Syracuse University: Global Warming
Syracuse University helps focus nation on solutions to global warming - 01/22/08
On Jan. 31, Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) will jointly present a day of speakers and events focused on bringing attention to the issues and solutions for climate change.
This on-campus series of programs coordinates with the nationwide Focus the Nation educational initiative taking place that day, during which more than 1,000 colleges and universities, high schools and middle schools, civic organizations and businesses will create a dialogue with the nation's decision makers about human-induced climate change.
A teach-in on global warming solutions on an unprecedented scale, Focus the Nation is centered on the three most essential pillars for today's youth to embrace solutions to global warming: education, civic engagement and leadership.
SU's participation in Focus the Nation is sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and the University Sustainability Action Coalition (USAC), a group of faculty, staff and students from SU and SUNY-ESF committed to effecting a significant change in the campus culture concerning energy use, recycling and other aspects of sustainability.
"Focus the Nation is unique in its emphasis on engaging faculty and students from all disciplines in the common project of meeting the challenges that humanity will face because of global warming," says Rachel May, director of the Office of Environment and Society at SU and SUNY-ESF and one of the event co-chairs. "We hope that participants here will feel energized by the national scope of the event and by the intensity of local involvement, from administrators, politicians, industry representatives, faculty, staff and students, who have all come together to build this remarkable program.
