| I wanted to make sure the Burnt Orange community knows about the statewide global warming youth conference happening on the UT campus February 8-10. This is the first time students from colleges all over the state are getting together, creating a youth climate movement that will transcend individual schools. And while the conference is aimed at students and young people, it is open to all. So even if you are not a currently registered student, you can still attend. Go to www.reenergizetexas.org for more information. It's being put on by some of the same folks who organized PowerShift, the recent nationwide student conference that attracted over 5000 students and young people. From the media advisory.... Hundreds of young adults from across Texas will converge in Austin February 8-10 for the first statewide youth conference on climate change. At the “Re-Energize Texas Summit, 300 college and high school students will learn about solutions to global warming and how to effectively put those solutions into practice. "This is an incredible opportunity for young Texans to create a powerful youth coalition to make Texas a leader in safe, clean, just and affordable climate solutions,” said Praween Dayananda, Campus Field Coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation and one of the organizers of the Summit. “Students will learn what’s at stake and how to take action on campus and in their communities.” Keynote speakers include wildlife biologist Dr. Camille Parmesan, Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg, commentator Jim Hightower, Reverend Lennox Yearwood of the Hip-Hop Caucus, Peter Illyn of Restoring Eden, Tom "Smitty" Smith of Public Citizen, Arlington mayor Robert Cluck, and Ted Glick of The US Climate Emergency Council. For more information, go to http://www.reenergizetexas.org/.
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