Dear climate research colleagues,
Collaboration on creating comprehensive climate science and solutions education curriculum at AGU Fall 2016 James Byrne, John Cook, Leanne Little, Kent Peacock, Peter Sinclair, Charles Zeller
We are planning an education development at the Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting in San Francisco. We want to create a high value long-term climate education resource for professors and teachers. This email is an invitation to submit abstracts to our education session described below. We are seeking abstracts addressing all aspects of climate change science and solutions. Multiple author abstracts providing a comprehensive review of a key topic are encouraged. All first authors will be asked to provide a 5-15 page summary chapter for inclusion in an online textbook. Here is the session description.
ED008: Climate change science and solutions https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13964.html - a senior multidisciplinary course curriculum Session Description: We wish to establish a broadly based curriculum for a senior level multidisciplinary University course on climate change science and solutions. Climate change is a critical topic for all members of society and certainly for all students in postsecondary education. This session welcomes a wide range of topic presentations on both the science of climate change and multidisciplinary solutions to our climate change challenges. An end result of this session will be an online textbook featuring short contributions from session participants and other invited specialists. Primary Convener: James M Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada Conveners: Leanne J Little, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada and Kent Peacock, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
During the fall meeting, first authors will be invited to a private venue near the Moscone Center to provide a 20-minute comprehensive lecture that will be recorded and shared as part of the online textbook. The recorded talks will be merged with author provided PowerPoint slides and appropriate high definition video footage to support the discussion, where possible. Authors will be asked to sign a waiver allowing the video recording to be part of the online textbook. No compensation is provided to any author. Access to the videos and textbook chapters will be provided online to students registered in recognized university classes on climate change science and solutions for a modest fee.
This is a nonprofit venture. Two of the authors, Leanne Little and Peter Sinclair, will likely receive a part-time salary for coordinating, editing and managing the project. At this time, we propose any funds earned beyond production and distribution will be donated to:
· The climate science legal defense fund;
· Graduate student scholarships supporting climate science and solutions research;
· Other nonprofit science ventures as deemed appropriate.
Please support this worthwhile venture with your abstract submission to our education session at the American geophysical Union fall meeting. If any of the above requires clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Warm regards, James M Byrne, PhD, Professor University of Lethbridge
"Our job is not to objectively document the decline of Earth's biodiversity and humanity ... summon our voices and start shouting from rooftops: 'We don't have to settle for cataclysm'." Sarah Myhre