Topic: Climate Change

Growing numbers of people are trying to be conscious of the environmental impact of the way they live, but on college campuses, sustainability has been important for decades. All across the country students and administrators are looking at the carbon footprints of their institutions and making commitments on everything from campus gardens to green buildings. We’ll look at some of the sustainability efforts of two schools very close to us as we talk with Pradeep Khanna, associate chancellor at the University of Illinois, and Seamus Reilly, vice president for Institutional Advancement at Parkland College.

With L. Hunter Lovins, J.D. (Co-Founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute; Founder and President of Natural Capitalism Solutions; and Chief Insurgent of the Madrone Project)

With Stephen P. Long, Ph.D., D.Sc. (the Gutgsell University Endowed Professor in Plant Biology and Crop Sciences; and Resident Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois)

With Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H. (Physician; Instructor in Medicine; Associate Director, Center for Health and Global Environment, Harvard Medical School), and Dan Ferber, Ph.D. (Contributing Correspondent, Science magazine; Award-Winning Science Journalist)

With Jeff Biggers (Award-Winning Journalist)

With Chris Goodall (Businessman, Author, and Climate Change Expert)

With John Briscoe, Ph.D. (The Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University; serves on the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences), and Asma Faiz (Doctoral Student in the Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, and Fulbright Fellow)