Purdue Pugwash conference to focus on climate and society

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The 2018 Purdue Student Pugwash Midwest Regional Conference will examine the social and ethical dimensions relating to climate change and society.

The two-day conference, titled “Climate Change: How to Sustain our Future,” will open at 6 p.m. on April 13 in Purdue Memorial Union West Faculty Lounge. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. On April 14, the conference will continue at 8:30 a.m. in Stewart Center, Room 279. Winona LaDuke, Native American environmentalist and political activist, will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers include Jeffrey Dukes, director of Purdue Climate Change Research Center and professor of forestry and natural resources and biological sciences, and Manjana Milkoreit, a Purdue assistant professor of political science.

The conference is free to attend, but registration is required.

Following the conference on April 14, there will be an interactive workshop featuring a climate simulation, case study on climate change ethics and a conference debate. The workshop will be held from noon to 5:30 p.m. Applications for the workshop can be found here and are due March 24.

Purdue Student Pugwash is an organization dedicated to empowering and equipping students to identify, critically analyze and shape the ethical, political and societal dimensions of space and technology. Pugwash has been on campus for 28 years and has been hosting the regional conference since 2006. 

Writer: Kelsey Schnieders Lefever, kschnied@purdue.edu

Sources: Rachel Svetanoff, president of Purdue Student Pugwash and vice president of Student Pugwash USA, rsvetano@purdue.edu