{"id":66170,"date":"2008-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-joins-1600-universities-to-focus-the-nation-on-global-warming-solutions\/"},"modified":"2008-01-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T00:00:00","slug":"uri-joins-1600-universities-to-focus-the-nation-on-global-warming-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/01\/uri-joins-1600-universities-to-focus-the-nation-on-global-warming-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 joins 1,600 universities to \u2018Focus the Nation\u2019 on global warming solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tLargest teach-in in U.S. history to educate, advocate for change<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

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\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 January 24, 2008 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 will join more than 1,600 universities and other institutions on Jan. 31 in the nation\u2019s largest teach-in in history. The event, called Focus the Nation, is a non-partisan educational initiative designed to engage educators and the public in developing solutions to global warming. <\/p>\n


\nThe teach-in at 溏心vlog免费B站 will involve more than 100 professors in a wide range of disciplines teaching and leading discussions about climate change and how it relates to their fields of study including communications, textiles, economics, wildlife conservation, politics and oceanography.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cClimate change is one of the most challenging issues facing this generation of college students, and they need to understand global warming science and policy and how it will affect society and their future,\u201d said Fred Meyerson, assistant professor of demography, ecology and environmental policy and co-organizer of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Focus the Nation activities. \u201cAs educators, we can help them develop that knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nFocus the Nation at 溏心vlog免费B站 will be carbon neutral thanks to offsets donated by Sterling Planet Inc., the nation\u2019s leading carbon offset company.<\/p>\n

<\/a>In a message to the campus community, 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers encouraged faculty and students to participate in Focus the Nation. “Climate change will impact all of our lives over the coming years. Knowing why and how that will happen can help us both learn about the science and policy issues we face and what we can change in our own personal lives. Please get involved!” Link here<\/a><\/b> to read the President’s message<\/i>.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis is an opportunity for 溏心vlog免费B站 students to become part of the national youth climate movement,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate student Rachel Sholly, co-founder of Student Action for Sustainability, a 溏心vlog免费B站 student organization. \u201cAs young people, we have the responsibility to take an active role in the future of our world. Solving the problem of global warming is not going to be easy, but we have to show the world that we are up to the challenge.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThe teach-in will culminate in solutions-based roundtable discussions between students, elected leaders and Congress. All participants across the country will then vote on top solutions. The top five results from the \u201cChoose Your Future\u201d vote will be announced in early February 2008.<\/p>\n


\nOn Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m., the night before the teach-in, the 溏心vlog免费B站 community will also have the opportunity to participate in several simultaneous screenings of \u201cThe Two Percent Solution,\u201d a live interactive web cast broadcast to all participating universities www.focusthenation.org\/2percentsolution.php<\/a>. Climate scientists and other experts will discuss solutions to global warming and viewers will vote on solutions via text message. Viewing sites for the webcast will be at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Memorial Union, Rodman Hall room 207, and Weaver Auditorium in the Coastal Institute, all on the Kingston campus, with additional sites still being established.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis webcast is a great chance for students, faculty and the public to have a dialogue about this most critical of issues,\u201d Meyerson said. \u201cAnd for those who can\u2019t join us at our viewing sites, they can watch it on their computer wherever they are and participate.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nFrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 30, two 4-foot, 300-pound melting ice blocks will be placed inside the Memorial Union and outside Hope Dining Hall to symbolize global warming. Members of 溏心vlog免费B站 Student Action for Sustainability, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Wildlife Society and 溏心vlog免费B站 Recycles will be stationed at each block with educational posters to promote the 2% Solution screenings and additional information on climate change and how to get involved.<\/p>\n


\nWith a national team led by Eban Goodstein, author and professor of economics at Lewis & Clark College, Focus The Nation is galvanizing a generational partnership between youth and baby boomers in a vision for America that has not occurred since the civil rights movement of the 1960s. \u201cToday\u2019s youth are truly the greatest generation,\u201d said Goodstein. \u201cWe would be failing as educators if we did not prepare them with the tools necessary to meet this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nFocus The Nation\u2019s teach-in has four key components:<\/p>\n


\n1. The Two Percent Solution Web Cast \u2013 Live on Jan. 30. This will feature Stanford University climate scientist Stephen Schneider, Natural Capitalism president Hunter Lovins, and environmental justice leader Van Jones, executive director of the Ella Baker Center.<\/p>\n


\n2. The National Teach-In \u2013 faculty-led symposium across campuses on January 31.<\/p>\n


\n3. Green Democracy \u2013 live and videoconference roundtable discussions between Congress and campuses on solutions to global warming.<\/p>\n


\n4. Choose Your Future \u2013 online ballot to vote on top five solutions to global warming –

\nvote from Jan. 21 to Feb. 12 at www.focusthenation.org\/chooseyourfuture.php<\/a>. <\/p>\n


\nFor more information about 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Focus the Nation activities, contact Fred Meyerson at fmeyerson@uri.edu<\/a> or Rachel Sholly at rachel.sholly@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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