Dave Chameides
Dave Chameides is the Director of Sustainability at The Shalhevet School in Los Angeles, a self taught environmental educator, and award winning filmmaker. He teaches a motivational environmental education course to schools and religious organizations around the country. A firm believer in walking the talk, Dave feels that once people understand their part in the environmental problems at hand, they will change their ways. To paraphrase Harry Truman, give people the facts and they'll choose to do the right thing.
Chasing Sustainability
- Saturday 2:00 PM–3:15 PM Newport Beach 2 Canceled, sorry
- Sunday 5:30 PM–6:45 PM Newport Beach 2
Identity and Responsibility, Teen Approved
A simple straightforward look at the problem with energy, oil, and excess and a discussion about simple ways that we can all take into our daily lives to lessen our impact. Dave Chameides has the ability to take large concepts and present them in a way that is not only digestible, but makes you want to take action.
The Invisible Children Project
- Monday 10:00 AM–11:15 AM Laguna Beach 3
"The Rescue" is a 30-minute film about child soldiers in Uganda who are abducted at ages as young as 5 and made to fight for the Lord’s Resistance Army. Six years ago, three 19-year-olds from southern California traveled to the Sudan to make a documentary. "The Rescue" is the story of what is going on in the Congo, and what these three teenagers decided to do about it. We will watch the film, discuss the subject, and discuss ways that we all can help with this problem and learn more. "The Rescue” is appropriate for teenagers and adults and will inspire anyone who sees it by showing the power of the individual to change the world.