University of Kentucky: Global Warming
UK Joins National Global Warming Teach in - 01/25/08
With discussions led by university and government officials, the University of Kentucky will participate in Focus the Nation, an unprecedented national teach-in model on global warming solutions, on Thursday, Jan. 31. The event is sponsored by UK Residence Life Recycling and UK Greenthumb, the student environmental club.
"This nationwide event will draw students from across the country together to educate themselves and make commitments to a cause that will impact all of us," said UK Residence Life Sustainability Coordinator Shane Tedder.
The full day of teach-in activities will include discussions led by several UK faculty and staff and community leaders, including Tedder; Ernest Yanarella, a professor of political science who specializes in the area of critical policy studies of energy and the environment; and Local Community Activist of the Year Jim Embry, among others. See below for the full schedule.
State and community leaders will participate in a roundtable panel discussion led by U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, state Sen. Ernesto Scorsone, Kentucky Division of Air Quality Director John Lyons, LFUCG Environmental Quality Commissioner Cheryl Taylor, UK Vice President of Facilities Management Bob Wiseman, and community organizer and advocate Jim Embry. Moderated by students, the roundtable will begin at 6:30 p.m. in 206 Student Center.
"Focus the Nation offers us an opportunity as students to engage our civic and campus leaders about the local environmental challenges we face," said Robin Michler, member of UK Greenthumb environmental club and one of the event organizers. "As students, our job is to learn and study how to be productive citizens. Today that includes learning how to live with less."
