{"id":2722,"date":"2021-02-12T10:08:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2021-02-12T10:09:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:09:13","slug":"recast-community-forum-on-center-for-climate-action-and-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2021\/02\/recast-community-forum-on-center-for-climate-action-and-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Recast | Community Forum on Center for Climate Action and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a><strong>From: <\/strong><\/a>Academic Deans &lt;deans@evergreen.edu&gt;<br> <strong>Date: <\/strong>Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 5:20 PM<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear\nEvergreen Community:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All\nstudents, staff and faculty are invited to join us for a community forum to\ndiscuss the new&nbsp;<strong>Center\nfor Climate Action and Sustainability on March 3, 1:00-2:30 pm:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevergreen.zoom.us%2Fj%2F84437004230&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwilliaas%40evergreen.edu%7C9bfa4dda037f4396380008d8cef42fc3%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637486896090444359%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=9HTvpluSaAEVvsdr1kaEf6J2bJ9GskIdRAqjVDjyu9I%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/evergreen.zoom.us\/j\/84437004230<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are\nthrilled with the news of a donation to support the launch of a Center for\nClimate Action and Sustainability on campus (see attached).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nresponse to this welcome news, an advisory committee&#8211;largely&nbsp;made up of the team of faculty\nwho first developed a Climate Path and Climate Center&nbsp;proposal&nbsp;through&nbsp;New Academic Directions work in\nthe summer of 2020&#8211;is helping us to think about the mission and scope of this\nCenter.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nadvisory group would like to hear from you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What\n     do you would most want to study or teach about climate change?<\/li><li>What\n     kind of job might you hope to get that would address climate change in\n     some way?<\/li><li>What\n     would a dream internship be?<\/li><li>What\n     are some exciting community partnerships we could develop?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And\nmuch more! These conversations will help us&nbsp;determine\nthe scope of the Center, draft a mission statement, and recruit&nbsp;a&nbsp;Center&nbsp;Director. We hope to\nlaunch the new Center in the next academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\nwould like to hear from you!&nbsp;Please\njoin us on <strong>March 3, 2021 at 1:00pm&nbsp;<\/strong>for this exciting discussion!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen\nGaul, Larry&nbsp;Geri&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and\nFaculty Climate Advisory Team&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The\nEvergreen State College is open; find updated information at&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebmail.evergreen.edu%2Fowa%2Fredir.aspx%3FC%3D1AZrB6ayR8ZMTH49CtsVV1U9r010EATuPhaiHlw29Txh91FewCzYCA..%26URL%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fslack-redir.net%252flink%253furl%253dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.evergreen.edu%2526v%253d3&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwilliaas%40evergreen.edu%7C9bfa4dda037f4396380008d8cef42fc3%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637486896090444359%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=pnuNNoEhtyQksa9ONTCrEyZAitx6eCwCDY17En1qjw4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>www.evergreen.edu<\/strong><\/a><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>We\nare working remotely in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\nIn addition, the following\nacademic administration offices will be working reduced hours on Fridays due to\nlower staffing levels. Our available hours are Monday through Thursday from\n8-12\/1-5 and on Friday from 8-12:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deans Area<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Institutional\nResearch<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Academic Budget\nOffice<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Provost\u2019s Office<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are checking our individual and office emails\nduring these hours and our office phone messages daily.&nbsp;We apologize for\nany delays in responding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: Academic Deans &lt;deans@evergreen.edu&gt; Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 5:20 PM Dear Evergreen Community:&nbsp; All students, staff and faculty&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4996,"featured_media":1714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[21,11,95],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4996"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2723,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722\/revisions\/2723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}