TCNJ News
For Immediate Release
January 29, 2009
The College of New Jersey joins the National Teach-In
Hundreds of campuses, faith and civic organizations, and businesses help build grassroots support to achieve critical action on climate change during President Obama’s First 100 Days
EWING, NJ … On February 5, The College of New Jersey will participate in the National Teach-In on Global Warming Solutions, joining millions of Americans gathered to discuss concrete policy options to address climate change.
The new administration now faces the entrenched opposition that blocked President Clinton and Vice President Gore from tangible action on climate during their eight years in office. And throughout history, the only force in American politics that has overcome gridlock in Washington has been a powerful grassroots movement.
The National Teach-In supports an emerging, intergenerational movement of students and citizens demanding clean energy solutions to global warming. We are all busy with jobs, school, kids. Yet as Americans, we have been granted this special place in history. In 2009, our country will pass sweeping legislation that initiates a clean energy revolution, inspires global cooperation, and stabilizes the global climate.
The National Teach-In is planning a one-day launch on February 5 to engage our country in critical discussion during the First 100 Days of the incoming administration, and guide students and citizens toward actions they can take.
TCNJ presents the following schedule of events, all are free and open to the public:
Plenary Speaker: NJ DEP Commissioner Mark Mauriello / 11:30AM-12:00PM, BSC 202E
Faculty Panel: "Climate Change: Where do we go from here?" Matthew Bender (assistant professor, history); Martin Bierbaum (director, Municipal Land Use Center); Nate Magee (assistant professor, physics); Morton Winston (professor, philosophy and religion) / 12:15-2:00PM, BSC 202
Sustainable Jersey: A Better Tomorrow, One Community at a Time. Donna Drewes, community planner, Municipal Land Use Center / 12:15-1:00PM, BSC 210
Green Fair and Poster Session. Includes green careers, free low energy compact fluorescent light bulbs courtesy of Pemberton Supply Co., and more. / 11:00AM-2:30PM, BSC Atrium
Plate Scrape in Eickhoff Dining Hall. Students will scrape their plates into bins which will be weighed to estimate the amount of food waste produced on a daily basis. / 11:30AM-1:30PM.
Smart Car Demonstration. Learn about Smart Cars and take one for a test drive. Courtesy of Ray Catena smart center Edison / 2:00-4:00 PM, Parking Lot 2A
“Today’s college students are truly the greatest generation,” says Lewis & Clark professor of economics Dr. Eban Goodstein, project director for the National Teach-In. “No other generation has ever had to face this kind of civilizational challenge. And we as educators would be failing if we did not prepare them with the tools to meet this challenge.”
For more information on TCNJ’s participation in the National Teach-In, please visit www.thenationalteachin.org, or call 609.771.3066.
About The College of New Jersey
TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the 75 "Most Competitive" schools in the nation by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges, is rated the No. 1 public institution in the northern region of the country by U.S. News & World Report, and is one of Kiplinger's Personal Finance's top educational values in the country. In 2006, the College joined an elite group of institutions when it was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Fewer than 10 percent of the nation's colleges and universities share this honor.
