Join host, Jenn da Rosa, EdD, for a discussion with the CEO of Urban Climate Nexus, Dr. Jairo Garcia. This webinar, Goucher Environmental Dialogues: Urban & Rural Sustainability in a Warming World, is on Thursday, September 21, from 5-6 pm ET and all are welcome to attend.
Summary: In this webinar sustainability expert, Dr. Jairo Garcia, will discuss his work in sustainable urban development and climate resiliency from the streets of Atlanta, Georgia to the crops of Honduras.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Jairo Garcia is an expert in urban sustainability and climate change. Dr. Garcia is the former Director of Climate Policy with the City of Atlanta and the lead author of Atlanta’s Climate Action Plan. He received the National Individual Climate Leadership Award by the EPA in 2017 and the Climate Reality Green Ring Award in 2021. Presently, Dr. Garcia is the CEO of Urban Climate Nexus and teaches classes in urban sustainability and climate change.
Goucher Environmental Dialogues feature cultivated conversations with environmental, sustainability, and climate leaders, visionaries, and innovators. This series is hosted by Goucher College’s MA in Environmental Sustainability & Management program and is open to all students, faculty, alumni, and the public.
Please register for this event: https://bit.ly/UrbanRuralSustainabilityWebinar
