College Students Seeing Green As The Way To Go

In the wave of the "St. Peters Go Green", I found an article that explained the pheonomena, and made me realize that this "going green" business isn't just an isolated St. Peters approved activity. Apparently campuses like the Univeristy of Tennessee in Knoxville, the University of Utah, the University of Vermont and many others (including St. Peters College) have all jumped on the band wagon, in order to stop the burning of fossil fuels, which had attributed to the problem of Global Warming. A student who was interviewed from the University of Tennessee, named Katelyn McCormick, was adament about the campaign and encouraged all college students, and campuses to join the rest of the nation in educating and preventing the spread of global warming. She said, " Global warming, environmental injustices and social injustices are so closely tied together that you can't separate one from another, I definitely have found my passion and plan to make this part of my life."
The national organization is actually called "Focus on the Nation", and has been rapidly spreading helping bring together multipe generations, making the world look like a more and more eco-friendly place everyday. One student commented on the hard work, and dedication of all involved, and said, "You've got the old-school people in the movement who fought in the civil rights movement. And you've got these instinctually brilliant young people who know how to organize, who know how to broadcast, because they already organize every day when they look for friends (on Facebook or MySpace).
I in particular find the last quote in the article important because it shows that there is little or no prejudice when it comes to who is involved, and which mode of involvement they use, just so long as the word of spread of the movement. It is exciting that such a large-scale movement such as "Focus on the Nation" is being used to benefit all societies, and is being handed over to future generations, because it shows a transistion of power, but also a level of trust.

<http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-03-12-focus-the-nation_N.htm>