A student group that aims to educate students about climate change will hold a panel Thursday for UCLA professors to discuss climate change through a multidisciplinary approach.
The Climatepedia panel, called “Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions in a Contemporary World,” is meant to encourage a multifaceted discussion of climate change, including from the perspective of science, health, economics and public policy. Anyone can attend the panel for free and light refreshments will be served.
The panel of UCLA professors will be held on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. in Rolfe 3126 and will feature professors from multiple UCLA departments, including atmospheric and oceanic sciences and environmental health sciences.
Sam Geldin, the president of Climatepedia and a third-year geography and environmental science student, said he thinks people should try to approach climate change through multiple disciplines to move past a surface-level understanding of climate change.
“We want to increase dialogue and awareness about climate change, but also bring it to the next level debate, which is how to take action on what we are seeing right now in our environment,” Geldin said.
Geldin said he hopes the multidisciplinary panel can become an annual event that can adapt to new research and findings on climate change.
“A 1% reduction in world-wide meat intake has the same benefit as a three trillion-dollar investment in solar energy.” ~ Chris Mentzel, CEO of Clean Energy
“As environmental science has advanced, it has become apparent that the human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future: deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the destabilization of communities, and the spread of disease.” Worldwatch Institute, “Is Meat Sustainable?”
“If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains… the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads.” Environmental Defense Fund
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” ~ Albert Einstein
Step by Step Guide: How to Transition to a Vegan Diet
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-food/step-by-step-guide-how-to-transition-to-vegan-diet/