On Thursday, September 10, 2015, the Noyes Museum of Art at Stockton University offered a wonderful program. It was entitled “Frozen Earth Climate Change: A panel Disscusion”.
Five panelists came in to discuss their information on global warming and their standpoint on it. They discussed how they believe it will affect the world in the future. The moderator was Diane Burko. The panelists included Michael Limonick, Amy Lipton, Dr. Jeff Niemitz, Andrew Revekin, and Aaron T. O’Connor. Each one has a unique exciting background. From artists to scientists, we learned about different ways people of every occupation can be involved in helping planet Earth. Many of the panelists had experience working for some of the most well-known and well-respected magazines published today, including the New York Times, National Geographic, The Washington Post and TIME. It was very interesting to hear these people presenting with one another because often they worked together on past projects causing their stories to overlap. Amy Lipton is a co-founder of a large group where of people from all different careers interact to help raise awareness of climate change and the effects of climate change. This organization ran a very successful project in New York City showing where the flood lines would be if the oceans were to rise. The point of this project was to educate people. These lines were accurate in informing people what could happen if a storm such as Super Storm Sandy were to hit again. Many cities such as Philadelphia will be having this project completed in their city to help raise awareness. O’Connor is the founder of The Arctic Circle. This program allows people to go by ship to High Arctic to study and learn. It is open to people of all different occupations who feel this experience would help themselves or others in some way. Laura Petrovich-Cheney coordinated this panelist discussion and made sure it would occur smoothly.
The program was very informative, although longer than expected. I enjoyed it and hope that similar programs will be available throughout the semester.