Sustainability Challenges: Coping with Less Water and Energy

This one-day ISGP conference, organized in coordination with a local committee of concerned volunteers, The Whittier Working Group, focused on exploring the personal, economic, and community-wide significance of climate issues relevant to the Whittier, CA area.  The full conference report, including areas of consensus reached by participants and summaries of the debates, is available at the bottom of the page.

Presenters

"Balancing Efficient Use With Sustainable Generation"
Neil Fromer, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA

"Coping With Drought to Ensure Societal Stability and Food Security: California Encapsulates Many Global Issues"
Jerry R. Schubel, Ph.D
President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California, USA
Bill Patzert, Ph.D
Climatologist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA

"When Subsidies Work and When They Don’t: Food vs. Power"
Christopher Thornberg, Ph.D.
Founding Partner, Beacon Economics, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Dustin Schrader, M.P.P.
Public Policy Manager, Beacon Economics, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Policy Position papers