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Contact: Jan Fiderio at 603.283.2107 or Abigail Abrash Walton at 603.283.2344

September 30, 2008 for Immediate Release

Plastics as the Solution to Global Warming: Fact or Fantasy?

Antioch University New England invites the public to attend this Carbon Counts Program

When: Wednesday, October 22
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Where: The Antioch University New England Community Room, 40 Avon Street, Keene, NH

Keene, NH - Petroleum hydro-cracking yields the raw materials for plastic manufacturing, an industry some tout as increasingly “carbon-friendly.” Come October 22 to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of plastics from a life-cycle perspective, with a focus on human health.

Tamara Adkins will lead the discussion for this Antioch University New England Carbon Counts program. Tamara earned a Master's degree in international public health from Oregon State University, and is currently a doctoral candidate in the environmental studies program at Antioch University New England. She is a researcher on staff with Environmental Health Sciences, an independent not-for-profit research group.

Carbon Counts is a program of AUNE's Sustainability and Social Justice Committee (SSJC).

About AUNE's Sustainability and Social Justice Committee (SSJC)
The SSJC plays a key role in supporting AUNE's efforts to be a responsible environmental steward and a model for other universities in the region by assessing and reducing AUNE's contribution to the problem of global warming. AUNE has set a goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2020.

As part of the committee's efforts, the SSJC launched the Carbon Counts: You Can Too education and action campaign. Now in its second year, this campaign includes regular educational programs about how to reduce carbon emissions, including the Carbon Counts brown-bag lunch series that feature in-house experts. Past Carbon Counts speakers and topics include:

Food and Climate - Lead by AUNE environmental studies master's candidate and SSJC research and outreach coordinator, Katie Stoner

How Many Psychologists Does it Take to Change a Lot of Incandescent Light Bulbs - Lead by AUNE clinical psychology faculty, George Tremblay and Jim Fauth

Biodiesel rising... but where is it going? - Lead by Keene State College faculty member and AUNE PhD graduate, Nora Traviss

Water from The Hills: Climate Change and Hope - Lead by AUNE resource management and conservation program director, Michael Simpson

About Antioch University New England (AUNE)
This is Antioch University New England's forty-sixth year as an institution of higher education. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, AUNE offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values-based master's, doctoral, and certificate programs to more than one thousand students. Degrees in education, leadership and management, environmental studies, and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service, and sustainability. Antioch University New England is the oldest and largest of Antioch University’s graduate campuses. For more information about Antioch University New England visit our web site at: www.antiochne.edu.

About Antioch University
Antioch University, a visionary academic community composed of five campuses in four states, is uniquely capable of bringing its students' brightest ideals and highest ambitions to life. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life, and regional or national identity. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders, and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information visit: www.antioch.edu.

For more information about Antioch University New England, contact Jan Fiderio at 603-283-2107.

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