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For additional information on Focus the Nation
consult Lewis & Clark: Home of Focus the Nation
Lake Oswego Review February 7, 2008 cover story on Focus the Nation
Selected video and audio podcasts of Lewis & Clark Focus the Nation Sessions
Student Events Highlighting Focus the Nation
Students interested in helping organize Focus the Nation on campus, please consult Focusing Lewis & Clark
Saturday, January 26, 2008, Templeton, Trail Room, 10 p.m.
Warm Coming Dance--dress for the heat
Monday, January 28, 2008, Templeton, Fields Dining Room, dinner
Help make buttons and t-shirts at the Bon during dinner
Tuesday, January 29, 2008, Platt Hall, Platteau, evening
Focus the Nation themed open mike
FOCUS THE NATION AT LEWIS & CLARK
All events are free and open to the general public.
Parking fee is $4 on weekdays, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.Please take public transportation if possible, Tri-Met Bus #39.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
NOTICE: WE WILL RE-BROADCAST THE 2% SOLUTION ON THURSDAY, JAN 31, 3:15 PM, TEMPLETON, STAMM
2% Solution
Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 5 p.m.
Templeton, Council Chamber
Focus the Nation will stream a free, live, interactive webcast called 2% Solution. To hold global warming to the low end of 3-4 degrees F will require cuts in global warming pollution in the developed countries by more than 80% below current levels by 2050. Put another way, we need to cut roughly 2% of current emission levels a year for the next 40 years. The webcast will revolve around the question: Can we as a nation get on to this path, and cut global warming pollution 2% a year for the next decade? If so, what would it take?
Join Stanford University climate scientist, Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins and green jobs pioneer Van Jones and youth climate leaders, for a discussion of global warming solutions. Lewis & Clark students can weigh in with cell phone voting.
Introduced by Jay Odenbaugh, assistant professor of philosophy
Thursday, Jan 31, 2008
Thursday, Jan 31, 2008---Focus the Nation Teach-In Overview
30+ sessions with 5 session periods; more than 50 Lewis & Clark faculty members serving as panelists/presenters
Locations: Smith Hall, Albany 207, 218, 220, Stamm, Thayer, Council Chamber, Student Co-op. See schedule below.
For questions regarding sessions/presenters, contact Jay Odenbaugh, associate professor of philosophy, jay@lclark.edu
Classes held on T-Th schedule the last week of January will meet Tuesday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30
Classes held on M-W-F schedule will meet Monday, January 28, Thursday, January 31, and Friday, February 1.
Throughout the day:
Things you can do at Lewis & Clark : Location: Student Co-op
-Bike Co-op, biking around Portland, bring bike to get tune up -Gardening Club, how to grow plants in your dorm
-Master Recyclers, how to recycle at Lewis and Clark -What is Sustainability Council, and how can get involved?
Schedule Overview
8 a.m.-9 a.m.--Period 1
9:10-10:10 a.m.--Period 2
10:20-11:20 a.m.--Period 3
11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. -- Period 4
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.--Lunch--Bon Appetit meal, featuring a low carbon menu
12:40-1:40 p.m, StammDebate presentation by Theatre Department students
1:50-2:50 p.m..-Period 5
3:30-4:30 p.m. Council Chamber--The Politics of Global Warming Solutions: Congresswoman Darlene Hooley, D-Oregon, has been invited. If unable to attend, she will be with us via electronic chat through SightSpeed in Council Chamber.
4:30 p.m.--Buses depart from Templeton for University of Portland. Register in advance for busses and tickets. Bus transportation courtesy of Barnes & Noble College Bookstores.
6 p.m. --Focus the Nation: Regional Summit Live at the Chiles Center, University of Portland
This regional summit is a multi-school, non-partisan roundtable with students and top federal and state political leaders.
Oregon congressman Earl Blumenauer and Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski have agreed to participate. Oregon senators Gordon Smith
and Ron Wyden have been invited. The summit will be broadcast live on OPB, with a national NPR host, with an expected radio audience
of over 125,000 and capacity for 4000 at the Chiles Center. A free concert follows.
Focus the Nation Teach-In Schedule and Locations
Period 1 - 8-9 a.m.
Life Without Polar Bears?
Smith Hall
Our Moral Future: Rebecca Copenhaver, associate professor of philosophy
Habitat Protection?: Paulette Bierzychudek, Swindells Professor of Natural Sciences
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Alternative Energy: Potential and Obstacles
Templeton, Council Chamber
Wind Power: Bryce Ward, visiting professor of economics
Solar power: Julio DePaula, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences/professor of chemistry
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Climate and the Developing World
Albany 220
Darfur: Richard Peck, professor of international affairs
Political Institutions, Climate Change and Development: Justin Tucker, visiting assistant professor of political science
Obligations of the developed world: Jay Odenbaugh, assistant professor of philosophy
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Footprints to Offsets: Assessing and Reducing Impacts
Templeton, Stamm
The Artists Footprint:Heather Watkins, visiting assistant professor of art/graphic design
What's an offset? What is the Climate Trust? Lucy Brehm, Business Development Manager, Climate Trust
Footprints, Offsets, and the Religion of Impacts: James Proctor, professor of environmental studies
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Period 2-9:10 a.m.-10:10 a.m.
Global Warming Impacts
Templeton, Council Chamber
Coral Reefs: Ken Clifton, associate professor of biology
NW Impacts: Water--Janet Neuman, professor of law/associate dean of law faculty
Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest: Edward Wolf, Climate Leadership Initiative. For summary of remarks, see Report Overview
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Saving for the Future
Albany 220
Energy Efficiency on Campus: Michael Sestric (former director of campus planning, Lewis & Clark); Michael Sestric Facilities Planning
The 2030 Challenge: Clark Brockman, SERA Architects.
For further information on Global Warming, Climate Change, and the Built Environment consult Architecture 2030 See Face It web cast.
Obstacles to Saving Energy: Herschel Snodgrass, professor of physics
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Local Responses
Albany 218
Action at Nike: Catherine Humblet, Nike Corporate Responsibility | Strategic Planning
The Greenhouse Gas Inventory at LC--an important element towards greater sustainability: Meagan Nuss, Lewis & Clark student member, Sustainability Council
Local & State Government:Brian Clem, Oregon House of Representatives
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Global Warming 101
Smith Hall
The Carbon Blanket: Tom Olsen, associate professor of physics
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Education for the Century Ahead
Templeton, Stamm
Rethinking Education in a Warmer World:Charles Ault, professor of education, Graduate School
Greg Smith, professor of teacher education, Graduate School
Native American Cultures in a Warming World: Se-ah-dom Edmo, Director, Indigenous Ways Of Knowing, Graduate School(t)
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Young People Pushing the Limits
Albany 207
Roundtable discussion with leaders from the campus climate movement.
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International Engagement
Templeton, Thayer Room
Beyond Kyoto: Chris Wold, associate professor of law/director of International Environmental Law Project, Law School
International Treaties and Equity: Kristin Sheeran, Executive Director Economics for Equity and the Environment, E3 Network
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Period 3-10:20 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Obstacles to Change
Templeton, Thayer
The Psychology of Denial: Brian Detweiler-Bedell, assistant professor of psychology
The Media: Stuart Kaplan, associate professor of communications/department chair
Technology Lags: Cliff Bekar, associate professor of economics/department chair
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Different Regions, Different Responses
Albany 218
Germany: Dinah Dodds, professor of German
The Middle East: Cyrus Partovi, senior lecturer in social sciences
France: Edward Wolf, Climate Leadership Initiative
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What About China?
Albany 220
Learn to Understand the Chinese: Keith Dede, associate professor of Chinese
Domestic Pressures: Susan Glosser, associate professor of history
China and Global Warming: Andrew Yip, Lewis & Clark student
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Clean Coal? Nuclear Futures?
Templston, Stamm
The student debate team presents Pro & Con for coal and nuclear
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Gender and Climate
Smith Hall
Gender Impacts in the Developing World: Deborah Heath, associate professor of anthropology
Movement Leadership: Why all the Guys? Daena Goldsmith, associate professor of communication
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Ecological Tipping Points
Tempelton, Council Chamber
Ice Sheet Collapse: Liz Safran, associate professor of geological science
Fire-driven Deforestation of the Amazon: PeterKennedy, assistant professor of biology
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Hurricanes: Katrina, Mitch
and beyond
Albany 207
Hurricane Futures: Peter Christenson, professor of communication
Typhoons:Ronault 'Polo' Catalani, lawyer, writer, and activist
Katrina: John Haines, executive director, Mercy Corps NW
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Period 4 - 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
A Big Tent for Solutions
Albany 218
Faith Community: Rob Kugler, Wright Professor of Christian Studies/Department Chair
Rev. Mark Duntley, dean of the chapel
Michael Ford, St. Luke Lutheran Church, Environmental Stewardship Initiative
David Norse '08 and other representatives from student faith groups
Gretchen Doering '07, Food and Faith program assistant, Alton Collins Retreat Center; Oregon Interfaith Power & Light intern
Rural Development: Brian L. Clem, Oregon State Representative
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Food and the Future
Templeton, Stamm
Global warming and the Food System:Bob Goldman, professor of sociology
The Low Carbon Diet: Maisie Greenawalt, Director of Corporate Communications, Bon Appetit
Biodiversity loss and Agriculture: Greta Binford, assistant professor of biology
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Motivating Action
Albany 220
Art: Stepan Simek, associate professor of theatre
Morality: Joel Martinez, assistant professor of philosophy
Culture: Oren Kosansky, assistant professor of anthropology
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Diversity Shaping Solutions
Smith Hall
Black Leadership for a Just Transition: G. Mitchell Reyes, assistant professor of communication
Asian and Latino Connections: Ronault 'Polo' Catalani, lawyer, writer, and activist
Native peoples and health environments: Se-ah-dom Edmo, Director, Indigenous Ways Of Knowing, Graduate School (t)
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Peak Oil and the end of suburbia
Templeton, Council Chamber
Are We Peaking?: Liz Safran, associate professor of geological science
Alternative Fuels: Bruce Podobnik, associate professor of sociology
The End of Suburbia?: Bob Goldman, professor of sociology |
Lunch Debate - 12:40 p.m.-1:40 p.m.--Templeton, Stamm
The Mock Debate
Student produced theater about global warming debate featuring selected U.S. presidential candidates and world leaders
Discussion leader: Stephen Weeks, associate professor of theatre/department chair
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Period 5 - 1:50 - 2:50 p.m.
DebateResolved that Congress should establish a goal of 70% reduction from 2008 GHG emissions to be achieved by the year 2050
Templeton, Council Chamber
Pro: Dan Rohlf, associate professor of law/director, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center
Con: Jim Huffman, professor of law
Moderated by David Ellis, Vice President, Secretary, and Legal Counsel, Lewis & Clark
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Models Across the Disciplines
Tempelton, Stamm
General Circulation Climate Models: Peter Drake, assistant professor of computer science
Representing the Paleo-Record: Liz Safran, associate professor of geological science
Modeling the Future Economy: Tanmoy Bhattacharya, visiting instructor of economics
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Noah: Lessons for a Century of Extinction?
Albany 218
Noah as Metaphor: Kurt Fosso, Associate Professor and Director English/Academic Advising and Exploration and Discovery
Waiting for signs:Susanna Morrill, assistant professor of religious studies
Ark Design: Jay Odenbaugh, assistant professor of philosophy
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Reducing our carbon footprint at Lewis & Clark: How do we get there?
Albany 220
Richard Bettega, associate vice president for facilities
Discussion leader: Meagan Nuss, student member, Lewis & Clark Sustainability Council
For further information, see President's Climate Commitment
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Economics Roundtable Cap and Auction, Carbon Taxes, R&D: Can We Afford This?
Templeton, Thayer
Members of the Department of Economics
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3 p.m--3:30 p.m., Templeton foyer--International perspectives on global warming
International students from Japan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia present posters and comments.
3:15-4:15 P.M., TEMPLETON, STAMM--RE-BROADCAST OF 2% SOLUTION
3:30-4:30 p.m., TempletonCouncil Chamber
Politics and Global Warming Solutions
Oregon's Congresswoman from the 5th District, Darlene Hooley was invited to speak on the political issues surrounding global warming through video link but was unable to accept our invitation. Daniel Lerch, program manager, Post Carbon Cities will join us to discuss the relationship between government, energy, uncertainty, and city planning.
4:30 p.m.-- Buses depart from Templeton for University of Portland and Regional Summit at the Chiles Center. Bus transportation courtesy of Barnes & Noble College Bookstore
FOCUS THE NATION REGIONAL SUMMIT
Focus the Nation: Live at the Chiles Center, University of Portland
AN OPB RADIO "GREEN DEMOCRACY" FORUM
Also featuring Live Wire! and Stars of Track and Field!
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE TICKET.
Busses will leave Templeton at 4:30 p.m., returning to campus by 8:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m. Doors open
5:20 p.m. Live Wire!
5:45 p.m. Preparation for Live OPB Green Democracy Forum
6:00 p.m. Focus the Nation Live at the Chiles Center - An OPB Green Democracy Forum
7:05 p.m. More with Live Wire!
7:40 p.m. Music with Stars of Track and Field
On January 31, 2008 the University of Portland, in coordination with Portland State University, Portland Community College, Lewis and Clark College, and other Oregon colleges and universities, will host a major event as part of the Focus the Nation project.
The intent is to create a serious, sustained and truly national discussion about clean energy solutions, linking students and citizens directly with our political leaders. Focus the Nation is driven by teams of faculty and students at over a thousand colleges, universities and K-12 schools collaboratively engaging in a nationwide, interdisciplinary discussion about Global Warming Solutions for America.
The heart of the regional event will feature a "Green Democracy" forum in which panels of students from across the Northwest will pose questions, with follow up, to policy makers. The event as a whole will focus on solutions to the global warming threat.
Allison Frost of OPB Radio News is producing, and Sandra Tsing Loh of NPR fame is serving as moderator and host. The forum will air live on OPB radio stations throughout Oregon and SW Washington, from 6 p.m.- 7 p.m. The event will be free to the public and will include students and citizens throughout Oregon and southwest Washington. We expect a live audience in the Chiles of 4,000 and a radio listening audience of over 100,000 people.
There will be a variety of great entertainment as well, including crowd participation, global warming haiku, music, and climate change themed comedy with Live Wire! The band Stars of Track and Field will conclude the event.
We have solicited the states politicians for involvement in the round table portion of the program. Official invitations have gone out to Senators Wyden and Smith, Governor Kulongoski, and members of the Oregon congressional delegation. Governor Kulongoski and Congressman Earl Blumenauer have indicated that they will attend, with other invitations pending.
In a Green Torch Relay from Portland to Salem, Oregon students from across the state presented well over 3000 signatures urging policy makers to participate in the program.
Updated February 11, 2008
Michael Ford, Associate Vice President for Campus Life
Member, Organizing Committee, Lewis & Clark Focus the Nation
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