For Release: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

DEC Education Centers To Participate In Global Warming "Teach-In"

Two-Day Web Cast Event on Global Warming Solutions to take place Jan. 30 - 31

There will be numerous sites across New York State where people can participate in the two-day Focus the Nation "2% Solution" web cast event. The web cast will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 30, and be followed by a national "teach-in" about global warming set for Thursday, Jan. 31. The event is designed to help stimulate dialog and action on climate change. Various state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) educational centers will participate in the event (see list below).

The web cast event organized by "Focus the Nation," is part of an unprecedented national educational initiative on global warming solutions for America. It will be hosted at more than 1,300 universities and colleges and in communities within all 50 states across the nation. As the largest "teach-in" in U.S. history, "Focus the Nation" is intended to engage millions of students and numerous communities in collaborative discussion of global warming solutions.

Reducing the impacts of climate change is a top priority for New York State. This year, DEC established a new division, the Climate Change Office, dedicated to the issue of global warming and climate change. The office will play a key role in carrying out the state's programs to reduce emissions and implement initiatives to accelerate the protection of air, land and water quality. Through the new office, DEC will implement climate change actions that include helping implement the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and other carbon dioxide reduction efforts. Visit the Focus the Nation website at http://www.focusthenation.org/ to link to information about the web cast and click on the interactive map provided on each page of the website to find participating sites in your area. The DEC sites are:

Five Rivers Environmental Education Center
56 Game Farm Road, Delmar, NY 12054
Ph: 518-475-0291
January 30 at 8:00 PM
Five Rivers, in cooperation with Audubon New York, cordially invites you to come to our web cast screening, expected to be the biggest national teach-in in history, via live feed.

Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center
79 Farmstead Lane, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Ph: 845-831-8780
January 30 at 7:00 PM
The program will open with a presentation by Pete Seeger, followed by the web cast at 8:00 PM. After the web cast, a panel discussion plus Q&A session with local experts will take place.

Rogers Environmental Education Center
2721 State Highway 80, Sherburne, NY 13460-4507
Ph: 607-674-4017
January 30 at 7:00 PM
Join us at Rogers Center at 7:00 PM to take part in the web cast, "2% Solution." Light refreshments will be provided.

Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve
93 Honorine Drive, Depew, NY 14043
Ph: 716-683-5959
January 30 at 6:30 PM, more on January 31

On January 30, join us for a FREE snowshoe walk at 6:30 pm, then warm up with hot cocoa and dessert while watching a screening of the "2% Solution" web cast. Refreshments provided by Friends of Reinstein Nature Preserve, Inc. On January 31, local leaders are invited to join DEC Regional Director Abby Snyder for a rebroadcast of the 2% Solution followed by a discussion of global warming solutions and economic opportunities.