Webinar: Create Your Own Climate Change Quilt
September 10 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
FreeAre you frustrated with the lack of attention being given to climate change? Make your voices heard by participating in the Climate Change Quilt project. Join Binghamton University and the University of Vermont in their efforts to create at least 1,000 bed-sized quilts on the theme of climate change. In this webinar you will learn how to initiate a Climate Change Quilt project at your school. We will cover how to: set a goal for the number of quilt, determine a timeline for completion, identify an exhibition space, devise a strategy for involving students, faculty, staff and community members; obtain textiles without buying new, create patterns, and assemble the final quilt. We will discuss how to maximize participation so that even those who do not know how to sew can participate. For those who desire more hands-on instruction, we will be offering a quilting workshop at the AASHE Conference (if accepted).
Presenters
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Pamela Mischen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Binghamton University Pamela Mischen is professor of environmental studies and Chief Sustainability Officer for Binghamton University. She holds a BS in international agriculture and rural development from Cornell University, and an MS in agribusiness and a PhD in public administration from Arizona State University. As chief sustainability officer, she ensures university compliance with all New York State sustainability mandates, leads the Sustainability Committee, which is responsible for the development and implementation of the university sustainability plan, and leads the Office of Sustainability, which employs two full-time staff and several students. In her role as professor, Mischen researches climate mitigation behaviors at the individual level. She is the initiator of the Climate Change Quilt project, a movement aimed at increasing the visibility of climate change nationwide. |