Name: Online: ClimateMusic Project
Start: 2020-04-22T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-04-22T16:30:00-04:00
Location: National Academy of Sciences

Online: ClimateMusic Project

LabX and Cultural Programs of the NAS

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National Academy of Sciences

This event has been moved online to Zoom, register at: <a href="https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OVnPg59yThmCqp8VWiHRSQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://nasem.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OVnPg59yThmCqp8VWiHRSQ</a>For Earth Day 2020 (the 50th anniversary of Earth Day), the NAS in collaboration with<a href="https://climatemusic.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> The ClimateMusic Project </a>will host an online discussion with diverse experts exploring the intersections of music, climate change, and community action.The program will feature clips and a discussion of a previously recorded performance of Icarus in Flight, an original chamber work by composer <a href="https://www.richardfestinger.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Richard Festinger</a>, performed by the <a href="http://www.telegraphquartet.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Telegraph Quartet</a>. Icarus in Flight is a science-guided composition that models three human drivers of climate change – population growth, fossil fuel use, and land-use change–over two centuries, from 1880-2080 based on widely accepted IPCC data.Panelists:Richard Festinger, Icarus in Flight composer, San Francisco, CaliforniaWilliam D. Collins, James and Catherine Lau Chair in Sustainability, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California at Berkeley; Coordinating lead author, WG1 AR6, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeAmanda Staudt, Director, Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate and Polar Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, D.C.Laurie Goldman, Director, Public Engagement, The ClimateMusic Project, San Francisco, CaliforniaModerator:Barbara Stauffer, Chief of Community Programs, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.This program is part of The ETERNAL Experience series exploring issues related to consumer behavior and plastic taking place throughout spring 2020 at NAS, organized by LabX and Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences.<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nasETERNAL&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#nasETERNAL</a>

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