Climate Science Video Series

As our climate continues to shift, the implications for industries like ours are profound. From altering growing conditions to impacting grape quality, pest and disease management, water availability, and overall sustainability, the effects are far-reaching. For grape growers, understanding and adapting to these changes is crucial to safeguarding the future success of their vineyards.

At NVG, we're committed to offering top-notch education to grape growers and being their advocate for industry sustainability across generations. A cornerstone of this mission is providing comprehensive education on the fundamental aspects of climate impact within the agricultural context.

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WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH THESE VIDEOS:

The curriculum originated from UC Berkley's Haas School of Business semester-long course.
You can learn about Climate Science at your own pace.
They are a great tool for professional development.
You can align your company with scientific research and effective means of change.

Here are some ways to incorporate these videos into your business

Team Discussions: Watch a video each week with your crew and discuss actionable steps you can take on your property.
Company-Wide Announcement: Share the videos with the entire company to ensure everyone benefits from this crucial information.
Onboarding Process: Include these videos as part of our new employee training to instill a strong foundation in climate resilience from day one.
Friendly Competition: Gamify the experience! Offer a reward, like a gift card, to the first person who watches all the videos and shares their insights.

What is Climate Change and Why is it Happening? - Part I
Join Professor Andrew Isaacs out of UC Berkely’s Haas School of Business for a discussion on climate change, what it is, it’s many effects on our environment, and its causes, both natural and anthropogenic.

What are Greenhouse Gases and What are their Sources and Sinks - Part II
In this video, Professor Isaacs will talk about greenhouse gasses, what they are, what they do that is both helpful and harmful in our environment, and where they come from.

Vineyard and Winery Operations and their Effects on Global Climate - Part III
Hear from Brianna Beighle, the assistant winemaker at Patz & Hall, as she discusses the actions that growers and wineries can take to reduce their climate impact, as well as understand their sources of greenhouse gas emissions.

Pest and Disease Responses to a Warming Climate - Part IV
Brianna Beighle discusses the effects of climate change on vineyards, specifically, how temperatures have increased in the Napa Valley, and how this change will alter the life cycles of insects, bacteria and fungi.

Vineyard Heat Vulnerability - Part V
In this video, Brianna Beighle uses her expertise and experience as a winemaker to identify how increasing temperatures due to climate change affect grapevines and wine quality, as well as various actions growers can take to protect their product.

What are Carbon Dioxide Removal Solutions and Carbon Offsets - Part VI
In the final video in our Climate Science Series, Professor Andrew Isaacs talks about Carbon Dioxide removal, nature based and engineered solutions, as well as carbon offsets. Additionally, you will explore what does and doesn’t work when it comes to addressing climate change.

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About the Educators

Professor Andrew Isaacs out of UC Berkely’s Haas School of Business

As Senior Lecturer with Continuing Status at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Andrew Isaacs is one of the only Earth Scientists teaching Climate Science at a leading American business school.

Isaacs is a scientist who began his career in NASA’s Planetary Science Division at the Johnson Space Center in Houston following undergraduate and graduate degrees in Geochemistry from the University of Michigan. At NASA, Isaacs led research on the Geochemistry of the Earth and Solar System. From NASA he was recruited to Silicon Valley to join a materials science research start-up, moving into management and executive roles in public and private corporations in Silicon Valley and Tokyo.

Since joining UC Berkeley in 1999, Isaacs has taught Technology Innovation, Climate Science and Climate Change Strategy courses for over 5,000 students. His course “Climate Change and Business Strategy,” launched as a pilot in 2007, is now offered in multiple versions for MBAs, undergraduates and executives, both in-person and online.

Isaacs’ Climate Change courses are among the longest-running at any business school, and are the most popular courses on the subject at UC Berkeley. Isaacs has published 30 business case studies, many on the business issues associated with Climate Change, and is completing a text designed to help non-scientists teach Climate Change to business students.

Isaacs has delivered executive courses for more than 100 companies in the US, Latin America, Asia and Europe, with clients including Bank of America, BP, the California Public Utilities Commission, Électricité de France, Google, Hitachi, IBM, Infineon, Intel, Johnson and Johnson, Maersk, Mitsubishi, Oracle, Sony, Toyota, the US State Department and the USDA. He frequently teaches pro bono on Climate Change for the community in Northern California.

In 2022, Isaacs was awarded the Haas School of Business Sustainability Teaching Award. Isaacs and his family live in rural Napa County where they operate a low-carbon ranch growing and producing wine under the Screaming Squirrel label.

Brianna Beighle, Assistant Winemaker at Patz & Hall and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business

Brianna is the Assistant Winemaker at Patz & Hall winery. She has over a decade of experience in viticulture and enology from some of Napa Valley's top estates including Bryant Estate and Spotteswoode in St. Helena.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in Viticulture & Enology from UC Davis in 2013 and she's currently working toward her MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.