Focus The Nation has created a teach-in model centered on the three most essential pillars to embrace solutions to global warming: education, civic engagement and leadership.

The teach-in will kick off tomorrow night with a webcast.

On Thursday, the teach-in will include a range of global warming curricula presented by faculty and guest speakers before culminating with the Green Democracy round-table discussion between students and elected leaders on solutions to the crisis.

UH campuses on O'ahu and Maui are inviting local, regional and national civic leaders to engage in the Green Democracy round-table.

The final piece of Focus The Nation's teach-in model will be the Choose Your Future vote.

All students, faculty and community participants will be encouraged to vote on what they think are the top five solutions from a list of 10 to 15 that will be available at www.focusthenation.org.

Vote results will be presented nationally in mid-February. All students who vote on the Choose Your Future ballot will be eligible to win a $10,000 leadership scholarship for a project to be completed by end of August 2008.