StraightTalk Series: The Next Industrial Revolution: Turning Crisis into Opportunity

Phyllis Cuttino ’88, CEO of The Climate Reality Project, shares how industry is responding to the need to slow the trajectory of climate change, setting the stage for a conversation with Proterra Transit President Julian Soell, Milliken Senior VP Kasel Knight, Sustain SC CEO Ethel Bunch, and S.C. Senator Tom Davis about how South Carolina industries and innovators are working toward a cleaner, better future. Katie Thomas, lead for the Kearney Consumer Institute will present the consumer’s perspective on industry’s responsibility in mitigating climate change.

6:30 P.M. in McAlister Auditorium (arrive early at 6 p.m. to sample sustainable foods grown at Furman Farm and tour an electric bus.)