Earth Op-Ed

The debate on energy dependence and global climate change is often considered a partisan issue. But SMPA Professor Frank Sesno plans to bring all viewpoints to the table in a new forum which will promote a dynamic and unpredictable exchange of opinion.

The working title is Earth Op-Ed and it will be taking place on several media platforms, centering around a website and television show aired on public affairs programming. Earth Op-Ed will bring together people to exchange ideas, get information and engage in debate.

Sesno says that he hopes the project will be dynamic, interesting and fresh and he believes that, if done right, it will establish a leadership position for the George Washington University in both the global warming debate and in cross-platform media as a whole. The concept will be a university-based initiative, with several students and faculty members getting involved, and the television program to be shot on campus, in the Jack Morton Auditorium.

Sesno stressed above everything else that this is not a liberal activism platform. Rather, he plans to engage students, schools, advocates and interest groups from all sides of the debate the get and informative and engaging dialogue going.

Plans are still tentative, but Sesno aims to getting airing the show within the first 100 days of the new Presidential administration. Currently, his team is working on fundraising, and Sesno reports that they have already garnered over half of the funds needed to begin the project. They are also engaging potential partners and sponsors fro the operation and are recruiting students and faculty to get involved.

-Alex Laska