National Teach-In :INDEX

Join Stephen Schneider on Weds Call: Everybody Knows a Teacher!

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

One thing you can do to stop global warming right now is to forward this e-mail to a teacher—a friend, or your kid’s teacher, a cousin, or a colleague. Tell them about the National Teach-In on Global Warming Solutions, set for Thursday, February 5th.

With the election over, it is tempting to assume that the hard work is done. But the same coalition that has stifled progress to date—the fossil fuel industry, along with “government is the problem” politicians—are still in Washington, still fighting to preserve the “business as usual” that is on track to destroy half the life on the planet. The only thing powerful enough to overcome DC gridlock is a mobilized American public—so get moving, and tell a teacher (or a leader at your church, synagogue or mosque) to join the Teach-In!

This Wednesday, you can join Stanford climate scientist Dr. Stephen Schneider on our organizing call, Wednesday, 12/03 at noon eastern. Steve will update us on the scientific backdrop facing the new President in the first 100 days. Call in number is 1-218-486-8700, passcode 020509.

Participation in the teach-in is easy:

	WEBCAST: Screen the launch web cast, The First 100 Days, featuring David Orr, Hunter Lovins, and youth climate leaders Billy Parish and Wahela Johns. Watch the webcast in a campus auditorium, church basement or hold a D.I.Y. Teach-In in your living room.
	TEACH-IN: Campuses can engage further with day-long teach-ins—we have model curricula for schools from K-8 to university levels. Schools planning major events include the University of Central Florida, Skidmore College, and Missouri State. Use the Teach-In to highlight progress on your campus—or lack of it—towards the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment.
	CLIMATE DIALOGUE: End your teach-in in a round-table dialogue with decision-makers: inviting Governors, mayors, and city-councilors to sit down with young people for face-to-face conversation about solutions. Let us know, and we will also invite your federal representatives to engage with your teach-in via video dialogues that we are setting up in the capitol on February 5th.

Already, more than 400 colleges, universities, high schools and K-8 schools around the country (also churches, synagogues, mosques, libraries, civic organizations and businesses) have signed on to participate. At a critical moment at the beginning of the new administration, help mobilize thousands of institutions and millions of Americans, and on this one day, raise global warming solutions to the top of the nation’s agenda.

Thanks for the work you are doing.

Professor Eban Goodstein, Co-Director
Chungin Chung, Co-Director

National Teach-In Phone-IN

Join Dr. Stephen Schneider on the National Teach-in Organizing Phone Call, Wednesday December 12th, Noon Eastern, 9:00 am Pacific. Calls will be the first and third Wednesdays of every month, so mark your calendars! Watch for guest appearances by Ross Gelbspan, Bill McKibben, James Speth, Betsy Taylor, David Orr, Stephen Schneider, Hunter Lovins, and Jessy Tolkan! Call in number is 1-218-486-8700, passcode 020509. — See Phone-In

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NEW BOOKS & VIDEOS ON FIGHTING GLOBAL WARMING

Fighting For Love In The Century of Extinction: Emerging from Eban Goodstein´s work as both an economist and a leader in the clean energy movement, this passionate book sets a new frame for helping Americans understand global warming as the challenge of our generation.

The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems: With inspiring vision and a timely focus on the economic crisis, Van Jones new book is a critical resource for global warming educators.