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Meeting of the Minds “Live Stream” on Boulder Channel 1
Sep 22nd
Meeting of the Minds Broadcast
Next Session- 11:00 AM MT, USA “Is IT Innovation the Sustainability Game Changer?”
Speakers: Nicola Villa, Emilio Frezza, Josep Roig, Ger Baron
MEETING OF THE MINDS
Discussion Forum for Meeting of the Minds Live Streamed Sessions
Meeting of the Minds Live Streaming Agenda
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8:45 -9:55 AM Mountain Time, USA | Session 2: Changing Cities- Changing Cars |
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11:00 AM12:00 PMMountain Time, USA | Session 3: Is IT Innovation the Sustainability Game Changer? |
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1:35 PM -2:35 PMMountain Time, USA | Session 4: New Urban Revitalization Strategies |
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3:05 PM -4:05 PMMountain Time, USA | Session 6: How Far Will Energy Efficiency Take Us? Implementation Roadmaps for the Coming Retrofit Revolution |
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September 23 2011 | ||||||||
8:45 AM -9:45 AMMountain Time, USA | Session 7: City Learning |
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10:50 AM11:50 AMMountain Time, USA | Session 9: Sourcing Urban Innovations from the Bottom Up + from the Top DownEmpowering City Dwellers Through Open Source/Smart Apps |
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11:50 AM12:50 PMMountain Time, USA | Session 11: Transforming Lighting/Physical Assets of the City – A Big Step on the Path to Sustainability |
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Boulder: Climate Reality Project video story
Sep 18th
Video streaming by Ustream
You made today a success
POSTED BY MAGGIE L. FOX, PRESIDENT & CEO
In the months that went into planning 24 Hours of Reality, I saw firsthand the passion and energy of our Climate Presenters, staff and partners around the globe who are calling attention to the climate crisis and working to solve it.
Today, I was honored to see your passion and your energy. I can’t thank you enough for making 24 Hours of Reality a global success.
By the time our chairman, former Vice President Al Gore finished his presentation, the 24 hour long event had 8.6 million views.
I am incredibly proud that so many people around the world participated, but it’s also important to remember the individual actions it represents. There are countless stories of impressive grassroots mobilization. A company in Tel Aviv hosted a watch party at their headquarters. A group of graduate students in Athens, Georgia rented out a popular local movie theater. People across the world joined hands to say: Climate change is real, it’s happening now and the time to act is now.
But this is just the beginning. There are important actions you can take today:
Request a presentation. There are more than 3,000 trained Climate Presenters around the globe. Organize an event and invite a Presenter to come to your community.
Go local: Team up with our partners around the world and help solve the climate crisis. Visit our website to find a partner organization near you.
Moving Planet: On Sept 24, hit the streets with http://350.org for a global day of action. Find an activity near you.
Check our comprehensive video library to watch highlights from 24 Hours of Reality.
It is up to you to continue to stand up for reality and share the truth about the climate crisis. We will succeed because we must.
Posted by Maggie L. Fox, President & CEO
SPACE WEATHER DISRUPTS COMMUNICATIONS, THREATENS OTHER TECHNOLOGIES ON EARTH, SAYS CU-BOULDER PROF
Feb 18th
Classified as a Class X flare, the Feb. 15 event also spewed billions of tons of charged particles toward Earth in what are called coronal mass ejections and ignited a geomagnetic storm in Earth’s magnetic field, said Baker, director of CU-Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. Such powerful ejections can cause a variety of socioeconomic and safety issues ranging from the disruption of airline navigation systems and power grids to the safety of airline crews and astronauts.
“The sun is coming back to life,” said Baker, who chaired a 2008 National Research Council committee that produced a report titled “Severe Space Weather Events — Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts.” For the past several years the sun has been in its most quiescent state since early in the 20th century, said Baker.
From a scientific standpoint a class X event — the most powerful kind of solar flare — is exciting, said Baker, also a CU-Boulder professor in the astrophysical and planetary sciences department. “But as a society, we can’t afford to let our guard down when operating spacecraft in the near-Earth environment.”
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, several more coronal mass ejections may reach Earth’s atmosphere in the next day or two.
“Human dependence on technology makes society more susceptible to the effects of space weather,” Baker said. “But scientists and engineers have made great strides in recent decades regarding this phenomenon.
“We understand much more about what is happening and can build more robust systems to withstand the effects,” Baker said. “It will be interesting to see how well our technological systems will withstand the rigors of space weather as the sun gets back to higher activity levels.”
Baker also spearheaded a 2006 NRC report titled “Space Radiation Hazards and the Vision for Space.” The report considered the effects of space weather events on human explorers venturing beyond low-Earth orbit. The National Research Council is a federal organization created by the National Academy of Sciences.
-CU Media release-