University of Alaska - Anchorage

University of Alaska: Fairbanks
• Presentations by top climate scientists
• Social gathering and discussion afterwards with local, organic food provided

Pratt Museum
• Museum is holding science and art exhibit on global warming
• Conducting several workshops on climate change to inspire and educate artists

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Arizona State University
• 1/14 David Orr lecture
• Rock Concert: The Sustainabillies
• Bike/Carpool contest, Voter registration, Student groups and local business showcase
• Flashlight tour of ASU Art Museum
• Lectures by Sir Peter Crane and Thomas E. Lovejoy
• Participating in the webcast
• Jack Groh, Program Director of the NFL's Environmental Program, will talk about the NFL's    efforts to "green" the Super Bowl

Chandler Gilbert Community College — In the News
• Website
• Panel with political leaders – vice mayors, council members, Arizona Corporate Commission    and county supervisors to discuss “Heroic Climate Change Facing Today’s Youth”
• Teach-in throughout the 30th and 31st
• Coordinating with 16 other community colleges in Arizona

Coconino Community College
• Website
• Voter registration and Choose Your Future vote
• College President will sign a letter of endorsement
• Green Initiatives at Coconino brown bag lunch
• Community leaders and faculty discuss the economics of being green and perspectives on    Flagstaff’s green future
• 2% Solution webcast
• Ellen Ryan, Water conservation manager for the City of Flagstaff

Glendale Community College
• Website
• Voter registration
• Entertainment
• Kurt Maurer, AZ DEQ
• Dr. Melanie Lenart, Climate Assessment for the Southwest
• Dr. Nancy Selover, State Climate Office
• Panel discussion with local leaders: Mayor, rep from Environment Arizona, State Rep Jackie    Thrasher
• Faculty presentations

Mesa Community College
• Showing of the 2% Solution webcast with a sustainability showcase and dialogue

Rio Salado College
• Showing of the 2% Solution webcast

Scottsdale Community College
• Series of short films
• Green giveaways
• Center for Nature and Urban Wildlife presentation on Biosphere and Sustainability

University of Arizona
• Website
• Full teach-in
• Campus Democrats, Libertarians, Greens and Republicans for Environmental protection are    organizing a political forum.
• Live music on the main campus green with tables for local organizations
• US Rep Gabrielle Giffords, in town for the SuperBowl, will be participating in their Green    Democracy forum

K-12

Tempe High School
• Showing of the 2% Solution webcast

OTHER

Common Sense Forum
• Showing of the 2% Solution webcast

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Arkansas State University
• Biology department organizing a daylong series of presentations

Hendrix College
• Coordinating with the Clinton Library to maximize resources
• Will screen 2% Solution National Webcast and organize an oncampus teach-in

University of Arkansas
• Website
• 1/30 Classes focus on climate change
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• 1/31 presentations by members of the university community  on various aspects of climate    change
• 1/31 4-5:30 pm community forum on: “How can the University of Arkansas, Washington    County, and the City of Fayetteville collaborate to facilitate achievement of The 2%    Solution?” with keynote by Pearlie Reed, former Chief of USDA Natural Resources    Conservation Service

University of Arkansas-Little Rock
• 2% Solution webcast
• Green Democracy forum

University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

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Bakersfield College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

CalPoly University
• Keynote address from US Representative Lois Capps via video
• 150 faculty committed to participating
• Poetry slam and art show

California State University – Chico & Butte College — In the news — In the news
• All 500 faculty teaching invited to participate in campus-wide teach-in

California State University – Dominguez Hills
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

California State University – Fullerton
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

California State University – Los Angeles
• 18 teach-in sessions
• Policy forum with invited politicians

California State University – Monterey Bay — In the News
• Introduction from CSU President Diane Harrison
• 17 teach-in sessions
• California Assemblyman Fred Keeley on state policy perspectives

California State University – Northridge
• Screening the 2% Solution Webcast and having four speakers
• Documentary: Gaia: Goddess of the Earth
• 7 teach-in panels, panel discussion, introduction from Provost

California State University – Pomona
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

College of the Canyons
• Keynotes from Richard Beamish, Spokesman, Southern California Gas Company and Marsha    McLean, Santa Clarita City Council
• Play by North Park Elementary 4th graders
• 35 teach-in sessions

Cypress College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Showing "Who Killed the Electric Car"
• Showing "An Inconvenient Truth

Diablo Valley College
• Screening 2% Solution webcast live followed by discussion
• Campus-wide teach-in
• Green Democracy with US Congressman Gerald McNerney, CA Assemblyman Mark    DeSaulnier, Pleasant Hill Mayor John Hanecak, Pleasant Hill City Manager June Catalano

De Anza College
• Conversations with regional policy makers
• Workshops on taking action
• Interactive arcade, films
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Fullerton College
• Sun-rise salutation yoga, sunset flashlight vigil “Shining a light on sustainable future”
• 9 teach-in sessions, including William Patzert of NASA-JPL
• 11th Hour screening
• Evening round-table discussion

Golden Gate University School of Law
• Speakers from California Coastal Commission, Department of Justice
• Also hosting 4th annual Water Law Symposium with the theme of “diminishing water supply    in light of climate change”

Humboldt State University
• Round-table with US Rep Mike Thompson via video-chat
• 23 teach-in sessions
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• After-party with local entertainment

Laney College
• Event focused on technical careers to stop global warming

Loyola Marymount University
• “Convo” event with tables, info, activities
• Evening panel “Addicted to Oil”

Mt. San Antonio College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Napa Valley College
• All day teach-in

Ohlone College
• Climate Project presentation

Orange Coast College
• Green Job Pioneer Van Jones live February 7th

Presidio School of Management
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast and discussion via Second Life

Saint Mary’s College of California
• Afternoon Eco-fair featuring green vendors, advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations    working for a sustainable future
• During the fair, a variety of films on environmental sustainability will be screened next door
• Evening symposium with Climate Scientist Stephen Schneider, Robin Bedell-Waite of Contra    Costa Hazardous Materials, Dan Lashof of the NRDC Air and Energy Program and Rob    Lucacher of SEE Green
• Early event happens January 23rd

San Francisco State University — In the News — In the News — In the News
• Keynotes from Green Jobs pioneer Van Jones, Michael Glantz from the National Center for    Atmospheric Research, Dennis Martinez of the Indigenous Peoples Restoration Network
• 18 sessions with 25+ panelists from SFSU  and  the EPA, Union of Concerned Scientists and    Environmental Justice and Climate Change
• Screening 2% Solution web-cast
• Compact fluorescent light bulb giveaway
• Green Democracy with SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, Assemblyman Mark Leno

Santa Clara University
• Climate change panel

Santa Monica College
• Green Democracy with US Rep Henry Waxman, Santa Monica Mayor pro-tem Richard Bloom,    councilmember Kevin McKeown
• Outdoor event
• 200 local kindergarteners coming to campus to learn about global warming through Dr.    Seuss’ “The Lorax”
• Closing band: Elevaters

Stanford University
• Campus-wide teach-in

University of California – Berkeley
• 500 people have committed to attend FtN throughout the day
• Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez Keynoting

University of California – Davis
• Focus Your Art competition
• “Focus the Classroom” campus-wide teach-in
• Numerous local political leaders and policy makers will be attending, including the Mayor, and    county supervisor

University of California – Irvine — In the News
• Speakers include Van Jones, President, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Chancellor    Drake; Mayors of Irvine, Huntington Beach, and Santa Ana
• Panel discussions featuring UCI faculty on a wide range of topics, including the effects of    climate change on southern California’s water supply, environmental law and regulation of    the emerging carbon market, climate change research in the biological sciences, and green    building
• UCI’s Focus the Nation event will feature a community tree-planting activity and an art    exhibition of children’s art work that answers the question: “What is one thing I can do today    to turn the tide of climate change”

University of California – Los Angeles
• Estimated attendance throughout the day: approx. 600
• Speakers include Andy Lipkis, founder of Tree People; Mary Nichols, Director of the Air    Resources Board, Chancellor Block.
• Ideas developed during the World Café event will be featured in campus newspaper
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Sustainability teach-in and web-chat with Congressman Henry Waxman

University of California – Merced
• “You Tell ‘em Booth” where participants can record a video message for Congress
• Teach-in
• Roundtable with politicians
• Screening the 2% Solution webcast

University of California – San Diego
• Green Democracy panel including Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Sustainable Art expo, group mural painting, clean car show
• Careers in Sustainability panel with business representatives
• Bike-powered Green Concert
• Mock trial on climate change
• Student research presentations on climate change

University of California – San Francisco Medical Center
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• 10 session health-focused teach-in
• Screening The 11th Hour
• Attendees can receive AMA PRA credits for Continuing Medical Education certification

University of California – Santa Barbara
• Screening the 2% Solution webcast
• Three panel discussions Janelle Kearsley, Director of Corporate Strategy/Sustainablity for    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. on panel: Big Business; Leaders in the Climate Challenge?
• Six workshops including “Focusing our Politicians on Climate Change”
• Thursday screening of “The Shape of Water,” Friday movie Series hosted by Environmental    Affairs Board
• Green Democracy Panel including Mayor of Santa Barbara
• Saturday action training with US Rep Lois Capps at Goleta Beach Park

University of California – Santa Cruz — In the News — In the News
• Expecting at least 200 people to participate
• Chancellor Blumenthal, Student Regent, Country Treasurer are speaking
• Chancellor is using FtN to announce formation of UCSC’s climate action plan steering    committee
• Notes from World Café event will be turned into a campus blueprint for sustainability

University of Southern California
• Collaborating with area high schools
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Ventura College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast and "Revolution Green"
• Panel Discussion: How will climate change affect Ventura?
• Low-impact potluck

K-12

Arroyo High School
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Emerson Middle School
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

French American (K-8) and International High School (9-12) in San Francisco
• Intends to be a model for green school organizing.
• The two day event will include the webcast and teachin
• No waste lunch
• Bike/carpool transportation to school only
• Middle school students will present projects related to the environmental for their science fair
• Teachers will have global warming projects throughout the month of January
• Municipal government will be invited to speak of city initiatives and programs related to    global warming
• Screening of An Inconvenient Truth for entire student body

The Laureate School
• Ongoing tree planting and creek clean-up
• Students calculating school’s carbon footprint with help from CalPoly students, formulating    plan for reduction
• Elementary students composting school lunch waste in classroom worm bins, selling worm    bins at Farmer’s Market

Monta Vista High School
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast, with presentations by teachers

Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Communication
• Inaugural student presentation on the science of global warming, to be presented at local
   K-12 students throughout the year

OTHER

Arup
• Office lunchtime screening of 2% Solution webcast and follow-up discussion

Better Together Mariposa
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast with discussion in local independent theater
• Involved with UC-Merced event

Bureau of Land Management
• Using the event as an educational platform for the Fuels Division

California Cannabis Ministry
• Presentation on hemp’s role in a sustainable economy at College of the Siskiyous

Cool Los Altos
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Green Café Network
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast with facilitated discussion

LUAMC
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Mattole Restoration Council
• Screening 2% Solution web-cast with discussion

Menlo Park Green Ribbon Citizens Committee — In the News
• Showing 2% Solution webcast

Orange County Conservation Corps
• Presentation on climate change after Corps Member community meeting, politicians and    members of the entertainment industry invited

Rosicrucian Museum — In the News
• Exhibit opening: Vanishing Pollinators: 34 stunning color photographs portray the beauty and    grace of flowering plants and their threatened insect pollinators
• Flight of the bumblebee: a cultural look at the bee through history.
• Ancient Egyptian Cooking – talk about a low-carbon meal!
• Mistakes of our ancestors: mini-talks on civilizations’ failures
• An Inconvenient Truth presentation

Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

United States EPA – Region 9 office
• Lunchtime screening of the 2% Solution webcast

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Adams State College
• Welcome from Congressman Salazar
• 10 teach-in sessions
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast, local food served

Arapahoe CC
• Collaborating with Denver area schools

Colorado College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Colorado Mountain College
• Two teach-in sessions
• Carbon footprint calculation
• Collaborating with local high school

Colorado School of Mines
• Showing 2% Solution web-cast
• 2 panel discussions
• 11th Hour screening

Colorado State University — In the news — In the news
• 23 teach-in sessions including 50+faculty
• Green Democracy I: Betsey Markey, candidate for Congress
• Green Democracy II: four state legislators

Colorado State University – Pueblo
• Policy forum with city council

Fort Lewis College — In the news
• Screening 2% Solution web-cast, “An Inconvenient Truth,” “The End of Suburbia,” “Who    Killed the Electric Car,” “Escape from Suburbia,” GRIST Presidential Debate on Climate    Change Medieval theater presentation “Sir Clive the Climate Crusader and the Quest for the    Grail of Green Power”
• 20 + session teach-in

Mesa State College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• 35 classes participating in teach-in

Metropolitan State College of Denver
• Collaborating with Denver area schools

Regis University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• All faculty invited to participate in teach-in

University of Colorado - Boulder — In the News
• Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff (D) and General Assembly Majority Leader Alice    Madden (D) will both be appearing at our capstone event which is a showing of the film "The    Devil Came on Horseback" about the crisis in Darfur
• Goal: No student can walk through campus without being confronted by climate change
• Hunter Lovins discussing the climate-change-induced ecological origins of the crisis
• Chancellor Bud Peterson and CU system President Hank Brown speaking in panel series

University of Colorado – Colorado Springs
• Performance of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax by elementary school students
• Video-chat with Congressman Salazar
• All-day voter registration by League of Women Voters
• Guest speaker Nic Thiesen of New Belgium Brewing

Western State College of Colorado
• Multiple student-led panels
• Plant sale
• Local politicians

K-12

Colorado Rocky Mountain School
• Solutions forum with local politicians

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Central Connecticut State University
• Sent out over 500 invitations to all presidential candidates, all NE federal representatives, all    CT state representatives, and a multitude of business and civic leaders
• Roundtable with US Rep John Larson and US Rep Christopher Murphy
• Coordinating a caravan of buses to the capital to hold a rally on the afternoon of Jan 31st

Connecticut College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• 5-8 panels
• Keynote by Greg Cajete, Science Educator and Director of Native American Studies at the    University of New Mexico, on indigenous ecological education

Eastern Connecticut State University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast in the Student Center
• Endorsed by Sustainable Energy Studies

Emmaus Community College
• Mobilizing various groups in the Stamford, Connecticut area to join us in organizing and    presenting a series of events
• Assisting Western Connecticut State University

Fairfield University
• Two faculty are organizing a small program

Housatonic Community College
• Planning events for the week of Earth Day in April

Sacred Heart University
• Showing “An Inconvenient Truth”
• Number of presentations
• Planning headed up by the biology club

Southern Connecticut State University
• Working with Central Connecticut State

Trinity College
• Faculty panel
• Showing “An Inconvenient Truth”

University of Connecticut
• Showing The 11th Hour and the 2% Solution webcast, followed by discussion
• Full teach-in across disciplines including over 35 professors
• Faculty panel discussion. Topic: What is UConn's role as an institution of higher education in    addressing climate change?
• Campus and community-wide reception

University of Connecticut - Stamford
• "An Inconvenient Truth" will be presented by Huskies Go Green, a student club
• Symposium: "Global Warming: What We Know and What We Should Do" to discuss the role    of education and leadership at UConn in combating climate change
• Speakers: Norman Willard, Climate Change and Energy EPA New England; Kasey Jacobs,    Citizens Campaign for the Environment, CT Program Coordinator

University of New Haven
• Giving Al Gore presentation

Wesleyan University
• Lunch-time keynote speaker
• Several afternoon panels on the science, social justice and response aspects of climate    change
• In-class discussion in which all professors are asked to include a discussion on climate    change in their classes
• Sustainable dinner
• Live presentation of the Inconvenient Truth talk

Western Connecticut State University
• Working with Emmaus Community College

Yale University
• Interdisciplinary panel featuring individuals from the business, political, scientific, and    journalistic spheres
• Moderated by Dean Gus Speth
• Jim Butcher, head of the Office of the Environment at Morgan Stanley, will be the business    representative
• Environmentally-themed debate co-sponsored with the YPU

K-12

Greenwich Country Day School
• Cancelled classes for the day for our entire school, Nursery-Ninth (850 students)
• Can only arrive at school by bus, bike, or foot
• Day starts with a morning assembly
• Everyone breaks into small groups to hear speakers (rank preferences beforehand)
• A variety of speakers ranging from a local farmer to a member of the team who created the    solar powered lap top for One Laptop Per Child
• Activities include: creating newspaper ads, cancelling catalogues, and making their own    cheeses
• Developing math problems related to climate change
• Waste-free lunch
• 2% Solution webcast assigned for homework

New Canaan Country Day School
• Talk about global warming at their weekly assembly (1 - 4th grade)
• School-wide family pledge, asking families to change at least one light bulb in their house to    a compact florescent bulb
• Will calculate the amount of fossil fuels not used because of their efforts.
• Middle school science teachers (5/6 gr) are calculatomg the school’s light bulb use
• 7th grade: series of environmental debates (drilling for oil, wind energy, reintroduction of    endangered species, logging, pesticides)
• Upper school students (7 – 9th grade) screen the 2% Solution webcast

OTHER

Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center
• Inaugural Green Earth Fair (April 26 - 29) will explore the technologies, companies and    products that make living a green life possible
• Build-up for the event begins in February with discussion groups focused on screenings of    "An Inconvenient Truth"

First Congregational Church — In the News

Hartford Friends Meeting (Quaker)
• Showing the film “Green: the New Red, White and Blue”
• Discussion following film

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St. Andrew’s School — In the News
• Canceling classes for a full day of events along with local elementary and middle schools

St. Anne’s Episcopal School
• 7th and 8th graders will visit St Andrew’s for speakers and political forum
• Faculty will facilitate demonstrations and activities for the student body during mid-day
• School-wide assembly related to climate change topics
• Green club will promote “gray days” throughout the spring encouraging classrooms to    conserve energy

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Bethune - Cookman University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Holding 4 roundtable discussions on the Socio-cultural, economic, scientific and ethical    aspects of climate change
• Keynote seminar by Dr. John Kermond, visiting scientist at the NOAA Climate Program Office

Broward Community College
• Teach-in happening at all 3 campuses
• Art exhibit: all pieces made from recycled materials
• Solar oven cook off
• Climate Change film series

Florida Gulf Coast University
• All day teach-in with 9 speaking panels and dozens of speakers
• Green Democracy roundtable including State Rep. Mat Hudson and State Senator Burt    Saunders
• Evening will end with a viewing of the webcast at 8pm

Florida Institute of Technology
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Holding discussion afterwards

Florida Southern University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Professors encouraging in class teach-ins on climate change

New College of Florida
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Blue taping the campus (near beach) to represent a 2 foot rise in sea level

Palm Beach Community College - Belle Glade Campus
• Speaker, Jeff Conley from “The Climate Project of South Florida”
• Game show, The Solution is Right
• Jan 31st viewing, An Inconvenient Truth
• Poster contest winner announcement

Palm Beach Community College - Boca Raton Campus
• CRISIS Rocks the Planet – free concert
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Voter registration drive
• Electric car display
• Booths/environmental displays by student groups
• Game show, The Solution is Right, with sustainable prizes
• Speaker, Dr. Dean Kohrs, “Financial & Political Education:  Powerful Tools for Fighting Global    Warming!”
• Interdisciplinary panel discussion (students, local municipal politicians, etc)

Palm Beach Community College - Lake Worth Campus
• Display tables by environmental groups (outside agencies and College groups)
• Electric car display
• Panel discussion consisting of industry sector representatives (business, utility, construction,    and government)
• State Rep. Mary Brandenburg as government representative

Santa Fe Community College
• Encouraging all faculty to include sustainability in their curriculum on Jan 31st

University of Central Florida — In the news
• Large community fair with booths featuring local government and energy companies, green    jobs, and interactive displays on green living
• Featured speaker Hunter Lovins (author of Natural Capitalism) kicks off all day teachin
• More than 100 faculty involved in the event planning and execution

University of Florida 
• Large tabling event with solar tech demonstration and alt. fuel vehicles
• Roundtable discussion of climate change solutions with mock debate on alt. energy solutions.
• Teach-in and webcast happening at main campus and many U.F. county extension offices    engaging communities all over Florida!

University of Miami
• Hosting a Rock n Renew Concert on campus with climate panelists between bands
• Partnering with Chlorine Free Products Association to hold their 3rd Sustainability Roundtable    open to the community discussing sustainable practices in business
• Featured speakers are Chantal Line Carpentier, Sustainability Dev. Officer with the United    Nations, and Jose Carlos Fernandez Ugalde, Head of Environment, Economy & Trade    Commission for Environmental Cooperation

K-12

Boca Raton Community High School
• Going green week: each day will focus on different kinds of pollution
• On Jan 31st the school will have its first recycling collection
• Fun lunch where students can engage in activities that showcase different ways to make a    difference

Miami Country Day School
• Kids will bring their own reusable dishes for lunch
• No idle campaign for parents picking their kids up that day
• Class is conducting a school electricity audit and carbon footprint to be shared with the entire    school on Jan 31st

Palmer Trinity School
• Students will examine their resource footprints
• There will be a school wide carpool day
• They are holding a sustainability fair
• Presenters visiting the school all week

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Agnes Scott College
• Participating in the lobby day in Atlanta

Columbus State University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Local high schools bringing students to campus
• Starting faculty sustainability committee

Emory University — In the News
• Organizing petition drive for lobby day
• Jan 31st Lobby day at state capitol with GSS

Georgia Southern University
• Students tabling in Student Union
• Asking all faculty to discuss climate change in their classes

Georgia State University
• Showing “An Inconvenient Truth”
• Speaker and film series

Georgia Students for Sustainability
• A coalition of environmentallyconscience students from many of the major colleges and    universities in Georgia (including Georgia Tech, UGA, Agnes Scott, Emory, Georgia State,    Morehouse, Valdosta State, among numerous others), are convening on the steps of the    Georgia State Capitol to voice their concerns regarding climate change. 
• Students will be briefed in a short course on lobbying, go to the press conference on the    Capitol steps at 10am, and then partake in a "Lunch and Lobby" at 11am12pm.  During the    lunch, legislators will come into a "lunchroom area," where students will meet with their    legislators and encourage them to implement state policies that will help address climate    change.  The lobbying will continue after lunch until 2pm. 

LaGrange College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Panel discussion of climate change solutions

Morehouse College
• Church service on global warming
• Film series, followed by discussions
• Faculty and administrative roundtable on the ways for the college to better minimize its    environmental impact

Paine College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta
• Exhibit of artistic expressions of the issues surrounding global warming

Savannah College of Art and Design — In the News — In the News
• Day-long series of talked by professors on related topics

University of Georgia
• Full day of panels, dance performances, and lectures
• Hosting a Power Hour, in which elected officials can come and pledge their commitment to    doing something about climate change
• Musical performances by Gabriel Kelly, Grogus, and DJ Mahogany

Valdosta State University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Both in-class and campus-wide presentations
• Political roundtable

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Hawaii Pacific University
• Voter registration drive the week of 1/28/8 to 2/1/8
• 2% solution webcast from 3-4 pm in the Sea Warrior Center
• Teach-In on January 30-31 during which time faculty will devote a portion of their class time to incorporate global warming into the course curriculum

University of Hawaii: Manoa
• Student presentations on Hawai’i climate change threats
• $150 prizes to best Graduate and Undergraduate Presentations and Most Original    Presentations

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Boise State University — In the News
• Keynote speaker Pastor Tri Robinson
• Hosting a Shrink Your Footprint contest
• Business and research symposia
• Art exhibition
• Political roundtable discussion

College of Idaho
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Faculty/student forum to discuss how college is working toward a more sustainable future,    followed by an audience discussion about how the college can improve
• Bon Appetit is holding a low carbon food day
• Sustainability fair

University of Idaho
• Panel of 3 professors discussing the topics of media, denial, and technology and how these    things can sometimes be barriers to change
• Raffle
• Screening the 2% Solution webcast and  “Revolution Green: A True Story of Biodiesel in    America”
• Working with PCEI

K-12

Moscow High School
• Collaborating with the Univeristy of Idaho

OTHER

Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute (PCEI)
• Collaborating with the environmental clubs at Moscow High School and University of Idaho for    one big event

Town of Hailey — In the News
• An information 'fair' will take place at city hall and/or the public library
• Representatives from local organizations and businesses will inform and demonstrate to    residents both the necessity for change in energy practices and use of natural resources and    the best ways to go about making those changes
• A business/poster campaign is underway to involve the local businesses in the conversation
• Information fair will be the location for a kickoff of a year long contest to focus attention on    ways to increase their energy efficiencies and improve environmental practices
• All city officials have been invited to the event that kicks off the contest

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Catholic Theological Union
• January interim course on the ethics and spirituality of global climate change

Chicago State University
• Teach-in
• Screening of “An Inconvenient Truth”

Illinois State University — In the News — In the News
• Faculty members will be tailoring the class lectures around climate change and how it relates    to their disciple/course topic
• Showing the 11th Hour and The 2% Solution National Webcast
• The Mayor of Normal, IL will be speaking about the town's efforts to address Climate Change

Illinois Wesleyan University — In the News
• Showing An Inconvenient truth, the 11th Hour, and The 2% Solution National Webcast
• Roundtable with administrators
• Coordinating with Illinois State University for Green Democracy

Saint Xavier University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• 2 hour conference with faculty from different departments to give an interdisciplinary view of    global warming

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Discussions on campus
• Film viewings

University of Chicago
• Panel discussions

University of Illinois — In the News
• Brownbag lunch: “Inconvenient Truths About An Inconvenient Truth”
• Showing of “An Inconvenient Truth”
• Teach-in sponsored by the Center for Global Studies and the Urbana Free Library

Western Illinois University — In the News
• Full-day program with 24 speakers

Indiana University
• Teach-in with presentations from 15-20 faculty members

Indiana University-South Bend
• 1/15 “SeaChange: Reversing the Tide”: a dramatic lecture by Roger Payne and Lisa Harrow
• 2/7 Climate Change 101 lecture

Indiana University Southeast
• Keynote lecture by Sarah Lynn Cunningham, Environmental Engineer and founder of    Louisville Climate Action Network

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Briar Cliff University
• 2% Solution webcast

Central College — In the News
• Series of presentations by Central Faculty with a keynote by Evangelical Environmental    Network founder Cal DeWitt

Iowa State University
• A panel of ISU professors will share their perspectives from natural science, economic, and energy technology fields.

Luther College — In the News
• 2% Solution
• Panel discussion following webcast with local sustainability experts, educators and decision-    makers to bring the conversation to a more local level

University of Dubuque and Dubuque Soil and Water Conservation District
• Involving local mayor, University and Soil and Water Conservation District in conversation    about how to make Dubuque a sustainable city

University of Northern Iowa
• Recent commitment to become a sustainable campus spurring involvement
• Large room reserved for lectures and 2% Solution
• Discussion following webcast
• Spreading the word through Residential Life Staff

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Baker University — In the News
• Instituted large recycling project on campus with involvement of campus administration and    engaged Baldwin city mayor and city council to consider instating a city wide recycling center
• Campus roundtable discussion Jan 29th will engage the community in global warming    solutions using the successful recycling project as inspiration for what people can accomplish    locally
• Campus club Earth We Are will set up 3 demonstration pieces to draw attention leading up to    the day of panelists and the round table discussion

University of Kansas (Hillel)
• Over 20 faculty have committed to incorporating climate change discussions in their classes    that day
• Roundtable discussion on climate change solutions moderated by Simran Sethi, award-    winning journalist and environmental correspondent for NBC News
• Guests at the event include Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson, Senator Marci Francisco,    Representative Barbara Ballard, Representative Paul Davis, Representative Tom Holland,    Mayor Sue Hack, and City Commissioner Boog Highberger

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Bellarmine University
• Faculty members will discuss climate change in class

Berea College
• Website
• Information booths
• RecycleMania kickoff
• Video screenings
• Brainstorm session on take-home actions
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Raffle

Eastern Kentucky University — In the News
• Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson will give keynote
• Faculty members will discuss climate change in class

Georgetown College — In the News
• 29 sessions over 4 days
• Art projects and displays

Morehead State University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Green Democracy political roundtable

Northern Kentucky University
• Spreading events out over the course of the semester to include film screenings, panel    discussions, political round tables, local meals and culminating on Earth Day

Transylvania University
• Campus-wide teach-in

University of Kentucky — In the News
• Bringing in political leaders such as State Senator Scorsone for the political roundtable
• At least two panels during each time slot on the 31st
• Low-carbon lunch

Western Kentucky University — In the News — In the News
• 30 professors will give short lectures
• At each lecture, attendees will receive a stamp - the person with the most stamps will win a    prize
• Dumping annual per capital amount of coal on the campus lawn
• Invited local and federal officials to participate in Green Democracy

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Loyola University – New Orleans
• Partnering with Tulane University

Tulane University
• Open the day with a large opening plenary on the basics of global warming then we will have    breakout sessions with several concurrent lectures during the 3 afternoon class periods.
• Author Chris Mooney is speaking on Jan 30th
• Hosting an exhibit of photos depicting climate change during the entire week
• MyMap

OTHER

Pack & Paddle
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

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Colby College
• Speaker from the Maine Natural Resources Council
• Presentation and demonstration on electric vehicles
• Faculty panel discussions
• Sustainable dinner served in dining hall

Maine College of Art
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Daylong series of talks with participation from Natural Resources Council of Maine, Food for    Maine’s Future, Portland Oil Awareness Group, Rising Tide North America and select faculty    members

University of Maine-Farmington — In the News
• Keynote speaker, Beth Nagusky, former Maine Director of Energy Independence and    Security
• Highlighting LEED building accomplishments
• Hosting various fun activities for college and high school students

University of New England — In the News
• All professors will discuss climate change in class during the week and will bring classes to    panel discussions as well as keynote speeches
• Guest speakers include Dr. Steven Vavrus of University of Wisconsin Center for Climatic    Research, Dr. Jennifer Morgan , Director of Climate and Energy Security for E3G Third    Generation Environmentalism
• Screening films
• Providing local foods at the all the events

K-12

Kennebunk High School — In the News
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Description of the new solar array at the middle school
• Presentation by the freshman class on a plan to purchase a solar thermal panel for the high school
• Bake sale

OTHER

Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth, ME
• Guest speakers include: Ann Luther, President of League of Women Voters of Maine
• Kirk Maasch, climate modeling expert from University of Maine Climate Change Institute
• Representative Ted Koffman, House Chair of the Maine Legislature’s Joint Committee on    Natural Resources
• Pam Pearson, League of Women Voters of the United States’ Climate Change Task Force

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University of Maryland: School of Law
• Hosting a large symposium on climate change. Four panels will address local and national    energy policies, the courts and the science
• The keynote speaker will be Shari Wilson, Maryland Secretary of the Environment
• Speakers will come from a variety of backgrounds including; the Sierra Club, Natural    Resource Defense Council, National Wildlife Foundation, the EPA, and BP Solar

Maryland Institute College of Art
• Tabling event with local non-profits
• Speaker from Chesapeak Climate Action Network and a NASA climatologist from UMD

Saint Mary’s College of Maryland — In the News
• Showing the webcast, holding a teachin and political round table discussion
• Voter registration during the entire week
• Alternative energy presentations
• Environmental fair
• Polar bear splash
• Federal, state and local legislator round table discussion

Towson University
• Symposium presentations
• Sponsored Booths
• Movie Presentations

University of Maryland
• Daylong series of panel discussions
• Green Fair
• Green Stage: creative expression inspired by global climate change

Oxon Hill High School
• 200 Students from 23 area high schools participating in 17 workshops, film screenings and    roundtable discussions with political leaders

OTHER

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia
• Screening the 2% Solution web-cast

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Greater Cumberland
• Screening the 2% solution web-cast at a local library

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Amherst College
• Head forester of Harvard forest, David Foster, is speaking
• Film festival
• Panel discussion

Andover Newton Theological
• Community forums
• Special worship services
• Interfaith sacred meal
• All-night prayer vigil will help us place the issue of global climate change in our own

Assumption College
• Speakers
• Sustainability fair

Babson College
• 20-30 booths around campus to address global warming issues with a particular focus on the    business application
• Focus on local business solutions, green technologies, and on-campus solutions to lessen    energy demands
• Clean Energy Council of New England is participating

Boston College Law School
• Coordinating the law society

Boston University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Bridgewater State College
• Roundtable discussions planned for breakfast and lunch to discuss how global warming topics    can be integrated into the campus curriculum
• Panel discussion on Global Warming:  Impacts and Solutions
• Panel includes political leaders, scientists, activists, and teachers
• Inviting regional high school teachers and their students to attend, along with the campus    community and local residents. 
• Planning a continuing series of “teach-ins” to take place during the semester
• Student competition on global warming solutions with the finalists showcasing their ideas on    Earth Day

Cape Cod Community College
• Guest speaker from marine lab
• Green clean energy booths
• Coordinating with Rotary Club

Clark University — In the News
• David Orr is speaking on 1/22
• Difficult dialogues symposium on climate change during the entire spring semester

College of the Holy Cross
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Harvard College
• Panel discussion including Councillor Marjory Decker who is the chair of environment    committee on the Cambridge City Council, and Representative Alice Wolf

Lasell College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• All day teach-in
• Multiple film screenings
• Green fair
• Green ribbons

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts — In the News
• Working with Williams College
• Expanding recycling program

Mount Holyoke College — In the News
• An evening of music, storytelling, and community, with performances by EricaWheeler,    community viewing of the nationwide webcast, "The 2% Solution," and storytelling by Marge    Bruchac
• Lunch Panel: "Political, Personal, Powerful: Activism for Climate Change"
• MHC faculty, staff, alumnae present a kaleidoscope dialogue that turns from history to    politics to economics to chemistry... to show us climate change from many angles

Northeastern University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Teach-in in which each teacher will speak about climate change for the first 20-30min of    class
• During activities period there will be group discussions among professors from different departments

North Shore Community College — In the News
• Teach-in day
• Presentations and information tables
• Political roundtable

Smith College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Keynote by Michael Klare, author of Blood and Oil and Resource Wars
• Multiple break-out sessions
• Global warming jeapordy
• Reading of an original student play, “Winter Requiem”
• Political roundtable
• Pub night with environmental band

Stonehill College
• Sustainability fair
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Panel discussion
• Faculty presentations throughout the day

Suffolk University
• Keynote speaker Bill McKibben
• Other speakers include Martha Richmond (Chair of the environmental studies department),    David Delcourt (Founder of Make Me Sustainable), and Jeffrey Glassman (Founder of    Rainforest Maker)
• Offset by the New England Wind Fund

Tufts University
• Jan. 14th the Tufts Institute of the Environment will be offering a climate change "literacy    seminar" for faculty to learn how to incorporate climate change into their classes.
• University-wide teach-in
• Dorm energy competitions,
• Voter registration during the weekand
• Keynotes by Congressman Ed Markey, Adam Markham from Clean Air Cool Planet, and Wood    Turner of Climate Counts
• Panel discussion with three State Senators, two mayors, and students from Tufts

University of Massachusetts – Amherst
• Global warming awareness week
• Hosting a speaker series
• Informational booths

University of Massachusetts – Boston
• "Winter Blast" - opening week events feature "Focus the Nation", green transit and    sustainability info booths
• Showing the 2% solution webcast
• Speakers on Renewable energy and Student Engagement, Educational posters - Jan 31st
• Carbon Footprint Quiz
• Student Sustainability Club sponsored events
• Faculty offerings – TBA

University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Hosting a teach-in

Wellesley University
• Keynote speaker Bill McKibben
• Having a lunch discussion with McKibben for environmental studies students
• Later in the afternoon, McKibben is going to be leading a political organizing/activism session
• Sustainability fair

Wheaton College
• Information fair
• Lectures on ethical issues, physics and chemistry of climate change
• Showing “An Inconvenient Truth”

Wheelock College
• Hosting a teach-in

Williams College
• Approaching all of the professors to hold workshops throughout the day
• 5 periods, 2 workshops per period; 2-3 will focus for residents in town; 2-3 will be academic;    3-4 will include people from outside of college, including alumns (like the WV coal network)
• Coordinating through the Office of Career Counseling to cater to student interests

K-12

Boston Latin School
• Integrating climate awareness into every part of the school day
• Assembly for juniors and seniors
• Film screenings
• Improve group doing global warming “street theater” about global warming during lunch
• Selling carbon footprints with global warming information on them
• Tape the walls inside the school with blue tape, indicating where the water line would be if    melting ice were to result in sea levels rising 20’ due to unchecked global warming
• Sell carbon offset patches to benefit the development of wind power

Cohasset High School
• School-wide assembly
• Asking every teacher to include climate change education in their classes

Hingham High School — In the News
• Promote car pooling
• Ban plastic water bottles for the day
• Encourage the use of lunch boxes
• Turn off lights/technology not in use
• Have seminars each period of the day run by staff members

International School of Boston
• Community and parent information night
• Incorporating climate change education into their curricula

Phillips Academy
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

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First Parish in Framingham, Unitarian Universalist
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Grace Episcopal Church
• Screening an original slide show, "God So Loved the World," which presents a Christian    perspective on climate change

Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

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Adrian College
• Screening the 2% Solution webcast
• Keynote from Brent Lofgren, senior researcher, National Oceanic and Atmospheric    Administration
• Collaborating with Siena Heights University

Albion College
• Screening “Too Hot to Handle,” 2% Solution webcast
• Participants making Valentines for the MI House members of the Energy & Technology    Committee outlining the platform for the Michigan Student Sustainability Coallition's Clean    Energy Campaign (No New Coal, an RES, an IRS and an advanced energy efficiency    standard)
• Student-led panel with politicians
• Panel with students who’ve studied abroad discussing overseas perceptions of US

Aquinas College
• Local food lunch
• Solutions round-table with local business leaders

Calvin College — In the News
• Kick-off screening of “King Corn”
• Screening 2% Solution web-cast, all day campus-wide teach-in
• Roundtable with US Congressman Vern Ehlers, statement from Senator Debbie Stabenow
• Closing Concert

Central Michigan University
• CMU alums invited to screening of “Who Killed the Electric Car,” “An Inconvenient Truth”
• Keynote from Debra Rowe

Eastern Michigan University
• Collaborating with University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Ferris State University
• Booths for RSOs, community partners and campus initiatives on what they’re doing to move    towards sustainability
• Interactive discussion panel on local solutions to global warming
• Screening 2% Solution webcast

Grand Valley State University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Goal of 25% faculty participation reaching 1,000 students
• Political forum with local politicians
• Screening of The 11th Hour

Henry Ford Community College — In the News
• Keynotes and introduction from various faculty
• Student break-out sessions & report-back
• Legislative Panel

Hope College
• Roundtable will include the Mayor, a state senator, MSU economist, electrical utility rep, and    MI wind power expert

Kalamazoo College
• Three-day teach-in open to the public
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Kettering University
• 5 panel sessions including presentation of the Kettering Industrial Ecology Team’s curriculum    “Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing”
• 2% Solution webcast
• Local K-12 schools invited for sessions on Fuel Cells, Chemistry of Recyclability, “Which is    more Environmentally Friendly”, and “You Can Make a Difference” tailored for  elementary,    middle and high school levels.

Lansing Community College
• Screening 2% Solution webcast
• All-day film festival and exhibits Thursday
• Panel discussions including “The Iraq Connection to Global Warming” presented by the Peace    Education Center

Michigan State University
• All-day voter registration with League of Women Voters
• Political panel including Rep. Frank Accavitti, Jr. Michigan House of Representatives, Sen.    Wayne Kuipers, Michigan Senate, Skip Pruss, Energy Advisor to the Governor, J. Peter Lark,    President, Lansing Board of Water and Light, former chair Michigan Public Service    Commission

Michigan Tech
• Screening 2% Solution webcast
• Teach-in Thursday

Northwestern Michigan College
• Sustainability-focused activities throughout January

Siena Heights University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Keynote from Brent Lofgren, senior researcher, National Oceanic and Atmospheric    Administration
• Collaborating with Adrian College

University of Michigan – Dearborn — In the News
• Collaborating with Henry Ford Community College
• Campus-wide teach-in
• Screening 2% Solution webcast
• Political forum

University of Michigan
• Concert with top campus bands including The Great Divide & Farewell Republic
• Screening 2% Solution webcast
• Sustainable lifestyles fair with workshops, exhibits, live music & prizes
• Political forum with Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, State Reps. Rebekah Warren, Pam Byrnes,    Alma Smith and business leaders

Western Michigan University
• Faculty participating in Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center event

K-12

Glen Lake Schools
• All students and teachers participating
• Live screening of 2% Solution webcast and later screening
• Solutions roundtable

Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center
• Area school supervisors, media & politicians invited to events
• All-day teach-in
• Evening session with Mark Bauer, owner of Bauer Power which recently installed a wind    turbine on the WMU campus

Portage Northern High School
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Two-class teach-in in Psychology and Economics classes
• MI Representative Fred Upton to speak later this year

The Roeper School
• Showing the 2% Solution web-cast in science classes with follow-up discussion

OTHER

Michigan League of Conservation Voters
• Providing voter registration at multiple events in Michigan

Wild Ones Natural Landscapes, Kalamazoo Chapter
• Participating in Kalamazoo area events
• Program will provide information about climate change, fossil fuels and the alternatives, the    energy-intensive nature of modern lawn care and conventional landscaping, and the    importance of native plants in preserving the hundreds of thousands of animal species    threatened with extinction

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Augsburg College
• Hosting a full teach-in

Bemidji State University
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• Art show: “Global Warming: An American Perspective”
• Film festival, including Who Killed the Electric Car and An Inconvenient Truth
• Political roundtable
• Panel discussions

Bethel University
• Panel discussions
• Nature walk
• Including the community

Carleton College — In the News
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast
• All day teach-in
• Dinner discussion on the role of youth in climate change activism
• Benefit concert

Century College
• Showing the 2% Solution webcast

Focus Minnesota
• Focus Minnesota will bring together students, young adults, environmental advocates and    politicians for a public conversation about Minnesota's changing climate
• This free all ages event will feature an illustrated presentation by arctic expl