APRIL 14 , 2007 – Climate Change

Please join BIAHC at the Bainbridge Public Library (1270 Madison Ave. N.) on Saturday, April 14, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. for coffee, refreshments, a 30-minute video, and a Great Decisions community discussion on this timely issue.

Great Decisions is a nation-wide, non-partisan program of the Foreign Policy Association to broaden public involvement with the most important foreign policy issues facing the United States. For information, go to www.fpa.org

The April 14 topic is "Climate Change." How much are human practices contributing to substantial and irreversible changes to the environment? What effect are changes to the climate having in different areas of the planet? What response can the international community adopt to lessen the impact of dramatic climate change, and what can be done at the local level? The program is expected to last until 11:00 a.m.

The discussion on this critical topic will be moderated by Bainbridge Islander Beverly Duperly Boos, who recently trained with the Honorable Al Gore and a team of scientists and educators to present follow-up information to the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Instead of the usual 30-minute Foreign Policy Association DVD, Ms. Boos will present a 40-minute slide presentation developed by The Climate Project, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to educate and challenge citizens and governments into action against the growing crisis of global warming. A link to the transcript from the Great Decisions DVD on Climate Change, along with related resources, can be found at http://www.fpa.org/

Great Decisions Briefing Book:
To assist with advance preparation, please review the relevant chapter in the Great Decisions Briefing Book. Copies of the Briefing Book are available at the Bainbridge Public Library, or can be purchased from BIAHC for $15.

The remaining discussions are scheduled to take place at the library on April 28, May 12, and May 26.

Future topics are:
South Africa – May 26
War Crimes - TBA
Children – TBA

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Recommended Background Readings:

There is a wealth of material available on the Internet concerning global warming and climate change – too many to even begin to list here. You might want to start with the Great Decisions online resource list at www.fpa.org

A few other suggestions:

Christian Science Monitor Comprehensive Global Warming Website. www.csmonitor.com/globalwarming

Softened climate report riles some scientists. Seattle Times, April 7, 2007. www.seattletimes.com

Poor countries bear brunt of global warming's risks, plus related articles. Seattle Times, April 1, 2007. www.seattletimes.com

UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Impacts, Adaptability, and Vulnerability, the second volume of the IPCC report, Climate Change 2007, will be launched in Brussels on April 6, 2007. www.ipcc.ch

The Climate Project. www.theclimateproject.org

Global Warming Survival Guide: Fifty-One Things We Can Do. Time Magazine, March 29, 2007. www.time.com

What Now For Our Feverish Planet? By Jeffrey Kluger. Time, March 29, 2007. www.time.com

Global Warming: Who Loses—and Who Wins? Gregg Easterbrook, The Atlantic Monthly, April 2007. iraqwarit.blogspot.com

How fast must we act on global warming? Despite broad agreement on climate change, economists are divided over how quickly to implement solutions. Christian Science Monitor, February 22, 2007. www.csmonitor.com

The hard truth about ethanol. By Matt Crenson, The Associated Press. Seattle Times, March 11, 2007. www.seattletimes.com

For more information, or to be added to the Great Decisions Email list, contact BIAHC at 206.842.7901 or admin@artshum.org.

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