Environmental Author Jeff Goodell to be Aresty Speaker at iCAR

Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone contributing editor and acclaimed author of the Water Will Come, Cool the Planet, and Big Coal will be the Aresty Speaker at the 3rd Annual iCAR Conference
Join us for an OPEN Conversation on Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and Planning for Community Resilience

About Jeff Goodell
Through years of research, acclaimed author and investigative journalist Jeff Goodell has established himself as an expert on the coal industry, geoengineering, and climate change. As the price of oil soars and the seas rise, as energy independence and global warming become increasingly urgent priorities, Goodell offers a vital perspective on how to stem the tide of environmental disaster—and what is at stake.

Jeff Goodell is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine
and Yale University’s Environment 360. He covers environmental issues including the Gulf Oil Spill and is the author of the New York Times bestseller Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship and Our Faith, based on the terrifying hours nine Quecreek miners spent trapped underground.

In his highly regarded book Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, Goodell takes a frank look at coal, which has been hailed as the cheap energy solution of the future. Building on exhaustive research on the history of the U.S. energy industry and the environmental, political, and economic issues underlying coal, Goodell exposes its many hidden costs—greenhouse emissions, pollution, the environmental toll, miners and mining communities, industry collusion that stifles innovation—and discusses how we, as well as nations like India and China, will have to confront these pressing problems as global energy demand surges. Big Coal is also the subject of a feature documentary called Dirty Business.

His next book, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Reshaping of the Civilized World, comes out October 24th, and is an immersive look at the global crisis of rising oceans. Steeped in scientific research and on-the-ground reporting, especially here in South Florida, The Water Will Come is written in the tradition of environmental classics like The World Without Us.

About the iCAR Conference
Mr. Goodell will be the Distinguished Aresty Speaker co-presented by the Open Partnership Education Network (OPEN), the Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (iCAR), USF St. Petersburg, and the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council ONE BAY Resilient Communities Working Group. The OPEN Parternship Education Network is sponsored by the Aresty Family Foundation.

This 2-day workshop, hosted by the Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (iCAR), USF St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council ONE BAY Resilient Communities Working Group, will engage participants in discussion about social and physical vulnerabilities to coastal hazards, and efforts to build regional resiliency. Through a series of presentations and followed by facilitated discussions between experts from the national level, South Florida, and Tampa Bay regions, participants will explore potential regional solutions and approaches for addressing the resilience and adaptations of coastal cities to climate change.

Admission is free, but advance registration is requested (Space is Limited)