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Focus the Nation at the U of UGlobal warming solutions for AmericaThe Week of January 31st, 2008Focus the Nation websiteInstructors can SIGN UP hereSee current instructors signed upInstructor List |
Results of Focus the Nation
Choose Your Future: Voting on Solutions to Global Warming
As a key part of Focus the Nation, students and citizens across the country will vote on five priorities for action. Student from the University of Utah delivered results from the voting to Congressman Jim Matheson. View Results
What happened at the University of Utah?
A coalition of students, staff, faculty and community groups have joined together to engage Utah citizens in events and activities that focus on solutions to global warming. From both political and faith discussions of global warming to a teach-in for students, there is a broad range of activities during the month of January that are all free and open to public. Please join the discussion!
U of U Teach-InAbout the Teach-in at the UDuring the week of Jan. 31st, University of Utah students are urging faculty to take 30-50 minutes to connect their course content to global climate change. What this could mean for faculty is taking at least 10 minutes relating their discipline to climate change and then lead a half an hour discussion among students. Faculty do not have to be climate change experts to participate, nor invest heavily in preparation. Participation in the event is optional. Can't fit it in your syllabus during that week?Consider offering extra credit or encouraging students to attend events and lectures in January at the University of Utah. Instructor ResourcesPresentation materials, video clips, co-instructors, instructor workshop, pool of on-campus climate change experts, Bioneers Conference DVD's, and web links. More...
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FTN Community Events at the UAll events are open to the public. View Full Calendar FEATURED EVENT Thursday, January 31stPanel Discussion: Utah's Political Leadership and Policy Solutions to Global Climate Change. With introductory remarks by President Michael K. Young, and guest panelists Mayors Peter Corroon, Ralph Becker, Joanne Seghini, and Dave Sakrison, as well as Governor Huntsman's Energy Advisor Dianne Nielson. Moderated by KUER's Doug Fabrizio, host of RadioWest. 6 pm, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Dumke Auditorium. Download pdf of panel discussion results OTHER EVENTS February 1st Focus the Nation: 2% Solution Webcast Video and Discussion with Leaders of S.E.E.D. 7 pm, First Unitarian Church. More... January 31st Climate Change and Air Pollution: Health Effects and Global Implications. Dr. Brian Moench of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment will present from 12:00-12:30 pm, followed by a Medical Student Windpower Program update from Dr. Chris Hill, Professor of Biochemistry, from 12:30-1:00 pm. 1750 HSEB. January 30thFocus the Nation 2% Solution Webcast. 6 pm, Union Theatre. More... Frontiers of Science Lecture: Marcia McNutt - It's All About the Oceans. 7:30 pm, AW Skaggs Biology Building Auditorium. More . . . January 28th The Coming Energy Shortfall - Interconnected Problems, Common Solutions? Jean Arnold, Post Carbon Salt Lake. 3:30 pm, Union Theatre. January 28th - February 10 Marriott Library displays books related to climate change and solutions. Items are available for check-out. Located on Level 1in the lobby and Level 2 overlooking the lobby. January 23rdPanel Discussion: Interfaith Climate Change. More... January 22ndSustainable Development and Management of Ski Resorts. Stegner Symposia: Greenbag series. More... January 19th Permaculture Workshop: Solutions to Climate Change. More... January 17th Snow in the West: Implications for Global Warming and Our Economy. Utah Museum of Natural History: The Nature of Things lecture series. More... Film Showing- What a Way to Go: Life at The End Of Empire. More... January 15thSustainability in Building and Design. Stegner Symposia: Greenbag series. More...
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U of U endorsements for ftn at the U
U of U Focus the Nation Initiative Leaders:SEED (Sustainable Environments and Ecological Design) Link The Office of Sustainability Link Associated Students of the University of Utah Board of Sustainability Link |
Endorsers:Sustainability Education and Policy Advocates Link Net Impact, DESB chapter Link Net Impact, Professional SLC chapter Link Utah Interfaith Power and Light Link |
The Academic Senate of the University of Utah View resolution The Lowell Bennion Community Service Center Link VP for Interdisciplinary Studies and Dean of the Humanities Robert Newman Link |
*Note that the Office of Sustainability is a clearinghouse for information on sustainability initiatives being carried out by other departments and groups at the U of Utah and in the community. Many of the events posted are co-sponsored by several community groups and are not specifically the work of the Office of Sustainability.