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January, 2008
Sunday, January 13th
St. Andrews-Sewanee School
Wednesday, January 16th
9:30 am — 12:00 pm
8th National Conference on Science Policy and the Environment
National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
January 25th
National Kick-Off Focus the Nation
Clemson University
10:00 am — 4:00 pm: Green Wares Fair in Student Union
7:30 pm — 9:00 pm: Keynote Address: Eban Goodstein, Leader of National Focus the Nation Movement in Tillman Hall Auditorium. Followed by public conversation about global warming policies to save our planet
December, 2007
Saturday, December 8th
Polar Bear Plunge!! - FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING, KEEP WINTER COLD!
SAMPLE INVITATION TEMPLATE (Word document download)
11:00 am
George Rogers Park, Lake Oswego
CONTACT: Sylvia Sissel: 503-768-7799, sylvia@focusthenation.org
Lacey Riddle: lriddle@up.edu
Get cold with Professor Eban Goodstein and the Lewis & Clark community to fight global warming with dozens of other climate change activists. We’ll provide the hot chocolate, Clif bars, bagels, and warm hugs afterwards. You provide the swimsuit and donations from at least ten friends. All proceeds will benefit Focus the Nation, an educational initiative that will engage millions of students and citizens with nation’s decision-makers in a nationwide, non-partisan discussion about clean energy solutions. To receive more information on how you can help:
e-mail Sylvia at sylvia@focusthenation.org or Lacey at lriddle@up.edu
November, 2007
Tuesday, November 6th
Focus the Nation Workshop
4:00 pm — 8:00 pm
St. Mary's College
Cole Cinema of the Campus Center
18952 E. Fisher Rd.
St. Mary's City, MD 20686-3001
Check in begins at 3:30 pm.
Thursday, November 15th
Focus the Nation Organizing Conference at Harvard University
3:00 pm — 6:00 pm
SOCH P02 Performance Hall
59 Shepart St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact: Karen Aline McKinnon, mckinnon@fas.harvard.edu
The room is in the Student Center at Hilles, which is on the corner
of Shepard St. and Garden St.
October, 2007
Wednesday, October 3rd
Tri-State Region's (NY, NJ, PA) Focus the Nation Summit
4:30 pm — 8:30 pm
CUNY Graduate Center at 365 5th Ave
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 4th Floor, Room 4102
Manhattan, NY
contact: 914-922-1542, 212-650-3456
Friday, October 5th
Arizona Focus the Nation Summit
10:30 am — 4:00 pm
Gateway Community College, SO1330
108 North 40th Street
Phoenix, AZ
Friday, October 5th
Pennsylvania Consortium For Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy
Rachael Office State Office Building
Harrisburg, PA 16802
Friday, October 21st through 23rd
Green Torch
University of Portland
Lewis & Clark College
Linfield College
Willamette University
Monday, October 29th
Focus the Nation Regional Summit
5:00 pm — 9:00 pm
University of Colorado - Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309
Place: TBA
September, 2007
Thursday, September 13th
The Launch Workshop for the Upper Midwest
5:00 pm — 9:00 pm
Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
Friday, September 7th
Ball State Sustainability Conference
7:00 pm
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Saturday, September 8th
Fighting Bob Fest
Workshop Session
July, 2007
Friday, July 13th
Au Sable Institute
Whidby Island, WA
Saturday, July 28th
Chungin & Eban's Wedding!
June, 2007
Saturday, June 9th
Environmental Studies Summit 2007
3:30 pm
Syracuse University
SUNY-ESF campus
Syracuse, NY
Saturday, June 16th
NW Sierra Student Coalition Regional Conference
7:00 pm
Lewis & Clark State Park, WA
Sunday, June 24th
1:00 pm — 4:00 pm
Pennsylvania Regional Strategy Meeting
Moving Arts studio of Mt. Airy (second floor terrace)
6819 Greene St., Philadelphia,
courtesy of Greenfest Philly
Monday, June 25th
US Ecological Economics Conference
9:00 am — 9:30 am
Pace University
1 Pace Plaza
New York, NY
Tuesday, June 26th
California Sustainability Conference
University of California, Santa Barbara
11:00 am
April, 2007
Friday & Saturday, April 6th & 7th
National Focus the Nation Conference
Starts at 5:00 pm (Friday)
Ends at 7:00 pm (Saturday)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Keynote, Dr. David Orr
This interactive conference will run from 5 pm on Friday, until 7 pm on Saturday. Participants will share the strategies they are implementing and work together to develop plans to build Focus the Nation on campuses, in faith communities, at civic organizations and in businesses.
There is no charge to attend the workshop. To register, please visit National Focus the Nation Conference. To learn more, and to find out about housing options, contact the conference coordinator: Amy Miller or John Kanlund; 702-774-7019; E-mail: ftn@unlv.nevada.edu.
Tuesday, April 10th
Ecotrust Panel on Global Warming
6:00 pm — 9:00 pm
Ecotrust Building
721 NW 9th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
Wednesday, April 11th
Congressional Forum
1:00 pm — 3:00 pm
Portland State University
April 14th, 2007
Polar Bear Plunge!!
11:00 am
George Rogers Park, Lake Oswego
Join us Saturday, April 14th in Portland, Oregon to send a message to Washington, and help us raise money for Focus the Nation. To sign up please contact Liz or Cass.Liz Carraro: lcarraro@lclark.edu
Cass Osterweil: cass@lclark.edu
Wednesday, April 25th
Focus the Nation Presentation
7:00 pm — 9:00 pm
Spokane Community College
Lair Auditorium, Building 6
Thursday, April 26th
Focus the Nation Presentation
4:00 pm— 6:00 pm
Student Resource Center of the College of Natural Resource
260 Mulford
UC Berkeley
Thursday, April 26th
Focus the Nation Presentation
7:00 pm — 8:30 pm
Commons at Kennedy Mall
University of Santa Clara
Friday, April 27th
Focus the Nation Presentation
1:00 pm — 2:30 pm
7:00 pm — 9:00 pm
UC Davis
Places TBA
March, 2007
Sunday, March 18th
Focus the Nation Presentation
10:30 am — 12:00 pm
Temple Neva Shalom
Portland, OR
Tuesday, March 20th
Focus the Nation Presentation
University of California Berkeley
Time and Place, TBA
Wednesday, March, 22nd
Focus the Nation Presentation
University of Idaho
Time and Place, TBA
February, 2007
Tuesday, February 6th
Oregon CAMPUS Compact
12:00 — 1:00 pm
The presentation is free and open to the public
Lynn-Benton Community College, F-104
6500 Pacific Blvd. SW
Albany, Oregon 97321
Thursday, February 8th
Focus the Nation Presentation
7:00 pm — 8:30 pm
University of Portland
BC Auditorium
Friday, February 16th
World Affairs Council
12:00 — 1:00 pm
PSUPSU SBA 190
SW 6th and Harrison
Portland, OR
Saturday, February 17th
Focus the Nation Presentation
9:30 am — 5:00 pm
Great Lakes Colleges Association
Courtyard Marriott
3205 Boardwalk
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Monday, February 19th
Focus the Nation Presentation
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
Room 1024 Dana
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wednesday, February 21th
Rocky Mountain Sustainability Conference
University of Colorado
Time and Place, TBA
Monday, February 26th
New Jersey Focus Summit
4:30 pm — 8:30 pm
Kean Hall 127
Kean University, Union, NJ
9 campuses will be on live video.
Anyone with internet access anywhere can pick it by live streaming.
Tuesday, February 27th
Focus the Nation Presentation
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
GSB, Room 3.130
University of Texas
Austin, TX
Wednesday, February 28th
Focus the Nation Presentation
7:30 pm
Rice University
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall
A reception will follow.
2006 Organizing Conference Schedule
Saturday, September 30th
NE Regional Organizing Conference
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Middlebury College
Department of Environmental Studies
Saturday, November 18th
SE Regional Organizing Conference
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
The University of the South (Sewanee)
Saturday, December 2nd
NW Regional Organizing Conference
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Lewis & Clark College
2006 SE Tour Schedule
Saturday, November 11th
6:00 pm
Ursinus College
Musser Auditorium, Pfahler Hall
Monday, November 13th
4:30 pm
American University
School of International Studies Lounge
Program in Global and Environmental Politics
Tuesday, November 14th
5:00 pm
James Madison University
ISAT 136
Wednesday, November 15th
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Virginia Tech
Place TBA
Wednesday, November 15th
6:00 pm
North Carolina State University
323 Mann Hall
Science, Technology & Society Program
Thursday, November 16th
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Duke University
Rm A247, Nicholas School
Thursday, November 16th
5:00 pm
UNC, Chapel Hill
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium, School of Social Work, Sustainability Office
Friday, November 17th
12:00 — 1:00 pm
UNC, Boone
Room 114, Belk Library
Saturday, November 18th
SE Regional Organizing Conference
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
The University of the South (Sewanee)
Gaylor Hall
Monday, November 27th
4:00 pm
University of Georgia
Ecology Building Auditorium
UGA River Basin Center
Tuesday, November 28th
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Auburn University
208 Foy Union
Auburn Sustainability Initiative
Tuesday, November 28th
4:00 pm
Emory University
Winship Ballroom, Dobbs University Center.
Office of Sustainability Initiatives
Wednesday, November 29th
4:00 pm
University of Florida
UF Sustainability Committee
Reitz Union , Room #283
Thursday, November 30th
9:30 am — 11:00 am
Open to public: Meeting with UCF FTN Organizing Committee
11:30 am — 12:30 pm
University of Central Florida
Phillips Hall 4th Floor, Sociology Conference Room
Saturday, December 2nd
NW Regional Organizing Conference
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Lewis & Clark College
Evans Auditorium
December 20th
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Salem Rotary Club
2006 NE Tour Schedule
Sunday, September 17th, 2006
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Huguenot Memorial Church
Pelham Manor, NY
Monday, September 18th, 2006
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Lehman College
Department of Environmental, Geographic &
Geological Sciences
Carman Hall B34
Monday, September 18th, 2006
4:00 pm
Columbia University
Secretariat of the Global Roundtable on Climate Change
Room 555, Alfred Lerner Hall
Morningside Campus
Tuesday, Sept. 19th, 2006
4:00 pm
Yale University
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall
205 Prospect Street
Wednesday, September 20th
12:00 Noon — student meeting
Neilson Library Browsing Room
1:00 pm — open meeting
Burton 117
Smith College
Environmental Science and Policy Program
Wednesday, September 20th
7:30 pm
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Political Economy Research Institute
Gordon Hall — 3rd floor
418 N. Pleasant St.
Thursday, September 21st
5:30 — 7:00 pm
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Center for International Environment and Resource Policy
Cabot 206
Friday, September 22nd
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Wesleyan University
Department of Environmental Studies
Woodhead Lounge
Saturday, September 23rd
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Harvard University
45 Mt. Auburn St in Cambridge outside Harvard Square
The Democracy Center
Monday, September 25th
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Williams College
Program in Environmental Studies
Rogers Room, Hopkins Hall
Monday, September 25th
4:00 — 5:30 pm
State University of New York at Albany
D'Ambra Auditorium, Life Sciences Bldg
Wednesday, September 27th
8:30 AM
Sun Valley Sustainability Conference
Wednesday, September 27th
4:00 — 5:30 pm
Boise State University
Department of Geosciences
Student Union Ballroom Jordan C
Friday, September 29th
12:00 — 1:00 pm
Skidmore College
Program in Environmental Studies
Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
Saturday, September 30th
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Middlebury College
NE Regional Organizing Conference
Department of Environmental Studies
Thursday, October 5th
12:00 — 1:00 pm
University of Arizona
Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
715 N Park, 2nd floor
Tucson AZ 85719
Thursday, October 5th
4:30 pm
Arizona State University
Global Institute of Sustainability
Room 158 Tempe Center, 929 S. Mill Street, Suite 151
Friday, October 6th
Time and Place TBA
Arizona State University
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
Thursday, October 19th
9:55 AM
High School Earth Club Conference
Portland, OR
World Forestry Center
Tuesday, October 24th
7:00 pm
Willamette University
Place TBA