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Worldwatch Institute President Chris Flavin to be Keynote Speaker at Williams' National Day for Climate Action
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Jan. 30, 2008 -- Tuesday, Feb. 5 will see a series of events at Williams as part of Focus the Nation, a national day for climate action. Focus the Nation was founded by Eban Goodstein, a Williams alumnus.
At Williams, the event will center around a series of workshops and town hall lectures to engage the community on climate change issues. The events are free and the public is invited.
On Tuesday, at 4 p.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, President Morton Owen Schapiro, Dean Karen Merrill, and a number of representatives from the college's administration, facilities, and sustainability office will participate in a Town Hall Forum moderated by Sarah Gardner, associate director, and Amy Johns, environmental analyst, at the college's Center for Environmental Studies.
Later, at 7:30 p.m. in Chapin Hall, Chris Flavin, President of the Worldwatch Institute, a think tank focused on sustainability policy and technology, will present the keynote address "Of Hope: The Path to a Low-carbon Economy."
Flavin, a Williams alumnus, is actively engaged in international climate change and energy policy discussions. He participated in the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Climate Change Conference in Kyoto, and the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Flavin appears often on radio and television, including the BBC, CNN, NPR, Voice of America, and PBS' "Newshour," and has written for publications including The New York Times, Technology Review, and Time Magazine.
In addition, during the day, there will be workshops by the Williamstown COOL (Carbon dioxide Lowering) Committee, on issues such as West Virginia Mountaintop Removal and green automobile technology; Will Bates, a youth delegate to last December's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali is scheduled to speak. For a complete schedule of the day's events, go to www.williams.edu/home/focus/FTN/
Focus the Nation is designed as a national teach-in to draw attention towards political engagement and action on the issue of global warming. The group's view towards global warming -- that it "is happening and that human beings are causing it," and that "as citizens we have a moral duty to consider this an issue because it concerns the future well being of our families and our country" -- informs their political approach. Focus the Nation "provides an opportunity to engage political candidates from across the country and at all levels of government in campus-based, non-partisan discussions of climate solutions."
The Williams event is a joint project of the Center for Environmental Studies, the Thursday Night Group, and the Zilkha Center.
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For building locations on the Williams campus, please consult the map outside the driveway entrance to the Security Office located in Hopkins Hall on Main Street (Rte. 2), next to the Thompson Memorial Chapel, or call the Office of Public Affairs (413) 597-4277. The map can also be found on the web at www.williams.edu/home/campusmap/
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At Williams, the event will center around a series of workshops and town hall lectures to engage the community on climate change issues. The events are free and the public is invited.
On Tuesday, at 4 p.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, President Morton Owen Schapiro, Dean Karen Merrill, and a number of representatives from the college's administration, facilities, and sustainability office will participate in a Town Hall Forum moderated by Sarah Gardner, associate director, and Amy Johns, environmental analyst, at the college's Center for Environmental Studies.
Later, at 7:30 p.m. in Chapin Hall, Chris Flavin, President of the Worldwatch Institute, a think tank focused on sustainability policy and technology, will present the keynote address "Of Hope: The Path to a Low-carbon Economy."
Flavin, a Williams alumnus, is actively engaged in international climate change and energy policy discussions. He participated in the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Climate Change Conference in Kyoto, and the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Flavin appears often on radio and television, including the BBC, CNN, NPR, Voice of America, and PBS' "Newshour," and has written for publications including The New York Times, Technology Review, and Time Magazine.
In addition, during the day, there will be workshops by the Williamstown COOL (Carbon dioxide Lowering) Committee, on issues such as West Virginia Mountaintop Removal and green automobile technology; Will Bates, a youth delegate to last December's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali is scheduled to speak. For a complete schedule of the day's events, go to www.williams.edu/home/focus/FTN/
Focus the Nation is designed as a national teach-in to draw attention towards political engagement and action on the issue of global warming. The group's view towards global warming -- that it "is happening and that human beings are causing it," and that "as citizens we have a moral duty to consider this an issue because it concerns the future well being of our families and our country" -- informs their political approach. Focus the Nation "provides an opportunity to engage political candidates from across the country and at all levels of government in campus-based, non-partisan discussions of climate solutions."
The Williams event is a joint project of the Center for Environmental Studies, the Thursday Night Group, and the Zilkha Center.
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For building locations on the Williams campus, please consult the map outside the driveway entrance to the Security Office located in Hopkins Hall on Main Street (Rte. 2), next to the Thompson Memorial Chapel, or call the Office of Public Affairs (413) 597-4277. The map can also be found on the web at www.williams.edu/home/campusmap/
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