How much will people, communities and cities have to change to help save the planet? Will policymakers have to push people, for the first time, to limit what and how much they consume? These are some of the big issues leading experts in environmental law, the humanities and natural, social and behavioral sciences will discuss at the Climate Change and Consumption Conference being held at Vanderbilt University Law School April 18-19.
Experts from across the country will examine how laws, policies, values, social factors and information impact changes in individual and community greenhouse gas emissions. They will also discuss voter pressure for policy changes and political action.
The keynote speaker, Michael Maniates, professor of political science and environmental science at Allegheny College, will speak at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 18. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean will give the closing address at the conference at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 19. Both will speak in Flynn Auditorium at Vanderbilt Law School.
The conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information on the conference, a schedule of events and to register, log onto http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csrc/religion-consumption/index.html.
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Video of portions of the conference will be available on the Law School’s website, law.vanderbilt.edu, and on Vanderbilt’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/vanderbilt.
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