Preserving & Cherishing the Earth
Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/22/2018
12:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location
OM Sanctuary
Preserving & Cherishing the Earth
An Earth Day Celebration featuring Climate Scientist Michael Mann
Day: Sunday, April 22, 2018
Time: 12:30pm-5:30pm
Location: Multipurpose Room
Tuition: Donation Based (Space is limited)
Registration Required: Select a donation box – Eventbrite
This Earth Day ~ Dare to Care! Join this afternoon event from 12:30p – 5:30p. This invitation is for the local and global community to gather with qualified professionals who are daring to care by sharing their knowledge on the science behind climate change. The afternoon will also include sustainable practices, current political climate on climate change, and the healthly actions available for the people and the planet.
Featured Presenter: Climate Scientist Michael Mann authored the book Return To The Madhouse: Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump. During his presentation he will review the scientific evidence of climate change, the reasons we should care, and the often absurd efforts by special interests and partisan political figures to confuse the public, attack the science and scientists, and deny that a problem even exists. Despite the monumental nature of the challenge we face, he will explain why he is cautiously optimistic and why he feels we will prevail in the greatest battle human civilization has ever faced—the battle to avert catastrophic and irreversible climate change impacts.
OM Sanctuary Chai Chat: Dr. Harvard Ayers and Dave Harman, will be introducing their co-authored book Train Wreck Earth, a scientific novel set in a fictional modern college classroom teaching the settled science of climate change by two professors with the audacity to invite seven leading climate change experts to make guest appearances in this special class. The reader is treated to original material from Dr. Michael Mann, Dr. Robert Howarth, Dr. Mark Jacobson, Dr. George Woodwell, Bill McKibben, Tim DeChristoper and Danna Smith, JD.
Holistic Health: Throughout these powerful presentations, OM Sanctuary will offer a Forest Bathing (ancient Japanese artform of connecting to nature) hike through the Tranquility Trail (proudly placed in a conservation easement), Chair Massage, Music by Noah Proudfoot, a Raffle, and a Sacred Earth ~ Qi Gong Ceremony to close the event.
Refreshments: Some by donation and others at a fee. Be sustainable and bring your own water.
Event Sponsors: OM Sanctuary, North Carolina Climate Solutions Coalition WNC Renewables Coalition and AppalaChai
About the Presenters:
Dr. Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC).
David Harman, is an unexpected mix of businessman, environmentalist and self-taught scientific journalist. Not long after he became a North Carolina CPA, he joined the Sierra Club and became active in the local Blue Ridge Group in Boone, NC. He has been sounding the alarm about climate change for many years.
Dr. Harvard G. Ayers, a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, is a social scientist who writes general interest books and journalistic pieces to explain contemporary environmental and social justice issues.
