7:30 - 9 PM.