UC Berkeley celebrates Dear Human & NCA5

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Dear Human at Future’s Edge: Science, Creativity and Climate Futures Conference
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
1pm-5:30pm Pacific (Reception at 4:30pm)
Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley
Free & open to the public, but registration is requested.

Sponsor(s): Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative, Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, Berkeley Climate Change Network

“Dear Human at Future’s Edge: Science, Creativity and Climate Futures” is a conference focused on the intersection of climate science, ecopoetry, and the arts. The program will celebrate two recent companion publications: the Fifth National Climate Assessment report, the U.S. Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses, and Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (Paloma Press 2023).

Participants: Bruce Riordan, Linda Rugg, Aileen Cassinetto, Alice Plane, Allyza Lustig, Anand Varma, Brian Sonia-Wallace, Claire Wahmanholm, Cecil Giscombe, Craig Santos Perez, David Hassler, John Shoptaw, Karen Llagas, Kim Shuck, Leke Hutchins, Luisa A. Igloria, Marisa Lin, Maw Shein Win, Sarah Vaughn, Shreya Chaudhuri, Tiff Dressen

Find a full program page at this link and biography page at this link.

For more info, please reach out to Tiff Dressen, tddressen@berkeley.edu.