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Watch Part I: Clean Energy Forum Wisconsin! Read More... |
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What Health Care Reform Means for the Youth Climate Movement I never wanted to be another recently graduated college student complaining about my lack of health care. Many of my peers were still on their parents’ plans (some very soon to lose that security) graduating into the worst job market since the Great Depression and with far more debt on their backs than their 20th century counterparts. I always joked before my last run snowboarding; I hope I don’t break anything on this one. Was I going to stop living because I didn’t have health insurance? Nope. Around the same time I worked tirelessly to register voters on a campus in upstate NY and lo and behold a few months later Barack Obama was elected President. We cheered in the streets. The next day theRead More... |
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Think You Know What a ‘Green Job’ Is? Think Again Post By FTN Board Member and BreakThrough Institute's Jesse Jenkins When you think 'green jobs,' do you conjure images of green hard hats, caulk guns, and tool belts? Well it might be time to start thinking about 'green' lab beakers, 'green' drafting tables and 'green' brief cases as well, because the careers needed to secure competitive clean energy industries will also run the gamut from cutting-edge researchers and high-tech engineers to innovative designers and fearless entrepreneurs, according to Dr. Henry Kelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Read More... |
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April 2010
This Spring, Focus the Nation is partnering with the Will Steger Foundation and The Alliance for Climate Education to organize Clean Energy Forums in the following states on April 3rd, 2010: MN, WI, IL, MI, ND, SD, IA, AR, ME, IN. After working with several of the Will Steger Foundation's delegates in Copenhagen during the COP15 conference and observing the tremendous work that the Alliance for Climate Education is doing in high schools, we are thrilled to partner with these two organizations. I have been deeply impressed by their work and their steadfast commitment to young people. Off Read More... |
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Former Focus Organizer, Markese Bryant- The Dream Reborn!! Part of the Green For All Dream Reborn Music Video Contest. Read More... |
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Reflections on Copenhagen Guest Post by Jeremy Smith A week ago I returned to Spearfish after spending eight hectic days in Copenhagen, Denmark. I was there for the UN's COP15 climate conference due to the grant we received to start up the bike co-op. I was in Denmark with three others from Focus the Nation. |
