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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Undriving Miss Daisy Focus the Nation events aim for interactivity, accountability	Sarah van Schagen	01 Feb 2008	Gristmill
This week, college campuses across the country held events for Focus the Nation, a major education and action campaign around climate change. To see what it was all about, I headed to Seattle's University of Washington campus to find out if the students behind Focus the Nation could teach me a thing or two. The event was originally billed as a teach-in, and I imagined students walking out of class protest-style or professors stopping their lectures mid-algorithm ...
Topics: campus activism, climate, ecological footprint, education, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Answering the college Focus the Nation events to heat up campuses across the U.S.	Todd Hymas Samkara	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Focus the Nation, a series of climate-change-focused educational events on over 1,000 campuses across the United States, is basically the student-centered cousin of Step It Up. And if you were one of the thousands who attended SIU (or SIU 2), you know that raising climate consciousness doesn't have to be a drab affair. It can be a colorful, creative, youth-infused party of a time. Enter Focus the Nation. Hoping to pick up where SIU left off, Focu ...
Topics: campus activism, climate, education, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

We don't need no thought control Schools should be talking about climate change solutions	Nathan Wyeth	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill
At some point in the 1980s or 1990s, environmental issues became hopelessly and depressingly politicized. By 'politicized,' I mean it stopped being acceptable to talk about environmental issues in, for instance, a high-school setting, in the same way that evolution was made into a controversial subject to talk about in many school settings. I'm not sure when I would pinpoint that this politicization really sunk in, but I'd be interested in what those who were around at ...
Topics: campus activism, climate, climate change mitigation, education, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Focus the Nation, save the planet -- now! Eban Goodstein invites you to join in the largest climate teach-in ever	Guest author	10 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay by Eban Goodstein. Goodstein is a professor of economics at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., and director of Focus the Nation. ----- 'If there's no action before 2012, that's too late. What we will do in the next two to three years will determine our future. This is the defining moment.' -- Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change If these words don't get you off your butt ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, education, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Money, meet mouth How one group is convincing U.S. colleges to invest responsibly	Katharine Wroth	15 Nov 2007	Gristmill
It doesn't take long to gauge the depths of Morgan Simon's passion: you can hear it in her voice. Or what's left of her voice, anyway. The first time I spoke with the activist, she apologized for being hoarse -- a recent presentation at Grinnell College had taken its toll, she explained. But the next two times I caught up with her, the hoarseness was still there. It turns out Simon spends much of her time traveling the U.S., explaining to college students, administra ...
Topics: innovation, grassroots activism, education, campus activism (all these topics)

From Campus: Making a power shift Students organize summit on climate change	Nathan Wyeth	30 Oct 2007	Gristmill
You know how some days you just get so wrapped up with those new Facebook apps that you barely notice when columnists in the nation's newspaper of note are talking shit about you behind your back? Earlier this month, Tom Friedman wrote: America needs a jolt of the idealism, activism and outrage ... of Generation Q [for 'Quiet']. That's what twentysomethings are for -- to light a fire under the country. But they can't email it in, and an online petition or a mou ...
Topics: climate, education, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Have Some Class: Week of Action in action Students unite to fight climate change	Sarah van Schagen	30 Jan 2007	Gristmill
This week, young people at high-school and college campuses across the nation will be getting action. No, just kidding (?), they'll be taking action -- to raise awareness about climate change during the Week of Action sponsored by Campus Climate Challenge and Truth on Campus. As I mentioned earlier this month, student groups were encouraged to register their actions and start sending photos of their efforts (at right, Elon students spreading the word back in Decem ...
Topics: education, grassroots activism (all these topics)

Have Some Class: MoJo's campus activism roundup Mother Jones highlights the work of two eco-activists	Sarah van Schagen	06 Sep 2006	Gristmill
Just a quick post to point to Mother Jones' 13th annual roundup of campus activism. Highlights below the fold:Student Activist of the YearWell, actually, he's a 24-year-old Yale dropout, but let's ignore that. Billy Parish has helped make fighting global warming this year's hot cause with his Energy Action Coalition, which united green campaigns on 270 campuses. The coalition is urging colleges to fight climate change by screening their portfolios, investing in ene ...
Topics: education, grassroots activism (all these topics)

L.A. Story A virtual walking tour through an L.A. neighborhood with activists from Pacoima Beautiful		31 Mar 2006	Main Dish
Click image to take the tour. �� Photo by Mary Wiltenburg. The tiny community of Pacoima, at the north end of Los Angeles, suffers from nearly every imaginable obstacle to a healthy urban environment. That means, for starters, lead paint, freeway traffic, airports, landfills, diesel trucks, chemical manufacturing, power plants, heavy industry, an ...
Topics: air pollution, California, education, environmental justice, grassroots activism, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Ward Up Houston kids living near a Superfund site tell their stories in pictures		16 Mar 2006	Main Dish
Click image to view a slide show of children's photos and collages. Collage: Wassim Elmetni (age 11). "Many Diversified Interests" sounds like a line from a college application, or advice from a responsible money manager. In fact, though, it's the name of a Superfund site in the Fifth Ward, one of the oldest and most disenfranchised neighborhoods of Houston, Texas. For the most part, children g ...
Topics: education, environmental justice, grassroots activism, Poverty and the Environment, Texas, toxics (all these topics)

The Pledge of Reason Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign		23 Aug 2005	Dispatches
The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Tuesday, 23 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. Yesterday evening, the Road to Detroit team of organizers joined up with our brave Drive the Future we ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

What's All the Bus About? Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign		22 Aug 2005	Dispatches
The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Monday, 22 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. In the madness of classic cars and signs reading "Burn Out," "Light Her Up," a ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Mind Over Motor Dispatches from a student-run clean-car campaign		19 Aug 2005	Dispatches
The Road to Detroit campaign is run by 11 student organizers from around the U.S., one big, beautiful biodiesel and veggie-oil bus, and many friends and allies. Road to Detroit is a campaign of Energy Action, a student and youth clean-energy and global-warming coalition. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Friday, 19 Aug 2005 DETROIT, Mich. We know you know about fuel-efficient cars. You may even own one. Peak oil, the rising price at the pump, an ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, Dispatches, education, energy, fuel efficiency, grassroots activism, Michigan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		03 May 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 03 May 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. I'm about to get on a plane to head to Boston, where I'll attend a meeting at the University of Massachusetts on global climate change and biodiversity. I've been invited to give a talk on research, recently published in the journal Oecologia, concerning experimental work we've done in Costa Rica on the effects of climate ch ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		02 May 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Thursday, 02 May 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. My Standard Breakfast Boiled Egg was pretty near perfect this morning. Unfortunately, I burned the toast. You win some, you lose some. Happily, the morning was bright and clear with a kiss of warmth in the air, which bodes well for the peas and beans and strawberry plants sprouting in my garden. I'm afraid I've lost th ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		01 May 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 01 May 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. Today is Canopy Lab Lunch. Every Wednesday at noon, I meet with the small cadre of students who are working or volunteering in my lab on projects related to forest canopy work. Because the Evergreen State College is a small, undergraduate-centered institution, I don't have many graduate students. So I try to cultivate the ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		30 Apr 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 30 Apr 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. My boiled egg this morning was a bit on the soft side. I caught a look of concern from my nine-year old daughter, Erika, but I reassured her that it was okay. After breakfast, I spent much of the morning plugging away on a quest for funding for a project that started five years ago, to build a forest canopy walkway on o ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		29 Apr 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Monday, 29 Apr 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. My day starts as most do: calling upstairs for my two children to rouse themselves for the beginning of the day. I then put on an egg to boil, a slice of toast to brown. I've been eating the same breakfast for the last three years, and even though the items of food are the same, I have come to learn that each day's breakfast ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

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