Clemson University: Global Warming
Clemson to kick off Focus the Nation - 01/17/08
Clemson University will host the kickoff for Focus the Nation, the largest "teach-in" in U.S. history in which more than 1,000 colleges and universities across the country will focus on global-warming solutions.
The Clemson event on Jan. 25 will feature national Focus the Nation founder and director Eban Goodstein speaking at Tillman Hall at 7:30 p.m. Goodstein's presentation will be followed by an open discussion about global warming and ways to end the problem.
"I am thrilled to have our national kickoff at Clemson University," said Goodstein, "Clemson is already a leader with their Restoration Institute in exactly the kind of thinking and innovation that this country needs to move beyond fatalism and launch a clean energy revolution. The research talent at the university, combined with the political will of South Carolina voters, makes Clemson a perfect fit to launch Focus the Nation."
Goodstein is an economist focused on the relationship between economics and global climate change. He is the author of "The Trade-Off Myth: Fact and Fiction about Jobs and the Environment" and "Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction: How Passion and Politics Can Stop Global Warming." A professor of economics at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., Goodstein wrote the textbook "Economics and the Environment," now in its fourth edition.
Focus the Nation will be observed across the nation Jan. 31. To coincide with the kickoff event, Clemson's teach-in will be Jan. 25. More than 30 professors will lead discussions in class about global-warming solutions or encourage their students to participate in other Focus the Nation events.
A new electronic journal titled "The Clemson University Sustainability Forum and Digest" will be unveiled at the banquet. The journal will serve as an engaging, online forum where researchers, scholars, students, activists, policymakers and others can share ideas on sustainability and environmental policy.
