List of Sunday Workshops From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming" Sunday November 23rd, 2014 www.bio4climate.org

1. Cohen Auditorium Alumnae Lounge
2:45 Biochar: what it is, how it works (Cohen
Stage)
– Hugh McLaughlin, PhD
2:45 Students for a livable climate: Addressing
climate change on our college campuses
(audience left rear)
– Ezra Fradkin, Sterling College
2:45 A 120,000 ton/year, 3.2 MW organic waste
digester operation
– Alex MacFarlane
3:30 Coalescing/ maximizing our impact by
working together
– Elizabeth Whitehouse, Compost Intl
(audience left rear)
3:30 Show me the Carbon! (prodding the
climate movement to broaden its scope) (Cohen
Stage)
—Glenn Gall
2:45 Farm Hack – open source R&D for regenerative
agriculture
–Dorn Cox, Farm Hack, Greenstart, etc.
2:45 Preserving the gains of ecological restoration through
biodiversity and ecosystem-based decision-making
—Sharon McGregor, conservation
biologist/environmental administration
2:45 Resiliency: Peer support for Social Change leaders
– Didi Pershouse, Center for SustainableMedicine
3:30 Grass-fed beef
– Ridge Shinn
3:30 How do we get massive amounts of soil carbon
made and put into soils worldwide?
--Charlotte O’Brien, Carbon Drawdown Solutions
3:30 Connecting dimensions of climate action – John Abbe
(restoration for sequestration; promotion of renewable energy;
retiring fossil fuels; rights of nature & communities)
– John Abbe

2. Alumnae Lounge
2:45 Farm Hack – open source R&D for regenerative agriculture
–Dorn Cox, Farm Hack, Greenstart, etc.
2:45 Preserving the gains of ecological restoration through biodiversity and
ecosystem-based decision-making
—Sharon McGregor, conservation biologist/environmental administration
2:45 Resiliency: Peer support for Social Change leaders
– Didi Pershouse, Center for Sustainable Medicine (audience right rear)
3:30 Grass-fed beef
– Ridge Shinn
3:30 How do we get massive amounts of soil carbon made and put into soils
worldwide?
--Charlotte O’Brien, Carbon Drawdown Solutions
3:30 Connecting dimensions of climate action – John Abbe
(restoration for sequestration; promotion of renewable energy; retiring fossil fuels;
rights of nature & communities)
– John Abbe

3. Requested
• Moving beyond preaching to the choir: messages
and marketing for the general public and voters
• Practical ecosystem regeneration/restoration,
especially forests and wetlands (“How to”)
• How to tie in responsible care and restoration of
landscapes into the carbon farming paradigm
• Inexpensive measures of carbon absorption in
soil and trees.