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News Release
Manhattan College To Host Focus The Nation Events On January 31The College is among the thousands of institutions participating in global warming initiative.RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College will be among the thousands of universities, high schools and other institutions nationwide participating in Focus the Nation events on Thursday, Jan. 31. Focus the Nation is an educational initiative on global warming solutions for America that will culminate with symposia held simultaneously throughout the country. Currently, more than 1,300 institutions, mostly colleges and universities, have signed on to participate, and dozens of college and university presidents have endorsed the initiative. Each Focus the Nation program invites local, state and federal political leaders and decision makers to come to campus and participate in a nonpartisan, round-table discussion of global warming solutions. Every institution also will vote on its top five national priorities for global warming action, in order to produce a campus and citizen endorsed policy agenda for 2008. Fore more information about Manhattan College’s Focus the Nation events, please contact Dr. Pamela Chasek, associate professor of government and director of the international studies program, at (718) 862-7248 or e-mail Members of the media who would like to cover any of the day’s events may contact Scott Silversten, communications manager at Manhattan College, at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail scott.silversten@manhattan.edu. Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line, and accessible by MTA subway line 1. Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information, or directions to Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu.
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Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 |
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3:30 p.m. |
Scala Room |
Renewable Energy and Climate Change |
8-9:30 p.m. |
Rodriguez Room |
The 2% Solution: Focus the Nation |
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10:10 a.m. |
Rodriguez Room |
Care of Creation: A Catholic/Biblical Perspective on Environmental Issues Thomas P. Dobbins Jr., J.D., justice & peace coordinator, Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York |
11:15 a.m. |
Rodriguez Room |
Out of the Crisis: Deming, Biomimicry and the Systems Perspective on Climate Change Andrew McKeon, assistant district manager, The Climate Project, and principal, carbonRational |
12:20 p.m. |
Rodriguez Room |
Green Lifestyles: Living and Eating Sustainability in New York City Living Sustainability in New York City, presented by Les Judd, president, Green Boroughs Eating Close to Home: Strategies for Eating Locally and Sustainability, presented by Paula Lukats, program manager, Just Food CSA in New York City |
1:25 p.m. |
Rodriguez Room |
Fair Trade and Sustainability Jackie DeCarlo, Catholic Relief Services |
2-5:00 p.m. |
Smith Auditorium |
Sustainability Fair Calculate your Carbon Footprint |
2:30 p.m. |
Rodriguez Room |
Urban Greening John Reilly, Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation |
2:30 p.m. |
Smith Auditorium |
The Business of Being Green Greening the Payments Industry: Credit Card Case Studies, presented by – Jessica Haller, The Climate Project/Columbia University Green Business and Green Money, presented by Charles Geisst, professor of finance, Manhattan College |
3:30 p.m. |
Fischbach Room |
Green Buildings Michael Deane, Turner Construction, U.S. Green Building Council |
4:00 p.m. |
Smith Auditorium |
New York Climate Change Politics State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz |
6:00 p.m. |
Smith Auditorium |
Ecologically Engineered Waste-into Resources-Technologies Paul S. Mankiewicz, Gaia Institute |
7:30 p.m. |
Smith Auditorium |
Climate Change Politics in Washington (tentative) |
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