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Contact: Jean Amaral, Antioch University New England (603.283.2404) or Mary Jensen, Keene State College (603.358.2567)

January 24, 2008 for Immediate Release

Climate Change Solutions: Political and Personal

When: Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 7-10p.m.
Where: Keene State College Mabel Brown Room
Who: Antioch University New England and Keene State College

State Senator Molly Kelly; Leigh Marthe, community representative for New Hampshire's U.S. representative Paul Hodes; and Antioch's Abi Abrash Walton to participate in pre-webcast discussion.

Keene, NH - On January 30, Antioch University New England and Keene State College will team up to present a live, interactive, webcast from Focus the Nation called The 2% Solution. The program will feature Stanford climate scientist Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins, green jobs pioneer Van Jones and youth climate leaders, for a discussion of global warming solutions. The webcast will run from 8-9 p.m.

Before the webcast, from 7-8 p.m., New Hampshire State Senator Molly Kelly; Leigh Marthe, Community Representative for New Hampshire's U.S. representative Paul Hodes; and Antioch's Abi Abrash Walton, core faculty in the Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program at Antioch University New England, will discuss the best means of communicating with politicians to help effect policy changes.

This program is one of Antioch University New England's Focus the Nation events. Focus the Nation is an educational initiative that promotes civic engagement and focuses on global warming solutions. (www.focusthenation.org) Antioch will be a local event epicenter, teaming up with the Sierra Club and Keene State College to widen regional impact.

The week-long series of events include lunchtime discussions and the inclusion of global warming topics in classroom curriculum during a national teach-in. All programs are free and open to the public. For more information visit: www.antiochne.edu or call Jean Amaral at 603.283.2404 or Mary Jensen at 603.358.2567.

About Antioch University New England
This is Antioch University New England's forty-fourth year as an institution of higher education. The graduate school was founded in 1964 and is now one of the five graduate campuses of Antioch University.

Antioch University New England, based in Keene, New Hampshire, offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values-based Master's, Doctoral and certificate programs to more than one thousand students. Programs in education, leadership and management, environmental studies, and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service, and sustainability.

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