LIVE MUSEUM WEBCAST FOCUSES ON “THE 2% SOLUTION” TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma in Norman will take part in a national forum on environmental issues at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 with “The 2% Solution,” a live interactive Webcast produced by Focus the Nation. The Webcast will be screened in the museum’s Kerr auditorium. . It is part of a series of Focus the Nation events taking place on the OU campus during the month of January. Admission is free and open to the public.

“The 2% Solution” will feature Stanford climate scientist Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins, and green jobs pioneer Van Jones. The Webcast will include an audience-based discussion of global warming solutions, including opportunities for audiences to weigh in with cell phone voting. The event is free and open to the public.

“The 2% Solution” is produced by Focus the Nation with the support of the National Wildlife Federation, and hosted on Earth Day Network TV. Focus the Nation is an educational initiative organizing a national teach-in on global warming solutions for America—creating a dialogue at more than a thousand venues, and directly engaging millions of students and citizens with the nation’s decision-makers.

“In the next few years, we as a nation will make, or fail to make, critical decisions regarding global warming pollution and clean technology investments,” reads a statement on the Focus the Nation Web site. “These decisions will have far-reaching and irreversible impacts on the lives of today’s students and the lives of their children. At this moment in time, we owe our young people at least a day of focused discussion about global warming solutions for America.”

“As part of our mission to inspire understanding and stewardship of the earth, we feel that it is important that we participate in directly addressing the issue of global warming,” said museum Director Ellen Censky. “By hosting ‘The 2% Solution,” we can encourage community dialogue about these important issues and hopefully help to educate the public and increase our national commitment to make changes now for the sake of the future of our planet. We encourage everyone to participate in this national discussion and become involved in this critical movement.”

Individuals and other organizations also may host their own screening of the live Webcast.  Information on how to do so is available at http://www.focusthenation.org/howtohost_2percent.doc

Information about other Focus the Nation events at OU will be available at http://www.focusthenation.org/actionmap/?type=sing&id=437

The SNOMNH is located at Timberdell Road and Chautauqua Avenue in Norman. Additional information about this and other programs at the museum is available at the museum’s Web site: www.snomnh.ou.edu or by calling (405) 325-4712.

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