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Photo: Phil Voystock
Conveners: Raphaëlle Haywood and Paul Green
Engaging the cosmic perspective to address environmental and social issues
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Hubble Ultra Deep Field (NASA, ESA, STScI)
We are explorers of the origins of the universe and of life
We have:• Scientific credibility• Public fascination and trust• Academic flexibility
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Einstein and Sagan both spoke out on the global issues of their day
Sagan at the Great Peace March in Washington, DC, 1986 Photo: Joseph Sohm/Visions of America/Corbis
Russell-Einstein Manifesto, 1955
1983, Science, 222, 4630
Einstein at the 1950 premiere of Eleanor Roosevelt’s weekly TV programPhoto: Keystone-France/Getty Images file
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Today, humanity is once again facing great challenges on a planetary scale
VIIRS data. Available on NASA Worldview. 2012
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Dr Raphaëlle D. Haywood NASA Sagan Fellow
Harvard College Observatory
Looking at Earth in the cosmic perspective
Left: Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar. Credit: NASA Landsat 5Right: Witch Head Nebula. Credit: NASA/STScI Digitized Sky Survey/Noel
Example: I recently gave a colloquium at the University of Saõ Paulo, Brazil (4 Sept. 2019)
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VIIRS & MODIS data. Available on NASA Worldview.16 August 2019
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Photo: Jorge Melendez
Saõ Paulo, Brazil (4 Sept. 2019)
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Photo: Phil Voystock