NATIONAL TEACH-IN ON GLOBAL WARMING at TCNJ
2/5/2009
TCNJ will be hosting a wide variety of activities on campus as part of the National Teach-in on Global Warming on Thursday, February 5, 2009. The schedule of events for the day follows.
All members of the TCNJ community and the public are invited. More details will be posted to http://www.tcnj.edu/climate/nationalteach.html as they are available. The National Teach-In website is: http://www.nationalteachin.org/.
Times, Activities, and Locations
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. National Teach-In Day Video. ½ hour video shown in multiple venues around campus: School of Business monitors, Brower Student Center lobbies and residence hall lounges. Also on TCNJ Cable channel #20
11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. “Green Fair” in Brower Student Center atrium : green careers, compact fluorescent light bulb distribution, greening IT, recycling at TCNJ, Environmental Studies Concentration, President’s Climate Commitment Committee, Poster sessions and others.
11:30 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. Plate Scrape in Eickhoff , Eickhoff Dining Hall
11:30 a.m. – 12 noon. Plenary Speaker: NJ DEP Commissioner Mark Mauriello, Brower Student Center 202E
12:15 – 2 p.m. Faculty Panel: “Climate Change : Where do we go from here?” Mort Winston (Philosophy), Nate Magee (Physics), Marty Bierbaum (MLUC), Matt Bender (History), Brower Student Center BSC 202E.
12:15 -1 p.m. “Introducing Sustainable Jersey: A Better Tomorrow, One Community at a Time,” Donna Drewes, MLUC, Brower Student Center 210
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Demonstration test drives in Smart ForTwo Cars, Brower Student Center parking lot 2A
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. TRashion Show: Teams of students will make outfits from trash and compete to win prizes, Forcina Hall 134