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Find out how award-winning students and staff are creating real solutions to global warming on campuses across the country by watching the free 2009 Webcast for Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming!

Eight colleges and universities from across the United States won national recognition in the National Wildlife Federation's annual competition, Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming. This award program is the nation's only campus competition to promote sustainability and honor U.S. schools that are advancing creative solutions to global warming on their campuses.

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Environmental visionaries and advocates from higher education and the entertainment industry came together to celebrate the leadership of these campuses in a 30-minute webcast. The colleges will also receive a monetary award from the National Wildlife Federation.

"The scientific consensus points overwhelmingly to the need to dramatically curb our global warming pollution in the U.S. by 80 percent or more by 2050 or sooner," said Julian Keniry, Director of Campus and Community Leadership for the National Wildlife Federation. "We applaud these campuses for innovating the technical, design and behavioral shifts necessary to meet this daunting goal. Policy solutions alone are not enough; they must be informed by the unique melding of applied research, student energy, and willingness to experiment, all characteristic of our nation's best colleges and universities."

Chill Out participants have demonstrated effective solutions to global warming. Some treat the campus as a student laboratory for green education and training; others reach out to form supportive relationships with the surrounding community, green their transportation systems, and offer incentives to students to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

"This competition and the creativity it represents will be a key part of how we can create a better world: a world with a vibrant, sustainable economy and a healthy earth for all future generations," said former Vice President and Nobel Laureate, Al Gore.

Find out how award-winning students and staff are creating real solutions to global warming on campuses across the country by watching the free 2009 Webcast for Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming!

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