Great Lakes Climate Change

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Contents 1 Cool Globes 1.1 Artist Profiles 1.2 Business Leaders Roundtable 2 Conference - Challenges of Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region 3 University of Michigan scientist discusses regional climate change 4 Ask the experts about Great Lakes climate change 5 Related articles

Cool Globes

From June-September 2007, the City of Chicago is hosting "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet," an innovative project that uses the medium of public art to inspire individuals and organizations to take action against global warming. Over 100 globes are on display along the lakefront using a variety of materials to create awareness and provoke discussion about potential solutions to global warming.

Artist Profiles

Great Lakes Wiki gets to know the Cool Globes artists. Watch interviews with the Chicago artists who say the project made them think greener in their own lives.

Business Leaders Roundtable

The Cool Globes Business Leaders Roundtable, which brought together executives from companies like McDonalds and Starbucks on July 11 with Wendy Abrams, founder of the Cool Globes project and keynote speaker John Podesta, CEO of the Center for American Progress and former Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton to discuss climate change and making companies greener.

Conference - Challenges of Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region

Watch an excerpt from a panel discussion on Climate Change and policy from the July 27 conference at the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston, MI. Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje talks about how conservation and green technology can save cities money in the future.

Watch Howard Learner of the Environmental Law and Policy Center discuss global warming at the conference on Great Lakes Climate Change at the University of Michigan Biological Station on July 27.

University of Michigan scientist discusses regional climate change

Watch Knute Nadelhoffer's presentation from June 29, 2007 where he discussed the impact of climate change on the Great Lakes region at the Crooked Tree Arts Council in Petoskey, Mich. Watch it as a video or scroll through the slides yourself for a closer look.

Ask the experts about Great Lakes climate change

This interactive report produced by Michigan State University students allows viewers to query experts on climate change in the Great Lakes. It stems from a spring conference at MSU in East Lansing.

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