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DESCRIPTION:Event in collaboration with the classes of 1976 and 1996. \n\nC
 limate issues require us to look at the interconnectedness of pressing env
 ironmental challenges and the need for more integrated thinking and soluti
 ons. Alums from the class of 1996 will share their experiences in navigati
 ng this complex scenario\, addressing the role of individuals in shaping i
 nstitutions and their dynamics and how local\, national and international 
 actors can influence social justice. The panelist will seek to make this a
 n empowering moment for those of us who are concerned\, but are still unsu
 re how to best act towards halting climate change. Presentation followed b
 y a Q&A.\n\n \n\nPanelists\nBritt Vickstrom ’96 majored in religion and 
 Russian language and literature\, and has an ecology and theology master
 ’s of theology from the University of Edinburgh. Britt is an experienced
  environmental advocate and volunteer\, and has served six years on the bo
 ard of Iowa Interfaith Power and Light\, an interfaith organization that m
 obilizes and supports people of faith to take action on climate change. Sh
 e currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Eagle View Group of t
 he Sierra Club. Britt also volunteers at Nahant Marsh Environmental Educat
 ion Center\, the largest urban wetland on the upper Mississippi River.\n\n
 Liz Karan ’96 majored in geology and holds a master's degree in internat
 ional environmental policy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. S
 he has worked with the environmental community\, including the Center for 
 Clean Air Policy\, the Conservation Law Foundation and the National Enviro
 nmental Trust\, on a diverse portfolio of initiatives focused on marine co
 nservation\, climate and energy policy\, and business development. Liz cur
 rently leads a project at The Pew Charitable Trusts to protect ocean life 
 on the high seas\, a global effort to safeguard marine life that falls out
 side the jurisdiction of any country.\n\nMaria Ivanova ’96 majored in Eu
 ropean studies with a focus on international environmental policy and hold
 s a joint master’s degree in international relations and environmental p
 olicy from Yale University. She worked at the Swedish Environmental Protec
 tion agency and at the OECD in Paris before pursuing a Ph.D. in internatio
 nal environmental policy at Yale\, where she also led the Global Environme
 ntal Governance Project. Maria is associate professor of global governance
 \, director of the Ph.D. program in global governance and human security\,
  and director of the Center for Governance and Sustainability at UMass Bos
 ton. She was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of UN Secretary-Gen
 eral Ban Ki-moon and now serves on the Joint Scientific Committee of the W
 orld Climate Research Programme. \n\nSarah Hardgrave ’96 majored in envi
 ronmental studies with a minor in anthropology and holds a master's degree
  in community and regional planning and public administration from the Uni
 versity of Oregon. She has worked as a land use and environmental planner 
 in local government\, nonprofit and consulting positions in New Mexico and
 \, for the last 20 years\, in California. She is currently the chief of st
 aff to an elected member of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors\, wit
 h a policy focus on regional water supply issues\, including drought prepa
 redness and groundwater management\, as well as on flood management and fl
 oodplain habitat restoration projects at the mouth of the Carmel River.\n\
 nOPEN TO ALL classes attending Reunion 2021.\n\nReunion registration requi
 red to receive passcodes. Click here to register for Reunion.
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SUMMARY: Navigating climate issues from the individual to the global level
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 limate_issues_from_the_individual_to_the_global_level
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