Renowned Climate Scientist Meets With Students to Help Them Combat Climate Change
Photo by Dan Loh.
video by Stephen Munchel
Chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy serves residency at Dickinson and addresses students and the community
Katharine Hayhoe, renowned climate scientist and chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy, recently visited campus as the 2024 recipient of the Sam Rose '58 and Julie Walters Prize at Dickinson College for Global Environmental Activism. The Rose-Walters Prize is an annual $100,000 awarded to a prominent individual or group dedicated to preserving the planet and its resources, who will serve a residency at Dickinson to help students prepare to combat climate change and restore the natural world. And Hayhoe had inspiring words for each person she reached.
"I look at the choices that we make today and how those will determine our future, and that tells me without a shadow of a doubt that our future is in our hands," said Hayhoe, whose visit included classroom visits and a public lecture. "Study whatever you love, whatever you're passionate about, whatever your skills and abilities are, and then use your unique abilities to make a difference in the world. That giant boulder of climate action is already rolling down the hill in the right direction. It already has millions of hands on it, and if we use our voice to encourage others to add theirs, it will go faster."
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Published December 12, 2024