Climate Action TeamTraining Series
Session #1:Introduction
Julio Magalhães, PhDGlobal Warming Program Coordinator
Loma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club
Participant Introductions
Name ?
City ?
Working for Low-Energy Practices
Human Energy
Behaviors
CO2
Fuel Demand
Climate Change
Energy Insecurity
“Simplicity & Scalability”
Curriculum HistoryJulio Magalhães, PhD
Global Warming Program CoordinatorLoma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club
Kakoli Banerjee, Brenda Eberle, Nicole Kemeny
CAT Program VolunteersLoma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club
Carrie Armel, PhDMarilyn CorneliusPrecourt Institute for Energy EfficiencyStanford University
Dr. Tom RobinsonStanford University School of Medicine
Developed a high school curriculum
Adapted Stanford Precourt Energy Institute high school curriculum to adult population and to groups
Overview of Today’s Session
1. Basic Information:
“Why Reduce Energy Use?”
2. Activity: “Visualizing CO2 & Impacts”
3. Observation Worksheet: “Cheers for what you are already doing”
4. Group Project: Impacting Others…
5. Conclusion / Action Items
6. Questions
Basic Information:Why reduce energy
use?
Reduce Climate Change
Arctic Polar Cap Change: 1979- 2002
Fort Point Sea Level Record
Wildfire increases
Sea Level Rise
Increase Energy Security
64% of crude oil (petroleum) is imported !
Becoming a National Security issue
U.S. Petroleum Production & Imports
Save Money
Increase Health
Using energy generated from fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal) means more air pollution…
Be “Just” to All
Climate change, energy prices, air pollution have bigger impacts on the poor….
“Environmental justice”
Activity #1:Balloon Exercise
How Many Balloons Equal 1 pound of CO2 ?
1 lb CO2 =
(weight)
230 1-liter balloons (volume)
CO2 Emissions Due to Human Activity
1850 1900 1950 2000
Year
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Fossil fuels (GtC)(Mann et al, 1999)
Land-use change (GtC) (Houghton, 1996)
Atmospheric CO2 (rescaled)
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Projections of future CO2 levels
Source: Climate Change 2001, IPCC
Scenarios
A unique time…
Activity #2:Visualizing
the Effect of CO2
The Greenhouse Effect
“Atmospheric Physics 101” !
Balloons & Flashlight Activity
Forming Climate Action Teams
Form Climate Action Teams
1. CAT members will work together during the training series
2. CAT members will work together to adopt low-energy practices in their personal lives
3. CAT members will work together to have an impact beyond themselves
4. Team size: 3-5 people
5. Choose a name for your team
Observation Worksheet
Observation Worksheet
Write your name & CAT name
Observation Worksheet (backside)
Write team member
names on back-side
Observation Worksheet: Saving Balloons &
Dollars!
Compute group totals & report
Individuals Complete Worksheet
for the past week
Group Project: Expanding Your Impact…
A “Spectrum” of Options
Talking or posting to your social network
Passing along ideas
Showing a CAT video to a group
Doing a full blown training for a group
Other ?
Conclusion
Training Series Schedule
Action Items for Session 2
1. Monitor & record your “Observation Worksheet” behaviors during the coming week
2. Compute your individual & group totals of balloons & dollars saved for the week before Session #1 and for the week between Session #1 and Session #2
3. Please bring electricity bill to next session
Resources Slides and materials available on Google
group:http://groups.google.com/group/lp-climate-action-teams
Additional materials: Vocabulary list, supplementary reading….
Questions?
The End