Multiple large-scale speaker forums at the San Diego Natural History Museum

Hosted speakers from:

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

University of California, San Diego

University of Arizona

Princeton University

Lloyd's of London Reinsurance Company

Attendance numbers above 500 each lecture with publicity on local television and radio news. The free lecture series continues through sustained independent funding and fills the house every time.

Speaker forum which was held at UC Davis and brought speakers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography on water resources, and UC Davis on agricultural economics, atmospheric science, and ecology.

Nineteen years ago, members of the Mission Valley Rotary Club noticed that there was a striking level of confusion surrounding climate change in the public discourse. As a part of the rotary "four-way test" these members were committed to the finding out "Is it the truth?" Therefore they decided to form a Climate Change committee and approach the then director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Dr. Ed Frieman, to see if SIO would like to team with Rotary to bring the public the most current scientific "truths" about climate change to the public of San Diego.

Dr. Frieman was delighted with the partnership, and our project was born. Nineteen years later we have become a strong member of the community in San Diego and played a pivotal role in shaping many of the "green" steps that the city has taken. We have a strong board of directors populated with scientists, business leaders, lawyers, community activist, engineers and political leaders.