UVM Focus the Nation
Sunday January 27 - Friday February 1, 2008
Thank you for participating in our events!
PICTURES and VIDEOS from UVM Focus the Nation
events are now available in the Media Room.
PICTURES and VIDEOS from UVM Focus the Nation
events are now available in the Media Room.
UVM Focus the Nation
Student Sustainability Contest:
A Focus on Carbon and Climate Change
Congratulations to the residents of Slade Hall!
Their project, "A Slade Guide to Innovative, Do-It-Yourself Solutions for Reducing Carbon Footprints," is the winner of this year's Sustainability Contest.
Read the FtN Contest Press Release to learn more about the details of the Slade Guide project
Check out the Student Sustainability Contest Guidelines
Student Sustainability Contest:
A Focus on Carbon and Climate Change
Congratulations to the residents of Slade Hall!
Their project, "A Slade Guide to Innovative, Do-It-Yourself Solutions for Reducing Carbon Footprints," is the winner of this year's Sustainability Contest.
Read the FtN Contest Press Release to learn more about the details of the Slade Guide project
Check out the Student Sustainability Contest Guidelines
UVM Focus the Nation CO2 Offsets
Sterling Planet, the 2007 DOE Renewable Energy Marketer of the Year, has agreed to offset the majority of UVM's Focus the Nation emissions with 4 metric tones of CO2 equivalent.
This offer was made by Sterling Planet to the Top 15-20 nationally recognized Focus the Nation Programs.
CLICK HERE To read more about where these offsets will be going and what their environmental benefits are.
Focus the Nation is a national educational initiative of faculty, staff,
students
and community members at over a thousand colleges, universities, and
high schools in the United States to collaboratively engage in a
nationwide, interdisciplinary discussion about "Global Warming
Solutions for America." UVM Focus the Nation is featuring over 80 Teach-Ins and 30 Events throughout the week of Sunday January 27 - Friday February 01.
Check out the Master Schedule for the Week.
Scroll down for Focus the Nation in the News.
HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS
Keynote Speaker: Judy Bonds
12:30pm Thursday Jan 31 Billings North Lounge
Julia "Judy" Bonds, from the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, USA, was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003, for leading the fight against the mining practice called mountaintop removal that is steadily ravaging the Appalachian mountain range.
* Learn more by going to Judy's website: Coal River Mountain Watch *
"The Boycott" - Performance by Kathryn Bloom
8pm Thursday Jan 31 Ira Allen Chapel
"The Boycott" tells the story of the First Lady of the
United States launching a nationwide sex strike to fight global warming
and save the world. Come for a raucous tour of Oval Office
affairs, psychadelic absinthe trips, enchanted frogs, movie star cameos
- and land in a heap of unabashed hope.
* Check out THE BOYCOTT official website *
* Check out THE BOYCOTT official website *
Focus the Nation SPEAK OUT!
3:30pm Friday Feb 01 Davis Center Atrium
The culminating event for the UVM Focus the Nation. We will look at the new direction UVM is taking with respect to climate change; specifically addressing the President's Climate Commitment.
Focus the Nation News
UVM NEWS
Nationwide 'Teach-In' Planned to Address Climate Change
- The Christian Science Monitor
Thurs Jan 24, 2008
UVM Students Lead National "Teach-In" on Climate Change
- The View, UVM
Mon Jan 28, 2008
Climate Change Requires Political Will, Activist Says
- The Burlington Free Press
Tues Jan 29, 2008
INTERview: Samir Doshi and Valerie Esposito
- The View, UVM
Wed Jan 30, 2008
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National FtN News
Nationwide 'Teach-In' Planned to Address Climate Change
- The Christian Science Monitor
Thurs Jan 24, 2008
CLIMATE: Students plan demonstrations to promote campus awareness
- Greenwire
Nationwide 'Teach-In' Planned to Address Climate Change
- The Christian Science Monitor
Thurs Jan 24, 2008
UVM Students Lead National "Teach-In" on Climate Change
- The View, UVM
Mon Jan 28, 2008
Climate Change Requires Political Will, Activist Says
- The Burlington Free Press
Tues Jan 29, 2008
INTERview: Samir Doshi and Valerie Esposito
- The View, UVM
Wed Jan 30, 2008
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National FtN News
Nationwide 'Teach-In' Planned to Address Climate Change
- The Christian Science Monitor
Thurs Jan 24, 2008
CLIMATE: Students plan demonstrations to promote campus awareness
- Greenwire
Tues Jan 29, 2008
Hundreds of Profs Hold Green ' Teach-In '
- New York Times
Global Warming Solutions: a National Teach-In
- Yes!
' Teach-In ' on warming held across nation: Professors incorporate issues into lectures for ' Focus the Nation '
- MSNBC
Focus Group: More than 1,500 schools participate in Focus the Nation Events
- Grist: environmental news & commentary
Focus the Nation, save the planet -- now!
- Grist: environmental news & commentary
Hundreds of Profs Hold Green ' Teach-In '
- New York Times
Thurs Jan 31, 2008
Global Warming Solutions: a National Teach-In
- Yes!
Thurs Jan 31, 2008
' Teach-In ' on warming held across nation: Professors incorporate issues into lectures for ' Focus the Nation '
- MSNBC
Friday Feb 01, 2008
Focus Group: More than 1,500 schools participate in Focus the Nation Events
- Grist: environmental news & commentary
Friday Feb 01, 2008
Focus the Nation, save the planet -- now!
- Grist: environmental news & commentary
Friday Feb 01, 2008