Nation Wide Global Warming Education Event Comes To UCSF

FREE/Drop In & Leave Any Time

Cole Hall - 513 Parnassus - January 30th & 31st

Focus The Nation is an unprecedented educational initiative on global warming solutions for America occurring at more than 1,000 universities and colleges and in all 50 states on January 30th & 31st, 2008. As the largest teach-in in U.S. history, Focus The Nation is preparing millions of students to become leaders in the largest civilizational challenge any generation has faced. UCSF is planning a full day of compelling speakers and a movie screening at Parnassus. For more information, please visit www.focusthenation.org and view the agenda for UCSF below.

To learn more or volunteer email: focusthenation@ucsf.edu

Barbara Boxer on Focus The Nation Video:

http://democrats.senate.gov/av/boxer/012908boxer.wmv

Admission is free, drop in and stay as long as you like, CMA/BRN credits available

Registration strongly encouraged: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~coehce/courses/FocusTheNation.htm

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Global Warming: Its Effects on Health & Health Care

University of California, San Francisco

Presented by

UCSF Medical Center

In association with

The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

University of California San Francisco, Berkeley and Davis

Day 1 – Wednesday – January 30, 2008

The 2% SOLUTION - Webcast - 4:30pm -6:30pm Location:  Clinical Sciences Building - 521 Parnassus Avenue - Room C-701 Focus the Nation will stream a free, live, interactive web cast called “The 2% Solution”. Join Stanford University climate scientist, Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins and green jobs pioneer Van Jones and youth climate leaders, for a discussion of global warming solutions.

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Day 2 – Thursday - January 31, 2008

Morning Session:

8:30 – 9:00    Sign In – Registration for Morning Session

9:00 – 9:15    UCSF Medical Center Addresses Sustainability – Tomi Ryba, COO

9:15 – 9:45    Mitigating, Adapting, and Suffering:  How much of each as the climate changes? -  Kirk R. Smith PhD, MPH, Brian & Jennifer Maxwell Endowed Chair in Public Health, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

	Download -Kirk R. Smith- Mitigating Presentation

9:45 – 10:15  Fuel wars:  Promotion of nuclear power as a “greenhouse” solution - Robert Gould, MD, Associate Pathologist, Santa Teresa Community Hospital. President, SF-Bay Area Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility

	Download_N_Power_Gould

10:15- 10:45 Q&A Panel Discussion with Kirk R. Smith and Robert Gould

10:45- 11:15 Acheiving Sustainability; Top Down & Bottom Up - Thomas B. Newman MD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology & Bio Statistics, and Pediatrics, UCSF: Steering Comittee, S.F. Bay Area PSR

	Download_ T.Newman-Acheiving

11:15 – 11:30                                            Break

11:30 – 1:00  Lunch with the Speakers – How does Global warming effect health and health care?  Working lunch coordinated by Lisa Hartmayer, RN; small groups to discuss what individuals and UCSF can do to address global warming issues. 

Location: City Lights Rooms - 500 Parnassus Avenue

Afternoon Session:

1:00 – 1:20    Sign in – Registration for Afternoon Session

1:20 – 1:45    UCSF Campus Addresses Sustainability – Steve Wiesenthal, AIA, Associate Vice Chancellor and Campus Architect, Capital Programs & Facilities Manager

1:45  – 2:15   Environmental health risks associated with the health care sector and the ecological footprint of the health care industry - Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN, Professor of Family and Community Health, University of Maryland

	Download_Env.HealthRisk_Statler

2:15 – 2:45    Respiratory health impacts of climate change- John Balmes, MD, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, and Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

	Download_Clim_Change_Balmes

2:45 – 3:00                                                Break

3:00 – 3:30             Adaptation- Planning for Global Warming- Gina Solomon, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, UCSF, Research Scientist, National Resources Defense Council  

	Download-Gina Solomon- Adaptation PowerPoint

3:30 - 4:00            Q&A Panel Discussion with Barbara Sattler, John Balmes and Gina Solomon

4:00 – 4:30                                              Break  

4:30 – 6:00          Film – The 11^th Hour

Location: 513 Parnassus Ave Cole Hall - This event is free

Click Here To Visit 11Th Hour Website

"A documentary that everyone should see – not just those who care about the quality of the environment in which they live. I think this should be shown to our children in elementary and high school science classes. Millions of years of evolution have created a balance of forces that have until now successfully sustained life on our planet but that equilibrium has already been disrupted. Now we, the humans, who are the product of evolution, must help Mother Nature restore the balance that we have so seriously damaged. By the way, I have seen Al Gore's movie and this one is just as good as Al's." IMDB Review

For more information:

http://www.parking.ucsf.edu/transportation/focusthenation/index.html

Email: focusthenation@ucsf.edu

Joint Sponsors:     Capital Programs & Facilities Management

                                    UCSF Sustainability Committee

Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

UCSF School of Nursing Occupational and Environmental

Health Nursing Program

Campus Life Services

Nutrition and Food Services

Physicians: COEH is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. COEH takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity. COEH designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

Nurses: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider Number BRN #12983. Course approved for a maximum of 8.4 contact hours.