Interfaith Power & Light webinar
Navigating the Future: Faith, Climate Science and Action
Keynote Talk – Dr. Lisa Graumlich
Hosted by Rev. Susan Hendershot
Join Interfaith Power & Light as we host climate scientist and visionary thinker Dr. Lisa Graumlich. Dr. Graumlich, who was recently ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church, will discuss the latest news in climate science. Dr. Graumlich will start with a science-based look at some of the critical challenges that we need to communicate to the public. She will then turn to the hope of recent transformative opportunities and what’s on tap at the upcoming international climate conference. Finally, as a person of faith and science, she’ll unpack what we can do in our own faith and spiritual communities. Rev. Susan Hendershot will host this informative and inspiring discussion. The talk will be followed by a question and answer session.
About Rev. Dr. Graumlich:
Dr. Graumlich earned an undergraduate degree in Botany and a master’s degree in Geography from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She earned a doctorate in Forest Resources from the University of Washington. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Ecological Society of America and the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. She is the current president of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Graumlich’s primary research interests are in paleoecology, and the ways that ecosystems and human societies adapt to climate change, with a special focus on severe and persistent drought. She pioneered the use of tree-ring data to understand long-term trends in climate, focusing on the mountains of western North America.
Graumlich has an interdisciplinary focus and a career-long interest in global climate change, especially regarding how to best manage natural and human resources in an uncertain future, and she speaks frequently on climate change impacts and adaptation.
Graumlich is the first openly LGBTQ+ President of AGU. Throughout her career, Graumlich has demonstrated a strong commitment to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). She was ordained last fall as a deacon in the Episcopal church.