The Nature of Things

Area schools take part in national teach-in

January

At least two local colleges are participating in “Focus the Nation,” a national educational initiative on global warming solutions for America that will culminate Thursday, Jan. 31 with sessions run at the same time at more than 1,000 colleges, universities, high schools and other institutions.

The College of New Rochelle kicks off three days of programs a day earlier, with a keynote speech at 7 p.m. by Andrew Revkin, the New York Times environmental reporter and author of “The Daily Planet: On the Front Lines of Climate Change, from the North Pole to the White House,” and ending Friday morning with faculty and students from the college hosting visits by local school groups. Full listing at CNR’s Web site.

Purchase College is also participating with a discussion among state Sen Suzi Oppenheimer, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano, Harrison Mayor Joan Walsh, Purchase College President Thomas Schwarz and students at 6:30 p.m. There will also be other panel and classroom discussions, as well as a student-sponsored sustainability fair. Check out Purchase’s Web site.

For more on the national effort, log on to the the “Focus the Nation” Web site

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 7:07 pm by Greg Clary.
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