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After exploring topics such as Relocation & Climate Refugees, Climate & Bio-Diversity, Sustainability Across Industries, and Climate Anxiety & Mental Health - the final program in our Climate Crisis series will exemplify the mentality of “think global, act local.” Climate Change is the Global Issue that Defines Our Era, but global issues require local solutions. To this end, our program series series concludes on a hopeful note, with a focus on Solutions and The Path Forward!
Thank you to our Supporting Sponsor, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, for their involvement with this program! Missouri Coalition for the Environment is the perfect example of a community-based organization working to forge a path forward!
About The Program: This panel discussion will be centered around innovative ways to combat the climate crisis which are taking place within the Kansas City metropolitan area, ways in which children are being introduced to the concepts of health, wellness, the environment, and the duty of care our population has towards the environment, as well as the ways in which city and county officials are making strategic plans to combat the climate crisis. This program will look at solutions on a variety of scales, on the individual, community-wide, and regional levels with the help of three Kansas Citians working to forge a path forward on a variety of scales.
Following the panel discussion, we will feature a keynote presentation from Kansas City’s Chief Environmental Officer, Andy Savastino, who will give our audience an update on the progress of Kansas City’s Regional Climate Action & Resilliency Plan.
Please note that like all programs in this series, attendance to this program is free to IRC Members and under a “pay what you can” model for non-members. We are offering an option with lunch (courtesy of Grandma’s Catering) for $15.
About The Panel:
TBA (The Land Institute)
Max Kaniger (Founder/CEO of Kanbe’s Markets)
Jason Humphrey (VP of Renewables Development at Evergy)
Moderator & Keynote Speaker: Andy Savastino (City of Kansas City)
Full Series Schedule:
August 22: Science Meets Diplomacy: Illegal Wildlife Trade (w/ Linda Hall Library)
September 11: Relocation & Climate Refugees
October 2: Climate & Biodiversity
October 23: Sustainability Across Industries
November 13: Climate Anxiety & Mental Health
December 4: Solutions: The Path Forward
*If you/your organization would be interested in supporting this program, or the series as a whole, you are warmly invited to give us a call at 816-897-6474 or send an email to Executive Director, Evan Verploegh, at [email protected]. Sponsors will be given a host of benefits, including an invitation to a private screening of Hot Times In The Heartland, a documentary explores the impact of a changing climate on Kansas and the Great Plains, held at Hoefer Welker (and including a tour of their LEED-Certified office space)*
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1200 Main St, Kansas City, MO 64105-2100, United States
