A Deliberative Poll on Climate Change AASHE 2008: Working Together for Sustainability on Campus and Beyond Vanessa Schweizer, PhD Candidate Engineering and Public Policy with RobertCavalier, Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy Tim Dawson, PhD Candidate English and Rhetoric Shahzeen Attari, PhD Candidate Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy November 11, 2008

2 Campus Conversations Deliberative Poll Model Background Document

Why deliberate on climate change? Originally an educational effort. Thanks to Focus the Nation, had transformative effect –Raised profile of roles campus can play in addressing climate change –Helped broaden dialogue of campus responsibility for sustainable practices beyond “usual suspects” Outcomes –Measurable improvement in factual knowledge among participants –Anecdotal evidence that “tone at the top” is changing –Currently working to expand deliberative poll to the city through the Higher Education Climate Coalition 3

Resources for deliberative polling Featured event model for Focus the Nation 2009: Campus Conversations handbook: Climate Change and the Campus document: Contact: Vanessa Schweizer, 4

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