Environment Erie, Pennsylvania Sea Grant, NWPAGE and Freshwater Future are hosting Climate Adaptation Week which is a (3) day workshop geared towards community groups, researchers, facility managers and municipal officials to gain tools and resources to be used to incorporate our changing climate in long term planning and projects. This includes the consideration of plant species resilience and stormwater management techniques to adapt to the changing climate.
The following agenda highlights the different sessions that will be available throughout the week. Please note that the sessions for community groups will be all day Monday and half of the day on Tuesday, the sessions for researchers will be half of the day on Tuesday, and the session for facility managers and municipal officials will be all day on Wednesday. Everyone is invited to participate in the Murder Mystery Dinner being held on Monday night and the Social Hour being held on Wednesday evening.
MONDAY OCTOBER 7, 2013
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration Opens
9:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. Community Group Session (DAY 1)—Making your projects climate savvy
Introduction and Goals for the workshop
9:35 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Community Group Session (DAY 1)—Making your projects climate savvy
What does it all mean to you? Overview of what it means to include climate into projects.
10:10 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. BREAK
10:25 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Community Group Session (DAY 1)—Making your projects climate savvy
Climate change impacts in the Great Lakes and our region.
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Community Group Session (DAY 1)—Making your projects climate savvy
Freshwater Future Program and Funding
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. LUNCH
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Community Group Session (DAY 1)—Making your projects climate savvy
Case Studies of Projects throughout the Great Lakes
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Community Group Session (DAY 1)—Making your projects climate savvy
Breakout Groups: Ideas for adding a climate component to your project
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Wrap up of Community Group Session DAY 1
6:00PM Murder Mystery Dinner—Social dinner theater open to all week long participants and community members. Cost is $45 a person and includes food, beverages and entertainment. Taking place at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. You can also register by calling Environment Erie at 814-835-8069 x 104 by October 4th.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 8, 2013
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration Opens
9:05 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Community Group Session (DAY 2)—Making your projects climate savvy
Introduction and Goals for the workshop
9:15 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Community Group Session (DAY 2)—Making your projects climate savvy
Tools and resources for climate savvy work
10:10 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. BREAK
10:25 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Community Group Session (DAY 2)—Making your projects climate savvy
Communicating about project benefits including climate resiliency
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Community Group Session (DAY 2)—Making your projects climate savvy
New digital tools for telling your story
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. LUNCH
12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Community Group Session (DAY 2)—Making your projects climate savvy
Present ideas for projects
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Community Group Session (DAY 2)—Making your projects climate savvy
Making it real: steps to implementation
1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Wrap up of Community Group Session DAY 2
TUESDAY OCTOBER 8, 2013
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Registration Opens
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Researchers—Making your projects climate savvy
How might current climate trends affect field research?
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Researchers Making your projects climate savvy
Discussion on tools and resources for climate savvy work
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Wrap up of Researchers Group Session
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9, 2013
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Registration Opens
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Joint Session with Facility Managers and Municipal Officials—Making our community climate savvy
What does it all mean to you? Overview of what it means to include climate into infrastructure management.
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Joint Session with Facility Managers and Municipal Officials—Making our community climate savvy
Climate change impacts in the Great Lakes and our region.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Joint Session with Facility Managers and Municipal Officials—Making our community climate savvy
Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Andy Walker, City of Meadville Assistant Manager. Addressing stormwater needs through revenue generation.
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Joint Session with Facility Managers and Municipal Officials—Making our community climate savvy
Breakout Sessions—interactive planning and demonstration of tools and resources for planning on a community scale
(ALL) 5:00 p.m. Social Hour—Public forum, question and answer session, and networking for community at large.
Keynote Speaker Matthew Gray from Cleveland Sustainability Office
Location: The Brewerie at Union Station