NBA's Steve Nash and TCP's Inconvenient Youth Team Up for Lesson on Climate Change
02/13/09
Classrooms in the US and Canada participated in a special webcast today by Phoenix Suns Steve Nash and Inconvenient Youth presenter Conti Kolokotronis. Kolokotronis, a high school sophomore from Carmichael, California, explained the basic science behind global warming and why it is important for all of us to reduce our carbon footprint. The two also discussed the influential role young people can play in getting their peers and communities to take better care of the environment.
The program, targeted at youth in grades 6-12, was made possible by a partnership between The Climate Project, The Steve Nash Foundation, NBA Cares and Cisco.
Inconvenient Youth, a teen network inspired by former Vice President Al Gore's Academy Award-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, is now officially affiliated with The Climate Project. TCP's Raj Shukla, Manager of School Programs, will oversee the initiative.
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