National Teach-In on Global Warming

Here is some information on the National Teach-in on global warming (to be held on the 5th Feb 2009 across the United States). Check out their website as it contains HEAPS of great resources and solutions to help fight climate change.

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From their website:

The National Teach-In on Global Warming will engage over a million Americans in solutions-driven dialogue. As educators, students and citizens, we owe our nation a focused conversation about the critical decisions that will determine if our descendants will inherit a prosperous or an impoverished planet. We need your help enlisting thousands of colleges, universities, high-schools, middle schools, faith groups, civic organizations and businesses.

A good idea is to begin by watching Solutions for the First 100 Days webcast

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Interestingly, they have a faith-based version of the video available for download too.

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The Presidential Climate Action Program (PCAP) suggested four policy recommendations for the United States to fight climate change:

• Cut carbon 40% below today's levels by 2020.
• Create millions of green jobs: Weatherize, solarize and rewire the nation.
• Revitalize America's economy: Lead the world in renewable technology.
• Promote carbon neutral power.
  

Climate Action by Topic

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Economic Policy Climate Policy Energy Policy National Security Agriculture Equity Zero Carbon Buildings Transportation & Mobility Managing Federal Emissions State & Local Action Natural Resources Management Fresh Water Oceans Adaptation Public Health International Policy Leadership Paying for Change

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CLIMATE DIALOGUE

The heart of your teach-in should be a round-table dialogue between students and key decision-makers: US Senators and congresspeople, governors, city councilors, mayors and state representatives. This kind of intergenerational dialogue has the power to break through the partisan framing of global warming, and resultant political gridlock, because for young people, this is not about left and right. It is your future at stake, and only you have the moral authority to speak for that future.

100 DAYS OF ACTION

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Learn what you can do today… and tomorrow… and tomorrow… and tomorrow. Give the new President the support needed to put the planet on the path to a stable climate.

Advisory Board for The National Teach-In

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Note: I have put in some links for further informationon on each member of the advisory board.

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Dr. David Orr, Professor of Environmental Studies at Oberlin College.

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Dr. Stephen Schneider, Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University.

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Dr. Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Dr. James "Gus" Speth, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

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Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions.

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Ross Gelbspan, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of The Heat Is On (1997) and Boiling Point (2004).

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Van Jones, founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and author of The Green Collar Economy (2008).

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Elysa Hammond, Clif Bar Staff Ecologist.

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Dr. Debora Rowe, Prof. of Renewable Energies and Energy Mgmt. at Oakland Community College.

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Anthony D. Cortese, Presidents of Second Nature, Co-founder of the AASHE.

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Penelope Canan, Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Florida and author of SLAPPs: Getting Sued for Speaking Out.

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Gillian Caldwell, 1Sky Campaign Director.

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Dan Worth, Executive Director of the National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS)

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Billy Parish, co-founder of the Energy Action Coalition.

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Jessy Tolkan, Executive Director of Programs for the Energy Action Coalition.

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Dr. Bunyan Bryant, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan.

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Dr. William Moomaw, Prof. of Int. Env. Policy at the Fletcher Sch., Tufts University.

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Dr. Jon Isham, Luce Professor of International Environmental Economics at Middlebury College.

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Nino Amato, Business man

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Also check out:
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New Green Jobs ??
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