It’s Getting Hot In Here

What’s up, youth climate movement? Focus the Nation here. We haven’t spoken in a little while, but exciting things have been happening in our crazy little attic at Lewis & Clark College. Just earlier this week our 900th team signed up, bringing us within double digits of our total goal: 1000 groups registered for Focus the Nation. Can you taste it? Yeah, it’s that close.

But close only counts, as they say, in horseshoes and hand grenades. Our goal, admittedly far-fetched, is to get to 1000 by next week. So it’s all hands on deck time. I know you’re all getting stoked for Power Shift (and we are too — see you there!) but take just a minute to check out our wishlist and look for any school in your area that hasn’t signed up. Then give them a call. Ask for the sustainability coordinator, ask for the environmental studies department, ask for the biology department. Heck, just get somebody on the phone — that’s most of the battle. Once you’re talking to a faculty or staff member, ask them to sign up. If they won’t or can’t, ask them who will. There is somebody at every school who will do this, we just need to find them.

I’m going to be honest for a minute: I’m not sure we can do this. If our current progress is a good indication, in fact, we won’t. But last time we asked you for help, you came through in a big way.

Let’s see you do it again.