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> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:33:35 -0700
> To: SonomaWildlife , EnergyMatters
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> Subject: [EnergyMatters] GCC: Focus the Nation informational meeting
>
> PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY
>
> Focus the Nation informational meeting:
> UC Berkeley--Tuesday, June 20th Noon-1 PM
> 103 Mulford Hall: www.berkeley.edu/map
>
> Focus the Nation is an ambitious educational initiative that will
> coordinate teams of faculty and students at over a thousand colleges,
> universities and high schools in the United States, to
> collaboratively engage in a nationwide, interdisciplinary discussion
> centered around the theme of "Stabilizing the Climate in the 21st
> Century". The project will culminate January 31, 2008, in the form of
> one-day, national symposia held simultaneously on campuses across the
> country. As the event will occur early in the political primary
> season, it will provide an opportunity to engage political candidates
> from across the country and at all levels of government in
> campus-based, non-partisan discussions of climate solutions, creating
> a national educational dialogue on policy options for the next
> decade. And working from a firm base in educational institutions,
> Focus the Nation will also incorporate participation by religious,
> civic, and business organizations. Focus the Nation has the potential
> to organize thousands of institutions and, with effort, millions of
> participants across the country to focus national attention for a day
> around a serious discussion of climate stabilization. Our goal is for
> Focus the Nation to become an "Earth Day 1970" catalyzing event that
> can turn the national conversation about global warming from a tone
> of defeatism to one of constructive engagement.
>
> Who should attend the informational meetings? All students, faculty,
> and staff from K-12 through the University level interested in an
> innovative national experiment in interdisciplinary education;
> representatives of church, business or civic organizations; concerned
> citizens.
>
> Focus the Nation is directed by Dr. Eban Goodstein, Professor of
> Economics at Lewis & Clark College ( www.lclark.edu/~eban) For more
> information, please see the project description at
> www.lclark.edu/~eban/FocusNation.pdf, contact [email protected], or
> call 503-768-7626.
>
> To learn more about Focus the Nation, and to help build maximum
> participation in California, please attend the following
> informational meeting on Tuesday, June 20th:
>
>
> Focus the Nation informational meeting.
> UC Berkeley--Tuesday Noon-1 PM
> 103 Mulford Hall: www.berkeley.edu/map
>
>
> Eban Goodstein
> Professor of Economics
> Lewis and Clark College
> Portland, OR 97219
> v 503.768.7626 / f 503.768.7611
> [email protected]