Focus the Nation

 
 

  1. •For our part in the teach-in Youth CAN will be focusing on integrating climate awareness into every part of the school day.

  2. •Activities:

  3. •We will provide and promote the use of relevant lesson plans for teachers in all disciplines (send us links that you find and we’ll post them on an educator’s page on our website where you may direct your teachers who want to access them. The plan is to give every educator the option of choosing to educate their students about global warming and climate action on the 31st if they are so inclined. Education Committee

  4. •BLS Youth CAN will be hosting an informative assembly for juniors and seniors at Boston Latin School that day.

  5. •We will offer relevant film screenings in multiple locations that day.

  6. •We will have our improve group doing global warming “street theater” about global warming during the lunches.

  7. •We will sell carbon footprints with global warming info on them.  One of the footprints will make the purchaser eligible for a grand prize.

  8. •We will tape the walls inside the school with blue tape, indicating where the water line would be if melting ice were to result in sea levels rising 20’ due to unchecked global warming. 

  9. •We will sell carbon off set patches that benefit the development of wind power.

Focus the Nation is a day designated as a national teach-in about global warming.  It will take place on January 31st at high schools and colleges all over the nation.  We are encouraging all Youth CAN member groups to register as a Focus the Nation group at www.focusthenation.org 

BLS Focus The Nation