About the
Conference
Heat, Water, Systems & Solutions: Understanding Where We are Now
Keynote
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Scaling Up Solutions to Global Environmental Challenges: Critical Roles for Scientific Research
Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme
We are facing multiple planetary crises – COVID-19 pandemic, climate, biodiversity loss, pollution and waste, and more. Science is our bedrock and through bridging, science policy, and action, we have the opportunity to change our path toward sustainability.
Introductory Remarks
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John H. Chafee Memorial Plenary Panel on Science, Policy, and the Environment
Valerie Luzadis, Chair, NCSE Board of Directors; Professor, The State University of New York, ESF
John H. Chafee Memorial Plenary Panel
Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science: Collaboration, Relationship, and Climate Solutions
Sherri Mitchell, (Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset), (Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset), Indigenous rights activist, lawyer, and spiritual teacher
Darren Ranco, Ph.D., Chair, Native American Programs and Director of Native American Research, University of Maine
Moderated by Laura Weiland, Senior Advisor for Special Projects, National Council for Science and the Environment
This plenary panel shares ways in which indigenous and western knowledge systems can work to forge climate solutions through building deep understanding, relationship, respect, and collaboration.
John H. Chafee Memorial Plenary Panel Q&A Session
Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science: Collaboration, Relationship, and Climate Solutions
Valerie Luzadis, Chair, NCSE Board of Directors; Professor, The State University of New York, ESF
Sherri Mitchell, (Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset), (Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset), Indigenous rights activist, lawyer, and spiritual teacher
Darren Ranco, Ph.D., Chair, Native American Programs and Director of Native American Research, University of Maine
Moderated by Laura Weiland, Senior Advisor for Special Projects, NCSE
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Bonus Material
On Prophecy: Sacred Instructions to Shift Course Toward Sustainable Life on this Planet
Sherri Mitchell, (Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset), (Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset), Indigenous rights activist, lawyer, and spiritual teacher
Moderated by Laura Weiland, Senior Advisor for Special Projects, National Council for Science and the Environment