Module 6 - Climate Justice & Future Cities
“Climate Justice Benefits” is about young people, their viewpoint, ideas, and actions. "How To Cool Down a City" is a panel populated with urban visionaries. Join us for programming that charts the course to a thriving planet and to smarter cities.
Our “Natural Systems” panel — unpacking how carbon credits are being used to preserve nature — is one of the profound good news stories of this last year.
$49
Schedule
◦ Climate Justice Benefits | June 12, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Communities most devastated by climate change are overwhelmingly those with poor people of color. Further, those who will inherit our changing climate are the young. This panel introduces young activists and how they are participating in climate change solutions. This presentation is a partnership with SERC, the Student Environmental Resource Center at UC Berkeley and with Global Shapers, a World Economic Forum initiative.
◦ How to Build a Cooler City | June, 12, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Low Carbon Urban Design. A Panel convened by Jason Kelly Johnson, Co-Founder and Lead Artist at Futureforms and faculty at California College of the Arts, Jason has produced a range of award-winning projects exploring the intersection of design with advanced fabrication technologies, robotics, responsive building systems and public space. This panel includes Virginia San Fratello, Chair of the Department of Design, San Jose State University; Willett Moss, a Founding Partner of CMG Landscape Architecture; Kristen DiStefano, Assoc. Director of the San Francisco office for Atelier 10
◦ Carbon sequestration: Natural Systems as an Emerging Market | June 14, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
With Andreas Merkl, Co-founder of Centigrade, an open-data platform focused on liquid, fair, and efficient carbon markets, and Tracey Osborne, Assoc. Professor and endowed Presidential Chair in the Management of Complex Systems Department and the Management of Innovation, Sustainability and Technology (MIST) Program at UC Merced.
◦ A Cleaner and Greener Maritime Industry | 4:00 - 5:30
A visionary overhaul of San Francisco’s public transit passenger ferry service with Seamus Murphy of the WETA.
Perspective from David Tyler, Co-Founder & Commercial Director of Artemis, Amogy Director of Maritime Business Development, Anastasija Kuprijanova.
Speakers
How to Build a Cooler City | June, 12, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Jason Kelly Johnson, Co-Founder and Lead Artist at Futureforms
Virginia San Fratello - Chair of the Department of Design, San Jose State University
Willett Moss - Founding Partner of CMG Landscape Architecture
Kristen DiStefano - Assoc. Director of the San Francisco office for Atelier 10
Carbon sequestration: Natural Systems as an Emerging Market | June 14, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Andreas Merkl - Co-founder of Centigrade
Tracey Osborne - Assoc. Professor, UC Merced