Focus is almost here! Updated website!

[Jennifer Berman]

Dear Friends,

 

Our website, http://www.humboldt.edu/~ftn1/ , is newly updated with the Teach-In agenda, the poster, and info about the Town Hall Meeting.

 

There will be a FREE shuttle from the Arcata Community Center, with free parking.  Shuttle will run every half hour, starting at 8:30 am,  with a stop at the Transit Center, and drop-off at the library circle.

 

If you can't make it to campus, there is still a chance to participate with your school, place of worship, or in your community.  Screen a showing of the live video web cast, The 2% solution, http://focusthenation.org/2percentsolution.php .  You can show this anytime after it is shown live on Wednesday, Jan 30th at 5pm.  You could also make an evening of it on Thursday, Jan 31st, by showing it before a viewing of the Town Hall meeting, at 7 pm. 

 

See latest email from the national group, below.  We are still working to have Mike Thompson with us at the Town Hall Meeting for some part of it via live video chat.

 

I hope you join us in this historic event to create a new energy and climate future!

 

The HSU Focus the Nation Team

 

 

 

 

Dear Focus Organizing Teams,

 

For the next year and a half—until the US passes climate legislation – the key people voting on  the future of our planet will be 435 US congresswomen and men, and 100 US senators. Focus the Nation is a rare chance for students to speak, truth to power, about your future. About 20 senators and congressmembers are participating so far-- let's double that number! 

 

It’s not too late to get your congressperson to attend your event, either in person, or via a SightSpeed video dialogue. Please keep pushing on this—politicians don’t commit to events like this until the last minute. The House Republicans will be home in the district. The House Democrats will be at a retreat in Virginia , where Focus will have computers on site ready to manage video dialogues. So House members have NO EXCUSE not to participate.

 

If you have sent in an invite and have not heard back, contact us! If you need details on how to manage the video dialogue, contact Scott Highleyman, our Civic Engagement Director.

 

Reminder: one critical request from Focus the Nation HQ: organizers-- PLEASE get hold of a dozen clip-boards, download our e-mail sign-up sheet, and make lots of copies.  Then PLEASE circulate those sign-up sheets at every room where a Focus the Nation event is being held. Then send or fax us copies. We will add them to the national Focus list. Hundreds of thousands of students and citizens will be engaged on January 31^st. Giving them all the chance to stay informed is critical to building the clean energy movement that can change the future.

 

Twelve days. Thanks for the work you are doing.

 

Eban Goodstein, Project Director

Chungin Chung, Communications Director

 

THANKS TO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS! Clif Bar, Stonyfield Farm, Nike, Re:Vision, SightSpeed, Lewis & Clark College, and Voice Yourself. 

 

Thanks to our business sponsors! Kettle Foods, Bon Appetit Management Company, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Recycled Paper Printing, Delaris Consulting, Price Digital, Native Energy, and Easy Street. 

 

See how these businesses are walking the talk!

 

Our Media Partner,  Grist has recently provided links to great content to help educators prepare for teach-in sessions. Check it out.

 

FOCUS PHONE-IN Join us for the next half-an-hour conference call to share information and respond to questions. Wednesday, January 23rd, at noon Eastern, 9 Pacific Time. Calls will be every Wednesday at that time, so mark your calendars! Call in to 1-218-339-7800, passcode 1312008.

 

Focus News:

 

*Pre-Focus-- $20,000 Design Prize at “Face-it”! One-day competition on 1/30.

*HS Teachers—need lesson plans on global warming? Check out the resources from Earth Day Network and  ClimateChangeEducation.org.

*HS Students— summer climate programs at ClimateQuest.

*National Campus Energy Challenge. Join schools across the country and see what you can save in February!

* Forty Percent of Car Trips are within two miles of your home: Take Clif Bar’s Two-Mile Challenge and ride or walk instead! Check it out.

*Donate to Focus—Stop Your Junk Mail! Sign up with 41 Pounds, and a portion of the income is donated directly to us here at Focus the Nation.

*The President’s Climate Commitment: Has your University or College President signed on?

 

New Books on Fighting Global Warming

 

On video: Jon Isham and Eban Goodstein talk about their recent books on building the global warming solutions movement--  Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction, and Ignition.  Other recent books of note: Gary Braasch’s Earth Under Fire; Laurie David’s Down to Earth Guide (for elementary school); Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendrick's Apollo's Fire, and  Fight Global Warming Now from Step it Up. 

 

Global Warming Organizing Films: Everything’s Cool (Judith Helfand and Dan Gold)Revolution Green (Stephen Stout and Jessica Kelly)

 

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