The Climate Music Project: Don’t Just Read About Climate Change — Hear It

Erik Walker has been writing and recording music for theater, dance, film and television in the Bay Area since 1982. His collaborations include experimental theater, dance, performance, film and rock bands. His latest album, Criteria Obsession, with his band Castle Canyon, is an entertaining romp through the instrumental rock landscape. It’s big in Europe, where they like that sort of thing. Erik holds a degree in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He runs WackoWorld Music as well as the recording studio Crib Nebula in San Francisco. He teaches musicianship, improvisation, synthesizer madness and piano for all ages at his studio and at the Community Music Center in San Francisco.

Dr. Andrew Jones is Deputy Director of the Climate Readiness Institute and a research scientist in the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he leads the Society and Integrated Earth Systems Program Domain. His research uses quantitative Earth system science tools – computer models, statistics, etc. – to gain insight into how humans affect the climate and vice versa. Dr. Jones is currently leading a project to examine how climate change will interact with urban heat islands in the Bay Area to alter the frequency of extreme heat events. He is delighted to be part of The Climate Music Project because he believes that it is ultimately the story behind the data that inspires action and drives decision-making. He is also an amateur musician. Dr. Jones holds a doctorate from the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley.

Alan W. Jones was the Dean of Grace Cathedral from 1985 until January, 2009. Previously, he served as the Stephen F. Bayne Professor of Ascetical Theology at the General Theological Seminary in New York City from 1972 to 1985. During his tenure, he founded and was the first director of the Center Christian Spirituality at General. Now a U.S. citizen, he was born in England and received his Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham. He is a prominent lecturer in Episcopalian and academic circles both nationally and internationally. He is a prolific writer as well of books, articles and editorial opinions. Jones was also the moderator of The Forum at Grace Cathedral. He is married to Virginia (Cricket) Jones and has three children and five grandchildren.