Welcome! Our book club for Spring 2022 is Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. If you don’t yet have the book or want to simply use the digital resources on the blog, we encourage you to browse the publisher’s website here.
Let’s get acquainted on this blog post!
The introduction post is a space to post about yourself, your interest and/or background in sustainability topics, and what you anticipate learning from the book and the related dialogue.
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Check back often for posts from others and ongoing threaded discussion!
Feel free to include in your introduction post:
- About you professionally (anything you want to mention)
- Your interests and experience with sustainabilty topics and climate change in particular.
- What you hope to gain from the book.
Your introduction post can be brief. Dialogue and replies are encouraged! Stay tuned for future posts where will be discussing the book’s topics in segments. Click “About the Book Club” to see what is next!
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Hi everyone! I am Peggy Semingson, associate professor of TESOL in COLA at UTA. I have been interested in sustainability education for many years. My main interests tie to learning more about taking action with sustainability with a focus on education of K-12 and adults through engaging texts and materials. I am especially interested in how multimedia and social media can be leveraged (i.e., digital learning) to inform about sustainability topics. Animal conservation is near and dear to my heart as I grew up in various places in Alaska and also the Southern California coast and was able to observe the way the ecosystem impacted both humans and animals. At the same time, the pandemic has caused concern for many on the ways that climate changes and other disasters can trigger or contribute to pandemics. We must prevent climate change from worsening and horrible pandemics like this one from happening.
Hello,
My name is Erick C. Jones Jr. and I am a new assistant professor in Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering here at UTA. My research interests include energy and resilience and climate adaptation and mitigation. I research these topics with mathematical modeling, integrated assessment models, and engineered data acquisition and control systems.
I have worked in the energy space in a variety of ways from oil and gas to renewable energy modeling to energy poverty.
I have read quite a few energy transition books like Electrify: An Optimists Playlist, but have not read the Drawdown yet and am excited to discuss it with other sustainability interested people.
Hi folks!
Morgan Chivers here, FabLab Librarian and Chair of our campus Sustainability Committee. I’m quite passionate about sustainability & designed resilience; I’ve been hands-on with a number of permaculture and passive solar architecture projects. I just completed training to be a Texas Master Naturalist and am really looking forward to these conversations with y’all about this important book/how we might bring these possibilities into realities at UTA!
Hello! My name is Marissa and I’m a current graduate student at UTA in the MCRP program. My interest include food systems, environmental justice, and sustainable/resilient cities. I am part of the ECO-REPS program and a few student orgs. at UTA. I am assisting Peggy with this blog and I look forward to our conversations!
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Welcome, Peggy! Your dedication to sustainability education is commendable. How do you envision incorporating multimedia and social media into K-12 and adult education to effectively raise awareness about sustainability issues? Also, considering your background in diverse ecosystems, how can experiences from Alaska and Southern California inform educational approaches to animal conservation in other regions?