University of Arizona: Global Warming
Professors to speak on global warming issues - 01/31/08
"The goal of Focus the Nation is to move the debate to solutions," said Vincent Pawlowski, one of the coordinators for the event and a former neuro-engineer who recently gave up his career to study climate change and sustainability.
"If nothing else, what really motivates me are my kids. I don't want them to be asking me in any number of years from now why I didn't do something when I knew it was happening and had the ability and the talent to affect change," Pawlowski said.
"The threat posed by global climate change is something (Giffords) takes very seriously and thinks the U.S. as a nation should take seriously," said C.J. Karamargin, communications director for Giffords. "The U.S. needs to address global warming by using all possible sustainability recourses."
Other speakers include Tommy Bruce, president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, Michael Crimmins, a specialist in climate science extension and M. Scott Johnson, senior outreach representative from Defenders of Wildlife.
ECOalition is the umbrella group that formed last year to combine the efforts of environmentalist organizations such as the Soil, Water and Environment Science club (SWES), Arizona Student Recycling Association (ASRA), Marine Awareness and Conservation Society (MACS) and the newly formed Carpool Club of the University of Arizona, which was founded last year by Thomas.
