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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Focus The Nation: "This is the Defining Moment" / Info for Organizers / = Call WedsThe National Council for Science and the Environment encourages = you to join the tens of thousands of students, faculty, staff, community = members who this week, will be participating in Focus the Nation events = at over 1675 campuses and other institutions around the country, the = nation and the world are grateful for your leadership. Schools and = faith organization and civic groups are still signing up! See = www.focusthenation.org for events in your community. We also invite you to watch the national webcast, The 2% Solution, with = Edward Norton, Stephen Schneider, Van Jones, and Hunter Lovins. = Wednesday, 8 PM eastern. All you need is a computer and an internet = connection.=20 NCSE thanks Eban Goodstein of Lewis and Clark University who conceived = of Focus the Nation and has spent the last 18 months organizing, along = with The Focus Team: These event are great ways to follow up on NCSE's recent National = Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Climate Change: = Science and Solutions. Videos of conference presentations are available = at http://www.ncseonline.org/2008conference/ . Continue to check this = site as we will be posting additional videos, power points and other = resources. Among the associated opportunities:=20 * Think MTV is promoting Project Slingshot, three $10,000 summer = scholarships for climate leaders. Sponsored by CLIF Mojo, and Focus the = Nation. =20 *Pre-Focus-- $20,000 Design Prize at "Face-it"! One-day competition on = 1/30.=20 *HS Teachers-need lesson plans on global warming? Check out the = resources from Earth Day Network and ClimateChangeEducation.org. *National Campus Energy Challenge. Join schools across the country and = see what you can save in February! * Forty Percent of Car Trips are within two miles of your home: Take = Clif Bar's Two-Mile Challenge and ride or walk instead! Check it out. *Donate to Focus-Stop Your Junk Mail! Sign up with 41 Pounds, and a = portion of the income is donated directly to Focus the Nation. *The President's Climate Commitment: Has your University or College = President signed on?=20 New Books on Fighting Global Warming On video: Jon Isham and Eban Goodstein talk about their recent books on = building the global warming solutions movement- Fighting for Love in the = Century of Extinction, and Ignition. Other recent books of note: Gary = Braasch's Earth Under Fire; Laurie David's Down to Earth Guide (for = elementary school); and Fight Global Warming Now from Step it Up. =20 Global Warming Organizing Films: Everything's Cool (Dan Gold and Judith = Helfand); Revolution Green (Stephen Stout and Jessica Kelly)=20 _____________________________________________=20 The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is a = non-profit organization working to improve the scientific basis for = environmental decisionmaking. NCSE is supported by nearly 500 academic, = scientific, environmental, government and business organizations. If you no longer wish to receive emails from NCSE, please follow this = link: http://list.ncseonline.org/mailman/listinfo/ncse --===============0144287711== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ NCSE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.ncseonline.org/mailman/listinfo/ncse --===============0144287711==--