2018 Dialog: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Quality

Thirteenth Annual Dialog on Sustainability

 

The Thirteenth Annual Dialog on Sustainability: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Quality, was held on Saturday, July 21, 2018 in Fiedler Hall Auditorium and Atrium, in the Engineering Complex at Kansas State University.

This dialog focused on two global challenges, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality.

You can view the program from this dialog here.

 

Speakers

Dorothy Barnett, Executive Director, Climate and Energy Project

Carol Barta, Flint Hills Renewable Energy and Efficiency Cooperative

Steve Corbett, Senior Analyst at Kansas Health Institute

Larry E. Erickson, Professor at K-State and Chair of KNRC Board

Brian Everhart, Graduate Student at K-State

Kelly Gilbert, Executive Director, Metropolitan Energy Center

Wendy Griswold, Assistant Professor at University of Memphis

Eric Kirkendall, Leader of Clean Air Now

Rachel Myslivy, Assistant Director of Climate and Energy Project

Greg Newmark, Assistant Professor at K-State

Austin Pfannenstiel, Graduate Student at K-State

Sathish Santharam, Environmental Professional at Jacobs Engineering

Donna Schenck-Hamlin, Project Coordinator, Center for Engagement and Community Development

Jessica Struck, Graduate Student at K-State

Josh Thede, President, U.S. Green Building Council Emerging Professionals

Brian Urbrazewski, Director of Environmental Health Programs, Respiratory Health Association

Craig Volland, Kansas Sierra Club

 

Presentations:

Low Cost Monitors to Explore Air Quality in Chicago - Newmark

USGBC - J. Thede

MHK Solar - Pfannenstiel

Health Effects of Air Quality Changes Related to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New Approaches to Air Pollution Mitigation in Urban Areas

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions at K-State

Improving Air Quality in Industrial Plants

Building Community Capacity to Improve Quality in Inner Cities

Air Pollution and Respiratory Health

Municipal Energy Management in KCMO

Air Pollution and Environmental Justice in Rural and Urban Kansas

 

Thank you to our sponsors

Gold Sponsor

  • Center for Hazardous Substance Research (CHSR)

Bronze Sponsors

  • Climate and Energy Project
  • Kansas Natural Resource Council
  • Lutherans Restoring Creation
  • National Nurses United