Monaghan University of the Third Age (U3A) is holding a conference on Climate Change/ Climate Justice in the Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan on Friday 23rd October from 9am to 5pm. The title of the forum is ‘What do we tell the children when they start to ask us why?’
This is an outline of the programme:
Registration – 9.00am to 10.00am
Morning Session 10.00am to 1.00pm
Session Opening – Sigurd Reimers, Grandparents for a Safe Earth
10.30 to 11.30 – Climate Change –
Fr. Sean McDonagh, Eco Theologian
Dr F McGovern, Head of Climate Change Research and Science EPA
Dr Paul Nolan, ICHEC, Meteorologist
11.30 Questions
11.45 to 1.00 – Climate Justice –
Prof John Barry, School of Politics International Studies and Philosophy, QUB
Dr. Lorna Gold, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Trocaire
Session close – The North American Raging Grannies
12.45 pm Questions
1.00 to 2.00 pm – Lunch
Afternoon Session 2.00 – 5.00 pm
2.00 – 4.00 pm – Intergenerational Workshop
Chair – Oisin Coughlan, Director Friends of the Earth Ireland
Workshop comprising U3A members/ Young Trocaire Activists/Young Friends of the Earth/TY students – mentored by Age Action Ireland and Linking Generations NI
Workshop outcomes.
4.00pm Coffee
4.30 to 5pm Closing Entertainment
To find out more, or to book a place, email Eamonn Callaghan at [email protected].