{"id":13550,"date":"2016-04-12T07:53:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13550"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:21:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T23:21:37","slug":"opening-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?p=13550","title":{"rendered":"Opening Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  style='height:65px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=12687\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #808080;\">CLIMATE CHANGE: VIEWS FROM THE HUMANITIES<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=12687\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #808080;\">A NEARLY CARBON-NEUTRAL CONFERENCE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808080; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">OPENING REMARKS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[easy-share buttons=&#8221;facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail&#8221; counters=0 native=&#8221;no&#8221; image=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/yusuke-asai-waf-1.jpg url=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13550 facebook_text=Share twitter_text=Tweet\u00a0linkedin_text=Link text=&#8221;Ken Hiltner&#8217;s opening remarks\u00a0at #ehi16\u00a0nearly carbon-neutral conference.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_two_third '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/165099202?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=5A7D5A\" width=\"672\" height=\"370\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  \" ><div  style='height:1px; margin-top:0px'  class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Ken Hiltner<\/p>\n<p><em>Academic Conferences 2.0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ken Hiltner is a Professor of the environmental humanities at UC\u00a0Santa Barbara (UCSB). The Director of the Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHI), Hiltner has appointments in the English and Environmental Studies Departments.\u00a0He has published five books, including <em>Milton and Ecology<\/em>, <em>What Else is Pastoral?<\/em>, <em>Renaissance Ecology<\/em>, and <em>Ecocriticism: The Essential Reader<\/em>, as well as\u00a0a range of environmentally oriented articles.\u00a0Prior to becoming a professor, for many years he made his living as a furniture maker<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='height:80px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Q &amp; A<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Have questions or comments? 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