Highline Community College

CALENDAR ITEM

FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY

DATE: January 22, 2008

CONTACT: Emily Coates: (206) 878-3710, ext. 3047; ecoates@highline.edu

Lisa Skari: (206) 870-3705; lskari@highline.edu

Event: Focus the Nation ~ Global Warming Solutions for America

Date(s): Thursday, January 31, 2008

Time: 9:00am – 10:00am: From the Farm to Your Plate

11:00am – 12:00pm: From Your Home to Work or School

12:00pm – 1:00pm: From Your Paycheck to Your Ballot

Price: Free

Location: Highline Community College’s main campus, Building 29 (Higher Education Center), room 116

Highline’s main campus is located midway between Seattle and Tacoma at South 240th Street and Pacific Highway South (Highway 99); address: 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines, WA 98198.

Description: Three sessions will look at how transportation, food, economic and political choices affect climate change. Attendees can stay for any or all of the sessions.

Sponsored by: Highline’s Sustainability Taskforce, Climate Change Group and Environmental Club

Web site: http://flightline.highline.edu/sustainability/ftn

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Highline Community College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County. With approximately 9,500 students and 350,000 alumni, it is one of the state’s largest institutions of higher education. The college offers a wide range of academic transfer and professional-technical education programs, with day, evening and weekend classes. Alumni include former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, entrepreneur Junki Yoshida and noted author Ann Rule.