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ACES' Children's Education Fund 2013
In the 2012-2013 school year ACES will make 45,000 student contacts in 42 schools within Pitkin, Garfield, and Eagle counties through our environmental science education programs.
What's Happening in our Forests?
An animated short by Aspen Center for Environmental Studies exploring how forests affect, and are affected by, the forces around them.
with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 6/19/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Maria Hodkins 1 graduate college credit available 6/27/2013 - 6/28/2013 Maria Hodkins $130, $100 members (1 adult & 1 child), $40 each additional person 6/29/2013 Chris Anderson $195, $150 members ($70, $55 members for single days) 7/01/2013 - 7/03/2013 mandatory week: July 8-12
plus additional one-week commitment 7/01/2013 - 8/16/2013 Jim Kravitz, ACES Programs Director 7/10/2013 Kayo Ogilby 1 graduate college credit available 7/11/2013 - 7/12/2013 Sarah Schmidt, ACES Education Director
cancelled 7/13/2013 with Penny Greenwell 7/15/2013 - 7/19/2013 Jim Kravitz and Jamie Cundiff 7/17/2013 with Cath Adams 7/17/2013 - 7/19/2013 Dr. Boyce Drummond 1 graduate college credit available 7/18/2013 - 7/19/2013 Chris Anderson
Adult & Child workshop, open to ages 7 and up
$85, $60 members (1 adult & 1 child), $25 each additional person 7/20/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 7/24/2013 Vera Evenson
1 graduate college credit available 7/25/2013 - 7/26/2013 Sarah Schmidt and Chris Anderson 7/30/2013 Dr. Rick Williams 1 graduate college credit available 8/01/2013 - 8/02/2013 Tom Cardamone, ACES Chief Ecologist 8/05/2013 Will Cardamone of W.I.L.D. 8/06/2013 - 8/08/2013 Jamie Cundiff, ACES Forest Programs Director 8/09/2013 with Penny Greenwell 8/12/2013 - 8/16/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 8/21/2013 In collaboration with The Independence Pass Foundation
Jim Kravitz and Mark Fuller 10/02/2013 with Cath Adams 7/22/2013 - 7/24/2013 with Cath Adams 8/12/2013 - 8/14/2013
The Jessica Catto Leadership Dialogues Presents:
An evening with Melinda Kramer, Founder and Co-Director of Women's Earth Alliance
Wednesday, August 15th at 6pm
Limelight Hotel
Presentation at 6pm - followed by a reception with beer, wine, and heavy hors d'oeuvres Melinda Kramer is the Founder and Co-Director of Women's Earth Alliance (WEA), a global organization empowering women on the frontiers of environmental justice, resource sustainability and community development, with programs in Africa, India, and the U.S. Before founding Women's Earth Alliance, Melinda worked around the world with organizations pursuing environmental justice, sustainable local economies and indigenous rights. Melinda has degrees from Washington University and University of Nairobi. She is a trained facilitator and speaks Swahili, Spanish, and some Mandarin. www.womensearthalliance.org Presented by Aspen Center for Environmental Studies in partnership with Community Office for Resource Efficiency
Questions: Call Olivia at ACES at 970-925-5756
This event made possible by the Catto Family in memory of Jessica Hobby Catto, an inspiration to those committed to being stewards of the environment.
8/15/2012
Martin Ogle FREE public lecture at Hallam Lake 8/13/2013
Conservation and Collaboration in a Changing World
Tickets go on sale June 7th at www.aspenshowtix.com
When: June 24 - 25, 2012
Where: The Doerr-Hosier Center at the Aspen Institute
What: The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) presents a public symposium to focus on critical forest sustainability and management issues facing the U.S. Forest Service in an era of rapid and unprecedented environmental change. Our treasured mountains, forests and rivers of the West are experiencing stress from the effects of a warming climate. Join scientists, policy makers, conservationists and business leaders to explore the forces affecting our beloved landscapes and how we can protect them for future generations. Our speakers include Undersecretary of Agriculture Harris Sherman, Bill Possiel, President of the National Forest Foundation, the CEO's of Snowbird Resort and the Aspen Skiing Company, Maggie Fox, President of the Climate Reality Project, David Orr, Chair of Environmental Studies at Oberlin College, Frank Lowenstein, Climate Adaptation Strategy Leader for The Nature Conservancy, and other distinguished leaders and scientists.
The Symposium’s goals include informing the public about the threats to forest health from a warming climate, helping the U.S. Forest Service identify adaptive management strategies to increase forest resiliency, and exploring public-private collaboration as a landscape restoration strategy in this era of federal fiscal restraint. The symposium will begin on the evening of June 24 and continue through the day on June 25 (agenda below). Cost: $35 ACES members, $45 non-members, free to Aspen Environment Forum Pass Holders. Tickets may be purchased through Aspen Show Tix at www.aspenshowtix.com. AGENDA
(Except where noted, all speakers are confirmed)
Master of Ceremonies: Former Governor Bill Ritter
Director, The Center for the New Energy Economy, Colorado State University
June 24
6:00 – 6:45 Reception with beverages and hors d’oeuvres for Symposium attendees
7:00 – 7:05 Welcome & Introduction
• Chris Lane, CEO, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
7:05 – 7:25 A Changing Climate: What do Dying Forests & Melting Glaciers Share in Common?
• A Photographic Odyssey with James Balog, Earth Vision Trust
7:25 – 7:45 Climate, Forests & Conservation
• Maggie Fox, President, The Climate Reality Project
7:45 – 8:05 Responding to a Warmer World: Adaptation VS Mitigation?
• David Orr, Chair of Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College
June 25
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome
• Senator Mark Udall (via video)
• Colorado State Senator Gail Schwartz (invited)
8:45 – 10:00 Megafires, Insects & “Type Conversion” … Are We Losing Our Forests?
• Craig Allen, Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey
• Nancy Grulke, Director, Western Wildlands Environmental Threats Center, Pacific
Northwest Research Station, USFS
• Discussion led by Michelle Nijhuis, Writer, National Geographic Magazine
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:45 Restoration & Resiliency: Partnering for Success in Water, Wildlife & Forest Health
• Frank Lowenstein, Climate Adaptation Strategy Leader, The Nature Conservancy
• Ethan Aumack, Director of Restoration Programs, Grand Canyon Trust
10:45 – 12:00 The Role of Recreation: Enjoying Forests/Conserving Forests
• Bob Bonar, CEO, Snowbird Resort
• Mike Kaplan, CEO, Aspen Skiing Company
• Discussion with above four speakers led by Leslie Weldon, Deputy Chief,
National Forest System
12:00 – 1:00 Luncheon Keynote: Accelerating Restoration Through Emerging Partnerships
• Harris Sherman, Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources & Environment
1:00 – 1:30 Break
1:30 – 1:45 Of Forests & Men
• A short film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in partnership with the United Nations
1:45 – 3:15 Water, Power, Forests & Cities: Building Alliances/Investing in Watersheds
• Jim Lochhead, CEO, Denver Water
• Jack Sahl, Director of Environment & Resource Sustainability, Southern Calif. Edison
• Joe Whitworth, President, The Freshwater Trust
• Discussion led by Daniel Jiron, USFS Rocky Mountain Regional Forester (invited)
3:15 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:15 Collaborating Locally to Monitor & Restore Ecosystem Health
• Chris Lane, CEO, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
• John Katzenberger, Director, Aspen Global Change Institute
• Morgan Williams, Biochar Solutions LLC
4:15 – 5:00 Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Partnering for Collaborative Landscape Restoration
• Bill Possiel, President, The National Forest Foundation
The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
– in partnership with The Aspen Institute –
6/24/2012 - 6/25/2012 Hallam Lake
with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 6/19/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Maria Hodkins 1 graduate college credit available 6/27/2013 - 6/28/2013 Maria Hodkins $130, $100 members (1 adult & 1 child), $40 each additional person 6/29/2013 Chris Anderson $195, $150 members ($70, $55 members for single days) 7/01/2013 - 7/03/2013 mandatory week: July 8-12
plus additional one-week commitment 7/01/2013 - 8/16/2013 Jim Kravitz, ACES Programs Director 7/10/2013 Kayo Ogilby 1 graduate college credit available 7/11/2013 - 7/12/2013 Sarah Schmidt, ACES Education Director
cancelled 7/13/2013 with Penny Greenwell 7/15/2013 - 7/19/2013 Jim Kravitz and Jamie Cundiff 7/17/2013 with Cath Adams 7/17/2013 - 7/19/2013 Dr. Boyce Drummond 1 graduate college credit available 7/18/2013 - 7/19/2013 Chris Anderson
Adult & Child workshop, open to ages 7 and up
$85, $60 members (1 adult & 1 child), $25 each additional person 7/20/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 7/24/2013 Vera Evenson
1 graduate college credit available 7/25/2013 - 7/26/2013 Sarah Schmidt and Chris Anderson 7/30/2013 Dr. Rick Williams 1 graduate college credit available 8/01/2013 - 8/02/2013 Tom Cardamone, ACES Chief Ecologist 8/05/2013 Will Cardamone of W.I.L.D. 8/06/2013 - 8/08/2013 Jamie Cundiff, ACES Forest Programs Director 8/09/2013 with Penny Greenwell 8/12/2013 - 8/16/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 8/21/2013 In collaboration with The Independence Pass Foundation
Jim Kravitz and Mark Fuller 10/02/2013 with Cath Adams 7/22/2013 - 7/24/2013 with Cath Adams 8/12/2013 - 8/14/2013
Open Society Media Fellow Jeffery Barbee presents a five-country series of positive African Climate Change Pojects that are examples for the world to follow. Enjoy a special launch of the 35 minute film and an open discussion with scientists and the film maker. This film tells the story of how development, international and national co-operation around climate change and natural resources can effectively fight the related evils of poverty and environmental destruction. We can look to these people driven projects in the face of current international inertia in climate change negotiations as they illustrate success stories for the world to follow today. Jeffery Barbee is a media fellow with the Open Society Institute For South Africa. He is a photojournalist and film producer who works for Global Post, LinkTV.org and the UK Guardian. His freelance work appears in the New York Times, the BBC, NOS Tv Holland, Smithsonian Magazine, RTL News, Time Magazine, Newsweek, Vanity Fair and others. Visit the project blog, Another Path, for more information.
4/19/2012 Hallam Lake
7:30pm
Hallam Lake
with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 6/19/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Maria Hodkins 1 graduate college credit available 6/27/2013 - 6/28/2013 Maria Hodkins $130, $100 members (1 adult & 1 child), $40 each additional person 6/29/2013 Chris Anderson $195, $150 members ($70, $55 members for single days) 7/01/2013 - 7/03/2013 mandatory week: July 8-12
plus additional one-week commitment 7/01/2013 - 8/16/2013 Jim Kravitz, ACES Programs Director 7/10/2013 Kayo Ogilby 1 graduate college credit available 7/11/2013 - 7/12/2013 Sarah Schmidt, ACES Education Director
cancelled 7/13/2013 with Penny Greenwell 7/15/2013 - 7/19/2013 Jim Kravitz and Jamie Cundiff 7/17/2013 with Cath Adams 7/17/2013 - 7/19/2013 Dr. Boyce Drummond 1 graduate college credit available 7/18/2013 - 7/19/2013 Chris Anderson
Adult & Child workshop, open to ages 7 and up
$85, $60 members (1 adult & 1 child), $25 each additional person 7/20/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 7/24/2013 Vera Evenson
1 graduate college credit available 7/25/2013 - 7/26/2013 Sarah Schmidt and Chris Anderson 7/30/2013 Dr. Rick Williams 1 graduate college credit available 8/01/2013 - 8/02/2013 Tom Cardamone, ACES Chief Ecologist 8/05/2013 Will Cardamone of W.I.L.D. 8/06/2013 - 8/08/2013 Jamie Cundiff, ACES Forest Programs Director 8/09/2013 with Penny Greenwell 8/12/2013 - 8/16/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 8/21/2013 In collaboration with The Independence Pass Foundation
Jim Kravitz and Mark Fuller 10/02/2013 with Cath Adams 7/22/2013 - 7/24/2013 with Cath Adams 8/12/2013 - 8/14/2013
Tom Cardamone, ACES co-director, will moderate Wendell Berry's Bringing it to the Table. Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Time: 6pm Place: Catto Center at Toklat, 11247 Castle Creek Rd, Aspen "Drawn from over thirty years of work, this collection joins bestsellers The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Pollan, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver, as essential reading for anyone who cares about what they eat. The essays address such concerns as: How does organic measure up against locally grown? What are the differences between small and large farms, and how does that affect what you put on your dinner table? What can you do to support sustainable agriculture?
A progenitor of the Slow Food movement, Wendell Berry reminds us all to take the time to understand the basics of what we ingest. “Eating is an agriculture act,” he writes. Indeed, we are all players in the food economy." -Goodreads review
4/24/2012
Winter Wildlands Alliance presents Backcountry Film Festival: Celebrating the Human Powered Experience The Backcountry Film Festival promotes the work of grassroots filmakers who tell compelling and entertaining stories of backcountry, non-motorized recreation and environmental preservation. Watch clips from the film festival here. $10 suggested donation at the door. Proceeds for this event benefit Colorado Mountain Club.
4/04/2012 Hallam Lake
7:30 PM
Hallam Lake, behind the post office in Aspen
with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 6/19/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Maria Hodkins 1 graduate college credit available 6/27/2013 - 6/28/2013 Maria Hodkins $130, $100 members (1 adult & 1 child), $40 each additional person 6/29/2013 Chris Anderson $195, $150 members ($70, $55 members for single days) 7/01/2013 - 7/03/2013 mandatory week: July 8-12
plus additional one-week commitment 7/01/2013 - 8/16/2013 Jim Kravitz, ACES Programs Director 7/10/2013 Kayo Ogilby 1 graduate college credit available 7/11/2013 - 7/12/2013 Sarah Schmidt, ACES Education Director
cancelled 7/13/2013 with Penny Greenwell 7/15/2013 - 7/19/2013 Jim Kravitz and Jamie Cundiff 7/17/2013 with Cath Adams 7/17/2013 - 7/19/2013 Dr. Boyce Drummond 1 graduate college credit available 7/18/2013 - 7/19/2013 Chris Anderson
Adult & Child workshop, open to ages 7 and up
$85, $60 members (1 adult & 1 child), $25 each additional person 7/20/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 7/24/2013 Vera Evenson
1 graduate college credit available 7/25/2013 - 7/26/2013 Sarah Schmidt and Chris Anderson 7/30/2013 Dr. Rick Williams 1 graduate college credit available 8/01/2013 - 8/02/2013 Tom Cardamone, ACES Chief Ecologist 8/05/2013 Will Cardamone of W.I.L.D. 8/06/2013 - 8/08/2013 Jamie Cundiff, ACES Forest Programs Director 8/09/2013 with Penny Greenwell 8/12/2013 - 8/16/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 8/21/2013 In collaboration with The Independence Pass Foundation
Jim Kravitz and Mark Fuller 10/02/2013 with Cath Adams 7/22/2013 - 7/24/2013 with Cath Adams 8/12/2013 - 8/14/2013
Paul Andersen, journalist, nature author, and wilderness guide, will moderate March's bookclub meeting featuring The Man Who Planted Trees, by Jean Giono. Paul is also the author of the recent book Moonlight over Pearl, a collection of short stories about the Aspen area.
Date: Tuesday, March 27th Time: 6pm Place: Catto Center at Toklat, 11247 Castle Creek Rd, Aspen "Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern times. In the foothills of the French Alps the narrator meets a shepherd who has quietly taken on the task of planting one hundred acorns a day in an effort to reforest his desolate region. Not even two world wars can keep the shepherd from continuing his solitary work. Gradually, this gentle, persistent man's work comes to fruition: the region is transformed; life and hope return; the world is renewed." - Goodreads review To read Paul's wonderful recommendation for this book, check out his Aspen Times column from Monday March 12th.
3/27/2012
with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 6/19/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Mon-Fri; Drop-in Summer Series 6/24/2013 - 8/09/2013 Maria Hodkins 1 graduate college credit available 6/27/2013 - 6/28/2013 Maria Hodkins $130, $100 members (1 adult & 1 child), $40 each additional person 6/29/2013 Chris Anderson $195, $150 members ($70, $55 members for single days) 7/01/2013 - 7/03/2013 mandatory week: July 8-12
plus additional one-week commitment 7/01/2013 - 8/16/2013 Jim Kravitz, ACES Programs Director 7/10/2013 Kayo Ogilby 1 graduate college credit available 7/11/2013 - 7/12/2013 Sarah Schmidt, ACES Education Director
cancelled 7/13/2013 with Penny Greenwell 7/15/2013 - 7/19/2013 Jim Kravitz and Jamie Cundiff 7/17/2013 with Cath Adams 7/17/2013 - 7/19/2013 Dr. Boyce Drummond 1 graduate college credit available 7/18/2013 - 7/19/2013 Chris Anderson
Adult & Child workshop, open to ages 7 and up
$85, $60 members (1 adult & 1 child), $25 each additional person 7/20/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 7/24/2013 Vera Evenson
1 graduate college credit available 7/25/2013 - 7/26/2013 Sarah Schmidt and Chris Anderson 7/30/2013 Dr. Rick Williams 1 graduate college credit available 8/01/2013 - 8/02/2013 Tom Cardamone, ACES Chief Ecologist 8/05/2013 Will Cardamone of W.I.L.D. 8/06/2013 - 8/08/2013 Jamie Cundiff, ACES Forest Programs Director 8/09/2013 with Penny Greenwell 8/12/2013 - 8/16/2013 with Rebecca Weiss
for birders of all levels, ages 7 and up 8/21/2013 In collaboration with The Independence Pass Foundation
Jim Kravitz and Mark Fuller 10/02/2013 with Cath Adams 7/22/2013 - 7/24/2013 with Cath Adams 8/12/2013 - 8/14/2013
Jonathan Bastian, the host of 'Page by Page' on Aspen Public Radio and book review columnist for the Aspen Daily News will host February's book club meeting featuring The Golden Spruce, by John Vaillant. Date: Tuesday, February 28th Time: 6pm Place: Catto Center at Toklat, 11247 Castle Creek Rd, Aspen "John Vaillant is a natural storyteller and big-picture thinker," says Bastian. "In "The Golden Spruce" we not only get the drama of a great novel, but the rich context of a complex situation. Be prepared to travel to an area of the world — British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands — that is left out of American history textbooks, where business, native traditions and environmentalists tangle into a narrative that leaves you with big questions that echo beyond the book itself."
2/28/2012
Jessica Metcalf, PhD
Jessica will share information on how her team sequenced DNA from cutthroat trout that were collected across Colorado and New Mexico between 1857 and 1889. The goal of their project was to describe the historic diversity and distribution of Colorado’s cutthroat trout. Jessica Metcalf PhD, Biologist and ancient DNA sleuth
Jessica is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado, where she specializes in getting DNA out of deceased materials. Jessica uses ancient DNA techniques to answer questions in ecology, evolution, conservation and forensics.
Assorted teas, donated by Two Leaves Tea Company, and Paradise Bakery cookies will be offered during lecture. Naturalist Nights are brought to you through a partnership between Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Wilderness Workshop and Roaring Fork Audubon.
Free Members
Free Non Members
1/10/2013 Hallam Lake
7:30 PM
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