Now: A Panel Series on Climate Change and How it Affects Our Lives
/ about THE Series:
Hi!
My name is Ellen and I'm a sophomore at San Mateo High School. I am organizing this panel series through the San Mateo Office of Sustainability and Office of Education's Youth Climate Ambassador program. I'm so glad that you are interested in attending them!
The panel series will focus on the ways that climate change affects and will continue to affect every aspect of our lives and what can be done to help slow and reduce its effects. It aims to include diverse and differing perspectives within each issue, allowing students to see the issue from multiple points of view. It is primarily targeted towards teens in the San Francisco Bay Area, but everyone is welcome and invited to attend. The topics of the panels will be Environmental Justice & Intersection Environmentalism, Future Impacts of Climate Change, Environmental Activism, and Careers in Climate Change.
After each panel, students who attended and fill out the post-panel survey will be entered in a raffle to win some environment-related prizes! Those who attend and fill out the post-panel surveys for all events will be entered into the raffle for the grand prize!
Sign up for these events on their website pages in order to receive their corresponding YouTube live and survey links!
I hope that you are able to attend and learn from these events!
-Ellen
/ Panels
EnVironmental Justice & Intersectional Environmentalism
Topic: Environmental Justice and Intersectional Environmentalism
Date and Time: October 17th, 10-11 AM (PDT)
Summary: This panel focuses on the disproportionate impacts of climate change on different communities globally, particularly those that have been historically oppressed or marginalized.
Panelists: Aniya Butler & Teron McGrew
Future Impacts of Climate Change
Topic: The Future Impacts of Climate Change
Date and Time: October 24th, 10-11 AM (PDT)
Summary: This panel will discuss the effects of climate change and how the climate crisis will hurt both the Earth's natural ecosystems and our day-to-day lives.
Panelists: Eliza Nemser, Gary White, & Mark Levine
Environmental ACtivism
Topic: Environmental Activism
Date and Time: November 7th, 10-11 AM (PDT)
Summary: This panel will focus on the environmental activism organizations and events that panelists have taken a part in to create change for a better future.
Panelists: Aaron Feigelman, Alan Mattlage, Aniya Butler, Gary White, Katerina Gaines, & Madeline Dyke
Careers in Climate Change
Topic: Careers in Climate Change
Date and Time: November 14th, 10-11 AM (PDT)
Summary: This panel will be composed of panelists with different jobs and careers that all relate to helping with the climate crisis in some way or another.
Panelists: Julian Wong, Lauren Weston, Mimi Tran Zambetti, Scott Neuman, & Shalini Unnikrishnan
/ Raffles and prizes
After each panel, a short post-panel survey will be sent out to everyone who RSVPed to the event. Everyone who fills out that survey will be entered into a raffle for fun, eco-friendly prizes! Anyone who attends all four events and fills out all four surveys will be entered into the raffle for the grand prize!
PRIZES
Environmental Justice & Intersectional Environmentalism:
- Hydroflask (18 oz)
Future Impacts of Climate Change:
- The Story of Stuff (book) & FinalStraw reusable straw
Environmental Activism:
- Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It (book) & tote bag
Careers in Climate Change:
- Eco-friendly school supplies kit (notebook, pencils, pens, eraser)
GRAND PRIZE!!
- Eco-friendly school supplies kit (notebook, pencils, pens, highlighters, erasers), tote bag, and No One is Too Small to Make a Difference (book)
PRIZES MAY NEED TO BE PICKED UP AT THE SMCOE OR SAN MATEO OSS BUILDINGS