Milwaukee Climate Symposium November 11-12--Register Today

Freshwater Future's Fall 2011 Climate Symposium

Dates: Friday November 11th and Saturday November 12th

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Help Your Community Adapt to Climate Change

Join us to learn--

What is climate adaptation and why should I care?
How climate change could impact your environmental work
What other groups around the Great Lakes and beyond, are doing related to climate change
About Freshwater Future's Climate Grants program

This is Freshwater Future's third Climate Symposium. We have teamed up with EcoAdapt, a national organization dedicated to helping communities adapt to climate change. Our past events have provided great opportunities for gathering input to incorporate climate change elements into existing work. Participants have enjoyed the networking and camarderie too.

Cost: There is no cost to attend. We require a $25.00 registration fee. Space is limited to 25 participants.

Lodging: If lodging is needed, we have a limited number of rooms at the County Clare Irish Inn. You do not need to make a reservation. Please indicate if lodging is needed on the registration form.

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Please contact us with any questions at (231)-348-8200 or info at freshwaterfuture.org

TENTATIVE AGENDA:

Friday, 9am-5pm.

Lara Hansen and Jennie Hoffman will introduce the basics on climate change and climate adaptation.

Share some success stories of other communities around the globe working on climate adaptation.

Discussions on threats to the Great Lakes.

Saturday, 9am-3pm

Break-out sessions to discuss projects participants are working on and get input from each other and from the experts on how we can implement climate adaptation into our work.

Testimonial