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	ABOUT The Baum Foundation was established as a public charity in March 2003. The mission of The Baum Foundation is to improve the quality of people's lives through grants and seed funding that support programs in the arts, education and environment.

	UPCOMING!!
	Baum Sponsored/Coordinated Activities at the Aspen Environment Forum and 212 Gallery

	1:45–3:00pm Monday, July 26 McNulty Rm at Doerr-Hosier Drills and Spills: The Rhetoric and Reality of Offshore Oil Resources—The recent tragic events in the Gulf of Mexico offer a vivid reminder of the environmental risks involved with drilling at sea. How much of our oil supply now comes and could come from offshore oil fields, especially deep-water ones? To the extent offshore drilling Does occur, how can it be regulated to prevent another disaster? Joel Achenbach, Moderator in conversation with – Kevin Costner, Elisabeth Cheney, Robert Gagosian, Bruce Babbitt. Watch the session below.

	3:15–4:30pm Monday, July 26 McNulty Rm at Doerr-Hosier Plastic Planet—Stemming the Tide of Waste About 107 billion pounds of plastic are produced annually in North America alone. Plastics account for 25% of all waste in landfills. In the north Pacific gyre, a collection of plastic trash the size of Texas has been amassed by the ocean’s currents. What can be done to stem the plastic tide? Can recent discoveries of alternative, environmentally benign polymers prove economically viable and eliminate potential health risks? Sarah Laskin, Moderator in conversation with – Andrea Neal, Doug Woodring, Theo Colborn, Elisabeth Grossmon, and Solving Plastic Pollution — Message from David de Rothchild Project Kaisei at Sea and their Objectives

	10:15–11:30am Tues, Jul 27 Lauder Seminar Rm, Koch Bldg Climate Response: Mitigate and Adapt—A strategy of simply adapting to the effects of climate change without “mitigating” (that is, reducing) carbon emissions would be doomed to fail, because the changes would become too large to adapt to. But delaying adaptation measures while waiting for emissions to be reduced will cause millions to suffer, because the effects of global warming are happening already. What choices do we have now? How can the most vulnerable places on Earth adapt to rising seas, droughts and heat waves? Jeff Goodell, Moderator in conservation with – Munjed Al-Sharif, ANM Muniruzzaman, Amy Fraenkel.

	6:00–8:00pm Tuesday, July 27 Art Opening at 212 Gallery – 525 East Cooper Street SPILL : Crude Response, Oil, Plastics and Perspective • 6:00pm Daniel Beltrá Photography and Talk—Daniel will share his experience being stationed in the Gulf photographing one of the worst environmental oil-spill disasters in his career. “I hope to reawaken people to their connection to this ocean planet.” • 7:00pm Aurora Robson Sculpture and Talk—Aurora will discuss her process of transforming discarded waste into ephemeral and organic works of art in an effort to raise environmental consciousness. • 7:30pm BELLA GAIA (Beautiful Planet) Performance—Composer and creator Kenji Williams takes viewers through an immersive live multimedia performance accompanied by stunning film-footage from NASA, deeply connecting viewers to a holistic vision of Earth.


	5:00pm Wed, July 28 McNulty Rm at Doerr-Hosier Aspen Environment Forum Closing Night Ceremony BELLA GAIA—An amazing multimedia and live musical performance celebrating the visual beauty of Planet Earth, featuring Kenji Williams, a composer, filmmaker, music producer, theatrical show director, and classically trained violinist, with an introduction and word of thanks from David Monsma, executive director of the Aspen Environment Forum.