U3A Monaghan Conference
Four seasons hotel, Monaghan
Contact
Monaghan U3A, Contact Age Action, 31 Glaslough Street, Monaghan. Tel: 047/75942
Email monaghanu3a@eircom.net
Region
University of the 3rd Age (U3A) Monaghan will host a conference on 23 October 2015 at the Four Seasons hotel, Monaghan, to discuss and learn about Climate Change and Climate Justice. The morning segment will have Speakers such as Sigurd Reimers of Grandparents for a Safe Earth and Dr.Paul Nolan, Meteorologist, while the afternoon involves an intergenerational workshop and some light entertainment.
Agenda
Monaghan University of the Third Age (U3A)
Conference –Climate Change/Climate Justice
Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan.
Friday 23 October 2015
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 11.30am - Climate Change –
Fr. Sean McDonagh, Eco Theologian
Dr Frank McGovern, Head of Climate Change Research and Science EPA
Dr Paul Nolan, ICHEC, Meteorologist
11.30am Questions
11.45 to 1.00 pm - 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
Film - “Drop in the Ocean? Ireland and Climate Change”
Workshop comprising U3A members/attendees/ 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 5 pm Closing Entertainment