[Riverweb] Focus the Nation: A Teach-in on Climate Change

[csmith at prairierivers.org]

we apologise for any cross posting.

During the last week in January, colleges and universities across the  
country will be participating in Focus the Nation: A Teach-in on  
Climate Change. The Environmental Council is leading the efforts at  
Illinois. Below is a schedule of events. Please accept this invitation  
to attend and lend your expertise. Would you also pass this  
information on to your members and colleagues who might be interested?

Brown Bag: Inconvenient Truths about an Inconvenient Truth
January 29, 2008 -- Noon
407 Illini Union
Clifford Singer, Professor of Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological  
Engineering and Political Sciences

Movie Night: An Inconvenient Truth
January 30, 2008 -- 8-10 pm
228 Natural History Building
Discussion will Professor Don Wuebbles follow
Sponsored by Engineers without Borders

Climate Change Teach-In
Discussion and Q&A
January 30, 2008 -- 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Urbana Free Library Auditorium
Sponsored by the Center for Global Studies and the Urbana Free Library

Moderator: Edward Kolodziej, Director, Center for Global Studies

Panelists: Michael Schlesinger, Professor, Atmospheric Sciences &  
Member, Governor Blagojevichs Climate Change Advisory Board; Andrew  
Leakey, Research Faculty, Genomic Ecology of Global Change, Institute  
of Genomic Biology; William Sullivan, Director, Environmental Council  
& Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture

You can learn more about Focus the Nation at  
http://www.focusthenation.org/. The agenda above is available at  
www.environ.uiuc.edu.



***PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS***

Cecily Smith
Interim Watershed Organizer
Prairie Rivers Network
1902 Fox Drive, Suite G
Champaign IL 61820
217.344.2371