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UC to participate in national climate change teach-in Focus the Nation, UC Newsroom, January 25, 2008

Idea Fair Anchors a Busy 'Focus the Nation' Day on Jan. 31, UC Davis News & Information, January 17, 2008

Program Growing for Climate Change Teach-in on Jan. 30-31, UC Davis News & Information, December 20, 2007

UC Davis Announces Plans for Jan. 31 Focus the Nation, UC Davis News & Information, December 4, 2007

In the Headlines

FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE: Campus energized for historic, ‘largest ever’ teach-in, Dateline — UC Davis, February 8, 2008

UC Davis students think locally for Focus the Nation, UC Davis Spotlight, February 8, 2008

UCD fair offers tools to save planet, The Sacramento Bee, February 1, 2008

UCD to tackle climate change, The Sacramento Bee, January 31, 2008

Promo for UC Davis "Focus the Nation," KXJZ-FM (Nat'l Public Radio affiliate, Sacramento), January 30, 2008

Teach-In, Idea Fair, tours planned all day Thursday at UC Davis, Davis Enterprise, Davis, CA, January 27, 2008

Putting the focus on climate change Thursday at UC Davis, Davis Enterprise, Davis, CA, January 26, 2008

Broad ‘focus’ for global warming discussion on Jan. 31, Dateline — UC Davis, January 25, 2008

Idea fair at UCD to discuss solutions to global warming, Davis Enterprise, Davis, CA, January 18, 2008

A focused effort for climate change solutions: Focus Your Art visualizes change tonight at Delta of Venus, The California Aggie, January 17, 2008

Motivations for sustainability, The California Aggie, January 16, 2008

Artists team up to help the Earth, Davis Enterprise, Davis, CA, January 14, 2008

Focus the Nation: global warming teach-in, CA&ES News & Events, January 14, 2008

Get ready Jan. 31 to brainstorm on solutions at Focus the Nation, UC Davis Spotlight, January 8, 2008

Program growing for January teach-in on climate change, Davis Enterprise, Davis, CA, December 24, 2007

Climate change in 'focus' at university, Dateline — UC Davis, December 14, 2007

UCD puts focus on climate change, Daily Democrat, Woodland, CA, December 12, 2007

Climate change teach-in planned, Davis Enterprise, Davis, CA, December 5, 2007

Sustainability Summit warily eyes climate change, Dateline — UC Davis, May 4, 2007

Boilerplate

Focus the Nation (www.focusthenation.org) is an unprecedented educational initiative on global warming solutions for America occurring at more than 1,000 universities and colleges and in all 50 states on Jan. 31, 2008. As the largest teach-in in U.S. history, Focus the Nation is preparing millions of students to become leaders in the largest civilizational challenge any generation has faced. Focus the Nation UC Davis will examine personal and societal responses that offer commitment, leadership, and technical and economic solutions to the challenges posed by climate change. Students, faculty, staff and members of the community will gather to learn, ask questions and challenge assumptions about climate change solutions. For more information, please visit http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/focus/.

Media contact(s):

Suanne Klahorst, Focus the Nation UC Davis programming coordinator, John Muir Institute of the Environment, 530-754-9167, sjklahorst@ucdavis.edu

Sylvia Wright, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-7704, swright@ucdavis.edu

Also check out the Media Room at focusthenation.org!