TASTINGS AND TALES AND DINNER AND DANCING


Following the mini-tours, all will gather at UC Davis’ Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science for wine and beer, olive oil, honey, tomato and other tastings and tales of innovative food research. Din- ner will be in the nearby Good Life Garden, an ever-changing edible landscape that we’ll see and taste at the height of harvest time. Fol- lowing dinner, attendees will have a choice of a dance party or a tap- ing of NPR’s “Science Friday.” Pre-registration and $35 fee required.


Sunday, September 25


SCIFI AND CLIFI AT THE LIBRARY We’ll have a full breakfast in the spectacular Library Galleria of Sacra- mento’s Central Library, which opened in 1918 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Science fiction and climate fiction authors will join us and discuss their genre within context of today’s environ- mental issues and climate change science. Does SciFi advance climate change discussion or does it obscure realities? Does it bum you out or give you hope? Following the session attendees can tour the library and nearby historic Capitol Building and Crocker Art Museum , which will waive the admission fee for conference attendees.


Pre-registration and $25 fee required. Breakfast and airport transportation included.


POST-CONFERENCE TOUR:


Tall Trees and the Range of Light (Sunday, September 25 – Wednesday, September 28)


Trek to the Sierra Nevada to celebrate the National Park Service centennial by visiting three of its most fêted units: Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. From our tent cabins we’ll visit Half Dome, Bridalveil Fall and Glacier Point, viewing these iconic spots through the scientific lens of climate change. At Sequoia/Kings Canyon we’ll learn how four years of drought are affecting the biggest trees in the world and the ecological importance of mountain meadows. Along the way we’ll hear from top park officials and the myriad stakehold- ers that collectively make management of our national treasures a complex equation.


This tour departs Sacramento following the Sunday authors program and returns to Sacramento no later than 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, when you are on your own for lodg- ing. The $400 fee covers all transportation and lodging in the parks and some meals and fees. Lodging is two per tent cabin with bathrooms and showers nearby. Deadline to sign up is July 25. Caution: Do Not Book Your Flight until this tour has been confirmed on July 25. Deadline to cancel with refund (less $75 processing fee) is July 25.


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SESSIONS CRAFT  Freelance Pitch Slam  Data Journalism 101: Mining Databases


 Data Journalism 102: Drones, Satellites and Other Hi-tech Tools


 The Science in Environmental Reporting  Communicating Climate Change  Lessons from Flint  Survival Journalism: How To Do More Faster


 Environmental Story Angles on the November Elections


 Academic Members Roundtable


CLIMATE AND AIR  The Future of Cap-and-Trade in the U.S.


 Transformational Transportation and Energy Policies


 Fallout from the Methane Blowout  Adapting to a Changing World  Socioeconomic Risks of Fossil Fuels


ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE


 Toxics Reform and Green Chemistry


 Expanding the Environmental Justice Battlefront


 After the Disaster: Whose Lives Matter?  Indigenous Rights and the Environment


WATER    Groundwater As If It Mattered  Unsafe Drinking Water  Clean Water Act Reform Revisited


ENERGY AND LAND  Living with Fire  What’s Shaking on Earthquakes?  The New Energy Infrastructure  Renewable Energy on Public Lands


SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS


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