CLIMATE OPTIMISTS (Everything NOT fine) Panel: YOUTH and CLIMATE CHANGE and Beyond. Sat. June 4 2022

CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIES New: CLIMATE OPTIMISTS (Everything NOT fine) Panel: YOUTH and CLIMATE CHANGE and Beyond. Sat. June 4 2022 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scudTM3YUZQ ** Ten hugely diverse in thought and journey panelists explore youth and climate change and MUCH more. Check panel notes. Well worth your time. Please subscribe to channel and share. CLIMATE: “It’s now or never” THUMBNAIL Photo by Peter Burdon on Unsplash #climatechange #environmentalist #genz PANEL TOPIC NOTES: Puerto Rico and increased hurricanes; HOPE; Environmentalists know too much; faced with losing 20% of population; This upcoming generation smarter, climate conscious; Scotland just banned single use plastics; NJ banned plastic bags; Rutgers banned all tobacco on campus; Mostly women are present at climate protests; Survey of 10,000 between 16 and 25 in 10 countries, ¾ say FUTURE is frightening. EDUCATION IS THE KEY; CORAL is 1% of ocean bottom and coral accounts for 25 to 40% of world’s fisheries. LOST ½ of world coral. WHO FEEDS 700 million people that require seafood for their daily sustenance; ** AUDIO: SPOTIFY http://spoti.fi/3bMYVYW GOOGLE PODCASTS http://bit.ly/38yH3yP Edits by Claudine Smith- Email: [email protected] PANELISTS: ** CLIMATE OPTIMISTS PANELISTS (1)NEIL KITCHING (Scotland), Climate, Energy Specialist. Author, "Carbon Choices;" Univ. of Edinburgh; Poverty Alleviation LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-kitching-55833314/ (2) J.L.TORRES (NY) Writer; Professor; Puerto Rican Gadfly; USC, PhD (English Language, Lit) Author, ‘Migrations’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-l-torres-b086ba52/ (3) GRACE AGNEW; Novelist, (Sanctuary) (A new novel on CLIMATE CHANGE ); Retired; Special Advisor for Strategic Initiatives and Analytics, Alexander Library, Rutgers University LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graceagnew/ (4) SAMANTHA WALDRON; Environmental Scientist at AES, LSRPA & BCONE (AP) International Humanitarian making a positive global impact. Rutgers LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-m-waldron/ (5) DR. DAVID VAUGHN; Founder of Plant a Million Corals. https://plantamillioncorals.org/ (6) CLAUDINE SMITH; Rutgers Senior, Media & Journalism, Women’s Track and Field Star, Video Editor. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudinesmith-cashh/ (7) CLAUDE LARSON; "A Teen's Guide to Finding Personal Success;" Author; Educator; Artist; U of Delaware, BS. Ed; Marygrove College, MS, Ed. Website: claudeblarsonllc.com (8) WAJID HASSAN; Metaphysics, Author, “The Struggle for World Sanity;” Contacts: www.wajidauthor.com (9) C.J. JULIANUS: is a long-time director and producer of live theater throughout Chicago area, established Binary Star Pictures, LLC in 2018. Binary Star Pictures: [email protected] (10) CALVIN SCHWARTZ, Journalist, novelist, host, You Tube, Conversations with Calvin; We the Species LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-schwartz-866a805/