Dealing with Climate Change: Pt. 2

Talk Given At:

ESI College, Middlebury, 1:30 pm

Date of Talk:

February 18th, 2014

Dealing with Climate Change Time: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Dates: Tuesday, February 4, 18 Cost: $40 The first session will explain how and why the climate of the Earth and New England are being transformed. Our winters are shrinking rapidly, so crops and pests can both survive, and severe weather and flooding is increasing. The second session will address the huge transition we face as a society: how to deal with it and how to make a creative contribution to the future.

Instructor: Dr. Alan Betts is a climate researcher, who has been supported for 30 years by NSF and NASA as an independent scientist in Vermont. He gives talks to professional and citizens group across Vermont and advises the State’s climate cabinet. He has an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of London. His web-site, alanbetts.com, will answer those burning questions!

Caroline Donnan, Course Coordinator

ESI College, at Elderly Services Inc.

112 Exchange Street

Middlebury, VT 05753

(802) 388-3983

caroline@elderlyservices.org