UAA and Chugach National Forest present Classrooms for Climate May 4-7; Majora Carter presents keynote address May 4

The Chugach National Forest and the University of Alaska Anchorage have partnered to present the first annual Classrooms for Climate, a symposium on the changing Chugach, northern ecosystems, and the implications for science and society.

Majora Carter will give a keynote address on Wednesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium on the UAA campus. One of the nation's pioneers in successful urban green-color job training and placement systems, Majora will address public health, poverty and climate change. She founded the Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 to achieve environmental equality through economically sustainable projects. Her work has earned numerous honors including Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People In Business and a MacArthur "genius" Fellowship. Carter is now president of her own economic consulting firm, a co-host on Sundance Channel's "The Green," and a host of a new public radio series called "The Promised Land."

Featured presenters include Shad O'Neel, "Disappearing Sea Ice and Rising Sea;" Charles Wohlforth, "Nature and Human Nature;" JP Leous, "A National Climate Strategy;" plus Fran Ulmer, Beth Pendleton, Patricia Cochran, Leslie Holland-Bartels and 20 sessions addressing a range of issues in a changing climate from outdoor recreation to dynamics of wildlife, human health impacts, adaptive and educational strategies, and much more.

For more information and to register, visit www.uaa.alaska.edu/classroomsforclimate.