FW: Focus: Students Lead with "Green Torch" / High Schools / McKibben on Call Weds
Jennifer Berman
Jennifer Berman, Coordinator
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From: egood...@focusthenation.org [mailto:egood...@focusthenation.org]
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 3:29 PM
To: Eban Goodstein
Subject: Focus: Students Lead with "Green Torch" / High Schools / McKibben on Call Weds
Dear Friends of Focus the Nation,
Students at Lewis & Clark College are leading the Focus the Nation charge! This month, they are getting signatures from every student on campus inviting our two US Senators for a regional summit here in Portland on January 31st. Then in Mid-October, with a bio-diesel support van, they will run, walk and paddle two and three mile legs as part of a “Green Torch” relay from here to the state capital. Teaming up with other colleges, they will stop along the way at high schools and middle schools to talk about Focus the Nation. www.focusthenation.org With detours, it will be a 48 hour relay, and arriving in the capital at mid-day, the students will hand the invitations off to the Senators’ staff.
Can you help “Green Torch” happen at dozens of campuses across the country? Teams of students, staff and faculty relaying invitations to Senators across the state, in multiple states-- this would make an amazing nationwide statement! And it is not hard to organize. Student Life staff at Lewis & Clark have really stepped up to support the students in this effort. To learn more about how to organize a Green Torch event on your campus, contact us at in...@focusthenation.org.
We have been getting a lot of questions about high school involvement in Focus the Nation. The simplest way to participate is to join in viewing the Focus the Nation Webcast. This interactive, two hour special will feature Stanford Professor Stephen Schneider, college and high school students, and global warming solutions experts. Co-sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and the Earth Day Network, it will be available free of charge on Earth Day Network TV. www.earthdaytv.net The webcast will be organized to support small group discussion in the audiences across the nation. So at a minimum, all a high school Focus team really needs to do is reserve an auditorium for the night of January 30th!
But high schools can be more creative and ambitious. Involve teachers from across the curriculum: art, religious studies, the natural sciences, communication, theater, social studies and economics, foreign languages, psychology—all have a perspective to share. Devote an assembly to global warming solutions. Get the science and art departments to team up with a set of joint poster presentations. To learn more, consult the Model High School Agenda. http://www.focusthenation.org/HS_model_curriculum.pdf
Questions? Ideas? Join Bill McKibben on our organizing phone call Wednesday morning at 9 am Pacific. Details below and at www.focusthenation.org/phone.php.
Also, if you know folks in the Minneapolis area, Eban will be leading a Focus the Nation workshop at Macalaster College on the afternoon of September 13th— details at www.focusthenation.org/comingevents.php.
Thanks for the work you are doing.
Eban Goodstein, Project Director
Chungin Chung, Communications Director
FOCUS PHONE-IN! Join us for the next half-an-hour conference call to share information and respond to questions. Wednesday, September 5th, at 9 am Pacific Time. Calls will be the first and third Wednesday of every month, at that time, so mark your calendars! Call in to 1-218-339-7800, passcode 1312008.
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*Donate. Your dollars help us add the staff we need to Focus the Nation. www.focusthenation.org/supportus.php
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*Step it Up again! A second round of national rallies is set for November 3rd. Get involved at (www.stepitup2007.org)
*Chill Out is back! Campus Ecology’s Video contest for sustainability. Deadline 11/1. www.nwf.org/chillout
*Is your city part of the Climate Conversation? Join cities and towns across the country on October 4th: www.climateconversation.org
*Students: This fall, join thousands in for Powershift2007— www.powershift2007.org
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*Has your University or College President signed on the President’s Climate Commitment? Find out. www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org
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Who HASN’T Signed up for Focus the Nation? Check out our wish list at www.focusthenation.org/wishlist.php. See a school that ought to be on board? Then send us an e-mail at in...@focusthenation.org, and set up a time to talk with our organizers. With your help, we can cross that school off our list!
Eban Goodstein
Project Director
Focus the Nation
in...@focusthenation.org
www.focusthenation.org
503-342-6863