Union (college) to help "Focus the Nation" on global warming and sustainability efforts

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Students, faculty and staff will join more than 1,500 campuses Thursday, Jan. 31 for “Focus the Nation,” a national discussion on global warming and sustainability. The campaign challenges 50 faculty members per campus to spend 10 minutes discussing sustainability in their classrooms.

Suggestions may be found at http://www.focusthenation.org/.



Students have organized a water taste-test for Wednesday, Jan. 30 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center designed to raise awareness of the environmental costs of drinking bottled water. The test will compare bottled water, filtered tap water and regular tap water; results will be published in the next issue of Concordiensis.

“Because it’s perceived as being ‘hipper’ to drink bottled water, students think they prefer it,” said Jackie Cockburn, visiting instructor of Geology. The test is being organized by students in her Environmental Sciences and Policy Senior Capstone Seminar. “But the environmental cost involves more than just water resources and includes manufacturing the bottles and transporting the product to where it’s sold.”

Union will also present a live, one-hour Webcast, “The 2% Solution” 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 in the F.W. Olin Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.

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I always like to see who is running these things.
http://www.focusthenation.org/whoweare.php