UU Leaders SEED student group ASUU Sustainability Board Office of Sustainability

1. UU Teach-In Faculty > 50 instructors during week of Jan 28 UU Endorsers SEPA student group Net Impact student group UU Academic Senate Office of Interdisciplinary Studies Lowell Bennion Community Service Center UU Leaders SEED student group ASUU Sustainability Board Office of Sustainability Community Endorsers Net Impact professional chapter Utah Chapter of Interfaith Power & Light

2. Purpose • Decisions need to be made today to re-stabilize global climate • A nation-wide transformation is required • Personal lifestyle changes are only part of the solution • Students, their children and grandchildren will live the consequences • We owe the next generations a brief time to discuss how to improve our outlook for their future • Instigate federal policy making

3. Current Issues

4. 2007 Nobel Prizes U’s Distinguished Professor Mario Capecchi for Physiology or Medicine Global warming "may induce large-scale migration and lead to greatercompetition for the earth's resources. There may be increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states." Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change and Al Gore for Peace

5. JON HUNTSMAN JR. Utah Joined May 21, 2007 Western Regional Climate Action InitiativeFebruary 26, 2007 Goal: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming Improve Utah’s overall energy efficiency 20% by 2015 Considering 15-to-20% renewable energy by 2020

6. Governors’ Appeal to Congress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E30ml3QvvJ0

7. UU Public Comment Period Recommendation that President Young Sign January 14 to February 8 • Develop a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy use by changing: • building design and operation • purchasing policies • transportation fuel use (including commuting) • electricity use http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/

8. National Context National Teach-In >1300 colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, faith groups, civic organizations and businesses • VOTE Online for YOUR top 5! • January 21 to February 12 • Invest in the Clean Energy Revolution • Create Green Jobs, Save Energy • No New Coal Plants without “Capture and Sequestration” • Cap Pollution and Cut Checks (to All Americans) • Build Green: Carbon Neutral by 2030 • Jumpstart Low Polluting Biofuel • Support Stronger Forests • Tax Global Warming Pollution • Cleaner Cars, California-Style • Get Efficient – Cut Energy, Save Money UN’s IPCC says.... to hold global warming to the low end (3-4 degrees F), global emissions of CO2 must peak in 2025. Thus….. developing countries must cut emissions 80% by 2050 or ~2% per year. • Expert panel discussion • Nation-wide audience polling via cell phone voting www.focusthenation.org

9. U of U Context Culminating Event January 31 Panel Discussion: Utah's Political Leadership and Policy Solutions to Global Climate Change -  Mayor Corroon, Mayor Becker and the Governor’s Energy Advisor Dianne Nielson. Co-Hosted by the Hinckley Institute of Politics   6:00 pm to 7:30 pm – Utah Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium Main Events January 23 Panel Discussion: Interfaith dialogue about Climate Change.6:30 pm – University of Utah Olpin Union 4th floor, Panorama East room January 30 Focus the Nation 2% Solution Webcast - Cimate scientist, Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins, green jobs pioneer and youth climate leaders discuss global warming solutions with audience polling. 6:00pm – University of Utah Olpin Union Theater www.sustainability.utah.edu/focus.htm

10. U of U Context Associated Events January 15 - Stegner Symposia: Greenbag series - Sustainability in Building and Design    12:15pm – S.J. Quinney College of Law, rm. 106   January 17 - Utah Museum of Natural History: The Nature of Things lecture series - Snow in the West: Implications for Global Warming and Our Economy    7:00pm – The City Library, Main Auditorium January 19 - Workshop on Permaculture principles and practice:  Hands-on solutions to Climate Change   9:30am to 4:00pm – University of Utah Olpin Union Building January 22 - Stegner Symposia: Greenbag series - Sustainable Development and Management of Ski Resorts  12:15pm – S.J. Quinney College of Law, r m. 106 www.sustainability.utah.edu/focus.htm

11. Teach-In Classroom Approach • Focus the Nation Introduction • Climate Change Basics • Don’t overdo ‘doom & gloom’ • Overview of Proposed Solutions • Move beyond personal lifestyle changes • Aim for national transformation • Course Content Connection • Find topic of personal interest • Discussion • Encourage/Require Event Participation Ask your colleagues to participate!