Focus the Nation is a national teach-in on global warming
solutions for America—creating a dialogue at over a thousand colleges,
universities, high schools, middle schools, places of worship, civic
organizations and businesses, and directly engaging millions of
students and citizens with the nation’s decision-makers. The students
at UNC signed onto this initiative in the fall of 2006 and have been
working since then to put together an event that will bring the
community together around this important discussion.
In support of the student effort, Orange County and the Town of Carrboro have officially proclaimed January 31, 2008 as Climate Change Awareness Day and the Town of Chapel Hill will be making a similar proclamation very soon.
Please join the students in the activities they have planned or through private discussions with your family and friends.
ACTIVITIES AT UNC CHAPEL HILL
January 30
Great Hall of the Student Union
6:00 pm: Environmental Social
Meet local governmental leaders, environmental faculty, and other leaders on and off campus. Beverages and finger food will be served.
7 pm: Governmental Panel
Hear local and state government leaders discuss solutions to climate change. Featuring: Robert Cox (Sierra Club President), Eleanor Kinnaird (NC Senate); Pricey Harrison and Ty Harrell (NC House of Representatives); Mark Chilton (Carrboro Mayor)
8 pm: The 2% Solution Webcast
Can we as a nation cut global warming pollution 2% a year for the next decade? If so, what would it take?
January 31
10 am, Cogeneration Tour
Meet at the front door of the Cogen building, 575 W. Cameron Avenue to get an exclusive tour of our university's cogeneration plant, where UNC gets is power and one of the most efficient coal powered plants in the country!
11:00 - 5:00 pm, Focus the National Carnival
Student music and dance performances, faculty discussion panel, and various other environmental speakers, and educational displays.
4 pm, Fedex Global Education Center building tour
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the newest green building on campus. Meet in the front lobby , 301 Pittsboro Street
7 pm, UNC v Boston College
No tickets? No problem! Come to the Great Hall at the Student Union and cheer the team on to victory.
10 pm, Save the Ales
Come by W.B. Yeats to celebrate our cause and learn how climate change will affect our brews while grooving to live music. (Sponsored by Epsilon Eta)
In support of the student effort, Orange County and the Town of Carrboro have officially proclaimed January 31, 2008 as Climate Change Awareness Day and the Town of Chapel Hill will be making a similar proclamation very soon.
Please join the students in the activities they have planned or through private discussions with your family and friends.
ACTIVITIES AT UNC CHAPEL HILL
January 30
Great Hall of the Student Union
6:00 pm: Environmental Social
Meet local governmental leaders, environmental faculty, and other leaders on and off campus. Beverages and finger food will be served.
7 pm: Governmental Panel
Hear local and state government leaders discuss solutions to climate change. Featuring: Robert Cox (Sierra Club President), Eleanor Kinnaird (NC Senate); Pricey Harrison and Ty Harrell (NC House of Representatives); Mark Chilton (Carrboro Mayor)
8 pm: The 2% Solution Webcast
Can we as a nation cut global warming pollution 2% a year for the next decade? If so, what would it take?
January 31
10 am, Cogeneration Tour
Meet at the front door of the Cogen building, 575 W. Cameron Avenue to get an exclusive tour of our university's cogeneration plant, where UNC gets is power and one of the most efficient coal powered plants in the country!
11:00 - 5:00 pm, Focus the National Carnival
Student music and dance performances, faculty discussion panel, and various other environmental speakers, and educational displays.
4 pm, Fedex Global Education Center building tour
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the newest green building on campus. Meet in the front lobby , 301 Pittsboro Street
7 pm, UNC v Boston College
No tickets? No problem! Come to the Great Hall at the Student Union and cheer the team on to victory.
10 pm, Save the Ales
Come by W.B. Yeats to celebrate our cause and learn how climate change will affect our brews while grooving to live music. (Sponsored by Epsilon Eta)
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Focus the Nation Event
Terri,
It's great to have our local leaders and students working together.
I'd also encourage folks to tour the Cogeneration Plant on Thursday morning - nothing like getting inside, talking with the operators and engineers and learning about how cogen works and the important part the plant plays in Carolina's energy system planning.
Linda
Focus the Nation Event
Well, I won't be at any of the events...I'm still gimping about and saving my energy for the grocery store...but I will share this info with quite a few folks. (I love the internet!) Hope you get a good turn-out!
Melanie
Hope to see you there!
I'm coming to as many of the events as my schedule allows, but we'll have to wait and see how many that ends up being... Definitely the Wednesday events, but I've really always wanted to tour the cogeneration facility, so hopefully that's in the cards as well. Ironically, several of the folks in the Institute for the Environment who I've heard comment on the "newest green building on campus," (many UNC-IE offices are across the street in Miller Hall) have called it ugly, out of place, complained about the corporate name sellout, or had hoped it had actually been greener. While giving credit where credit is due, I hope the tours also point out some of the failings in these two facilities and how students can lobby to ensure future university construction adheres to stricter environmental standards.
Tours
Great!