Day 2 of the Citizens Summit starts off in a haze, as participants come bright and early to Kroon Hall and its cloudy cover, to begin small group discussions and panels. Today speaks of solutions and practicality. In this globalized world, where we all feel small and helpless in these international negotiations, we try to discuss and agree on what […]
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Opening Remarks from Day One
What a day of thought provoking discussion! The summit kicked off with a panel entitled “Twenty Years After Rio, Why are We Not There Yet?” According to Daniel Esty, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment, we have mishandled the need for firm analytic metrics of success, we haven’t properly acknowledged uncertainties, and our solutions haven’t been […]
Day 1 Highlights from the Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development
Click on the image above to see a slideshow from the first day of the Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development. Day 1 of the Summit brought us an inspiring and fast-paced series of presentations, conversations, and discussions. From panels with high-level speakers to highly interactive breakout […]
Slideshow: Day 1 of the Citizens Summit
[portfolio_slideshow] All images courtesy of Cara Mae Cirignano, Chris Randall, and Austin Lord.
Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Panel – Making Connections
For the first breakout session of the day, I had the opportunity to attend the “Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture” session, with speakers Mark Bomford, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project, and Amy Kalafa, Independent Filmmaker and Author (including her work on the broken school food system in America with “Two Angry Moms” Fifteen or so graduate students, undergraduate […]