Climate Speaker Series
Auden Schendler spent twenty-six years running sustainability programs at Aspen One, which operates ski resorts, hotels, restaurants, and retail stores. He focuses on scale solutions to climate change, including clean-energy development, policy, advocacy, movement building, and activism.
Along with Protect Our Winters, where he served on the board for a decade, he is working to mobilize the outdoor industry as a political force. Previously a research associate at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), he is author of the new book Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul (November, 2024) and Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution, which climatologist James Hansen called “an antidote to greenwash.”
He was named a “climate innovator” by Time magazine and a “climate saver” by the EPA. Auden served on Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission, where he developed state climate policy, and between 2016 and 2020, he was elected to the town council of Basalt, Colorado.
Climate Speaker Series
Rachel Forbes
Rachel Forbes, MSW, is a Professor of Social work and the Western Colorado MSW program director at the University of Denver.
Jon Waterman
Forty years ago, Jon Waterman took his first journey to Alaska’s Noatak River and was astonished by the abundant wildlife...
Auden Schendler
Auden Schendler spent twenty-six years running sustainability programs at Aspen One, which operates ski resorts, hotels, restaurants, and
Pollution In Pristine Places
Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña is a geologist/glaciologist/climate change expert with extensive experience in science communication.
Justicia Climática Para Los Latinos
Beatriz, cofundadora de Voces Unidas, ahora dirige una iniciativa de Conservación Colorado.
Latino Climate Justice
Explore the Colorado Latino Climate Justice Policy Handbook - first of its kind research and informational guide for the Latino community.
Colorado’s Roadmap To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Pollution
n January 2019, Will Toor joined the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) as its Executive Director appointed by Governor Jared Polis.
An Indigenous View On Climate And Environment
Darren is the author of “The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History” and teaches Native American History at Utah State University.
World On A Plate
Lisa Palmer is the National Geographic Research Professor of Science Communication at the School of Media and Public Affairs.
Code Red: Communicating The Urgency And Opportunities Of Climate Action
Susan Joy Hassol is the Director of Climate Communication.
