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Conference SXSW ECO Engaging Youth in Green Innovation Positive Propaganda: Creative Media to Nudge Social Change In this panel, you'll learn how IEEE, the White House and other organizations engage youth in STEM/STEAM and Green Innovation and learn how to conduct an inspiring and rewarding challenge of your own! We'll also kick off the 2014 Austin Solar Day Challenge, a student competition that engages local schools to build photovoltaic solutions using solar energy. CEU: AIA Let's face it: addressing climate change requires solutions that are as big as the problem itself. Mobilizing consumers and businesses to participate in a sustainable marketplace will require a creative approach to narrative storytelling that integrates environmentalism into our culture through the powerful mediums of film, art, and design. Brooke Turner, National Instruments; Christopher Jannuzzi, IEEE Electron Devices Society; Robbie Barbero, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy; Victoria Hill, Numeritics Panel/Dual/Solo | LEVEL 3, MR 9C One Food System, Many Faces Join an activist, a journalist and leaders from a foundation and a nonprofit on the front lines of sustainable agriculture for a frank discussion on the future of food; including re-defining "quality" respective not only of personal health, but of labor rights, environmental justice and food access for people of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. LaDonna Redmond, Campaign for Food Justice Now; Leslie Hatfield, GRACE; Ronda Rutledge, Sustainable Food Center; Susan Leibrock, The Berry Center; Tom Philpott, Mother Jones Panel/Dual/Solo | LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC Adrian Grenier, SHFT.com; Peter Glatzer, SHFT.com Distinguished Speaker | LEVEL 3, MR 6AB 3:15pm–5:30pm Sustainable Mentoring This session will look at the types of mentoring relationship and tactics and strategies to cultivate mentors in your life. Interactive and dynamic, it will include role playing, tip sheets and action plans. Melissa Bradley, New Capitalist Workshop | LEVEL 3, MR 10AB 3:15pm–3:30pm The Great Nature Project: A Worldwide Celebration of the Planet through Photography National Geographic's The Great Nature Project hopes to engage one million people of all ages with a camera or camera phone across the globe. Come learn about how this project leverages social media platforms to help people engage deeper and learn more about the world's biodiversity through educational and scientific resources. Casey Anderson, Nat Geo WILD Straight to the Point | LEVEL 3, Austin Suite 74 SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com 3:35pm–3:50pm Cause an Uproar: A Global PublicAwareness Campaign to Save the Big Cats Nat Geo WILD's "Cause an Uproar" campaign is part of the Big Cats Initiative, a long-term commitment to stop poaching, save habitats and sound the call that big steps are needed to save big cats around the world. Geoff Daniels, EVP & General Manager of Nat Geo WILD, will speak about the campaign, as well as WILD's "Big Cat Week," which was dubbed "programs with a point" by the New York Times. Geoff Daniels, Nat Geo WILD Straight to the Point | LEVEL 3, Austin Suite 3:55pm–4:10pm Crowd Sourced Data for Conservation Planning Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, uses iNaturalist to reach out to the naturalist community for help identifying populations of rare species. The social media platform encourages participants to contribute observations and to validate the observations of others. In effect, it allows them to crowdsource the generation and quality control of rare species observation data. Cullen Hanks, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept; Jonah Evans, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept Straight to the Point | LEVEL 3, Austin Suite