Issue date: 2/5/08 Section: News

Media Credit: John Dale - THE BATTALION Thursday night in the MSC flag room, members of Focus The Nation speak to the community about ways to clean up College Stations' emissions through several different programs. Focus The Nation is an organization that specializes in spreading awareness of the threat of global warming. [Click to enlarge]

Many positive and necessary steps have been taken in the realms of environmental awareness, climate change, sustainability and energy efficiency in the College Station community. Thursday local leaders came together at Focus the Nation to discuss the changes made and those that still need to be made in the area.

Graduate student Kelly Tackitt moderated the discussion between panel members and the audience. Panel members included business owners, city council members, professors and a student leader. The panel discussed a variety of topics under the umbrella of environmental crisis and weighed in opinions, personal experiences, institutional initiatives and the general direction that needs to be taken in the years ahead. After the panel answered the prepared questions, the audience was given a chance to ask questions.

When Tackitt asked of the panel what their organizations were doing to reduce the community's fossil fuel emissions, increase sustainability and educate the community about climate change, a variety of perspectives emerged.

Chairwoman of Student Government Association's Environmental Issues Committee Amanda Grosgebauer responded to this question by outlining her organization's priority of education.

"[EIC focuses] on programs which enhance environmental education and awareness, projects which reduce the community's overall impact on the environment and sound environmental legislation on and off campus," said the senior creative writing and American studies major.

Stella Woodward, a leader in College Station's Cool Cities Campaign, said the campaign was "an initiative that is helping cities all over the world to pledge to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases."

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