MADISON, NJ. - February 27, 2009 - February 27 to March 2, 2009, Eight Fairleigh Dickinson Students will join more than 12,000 young leaders from across the country for Power Shift '09 in Washington, D.C. to demand that the President and Congress pass a bold climate and energy policy that prioritizes renewable energy, green job creation, and an aggressive cap on carbon emissions. The Institute for Sustainable Enterprise has sponsored eight FDU students to participate in one of the largest youth movements in this country to push the new administration and Congress to pass bold, comprehensive energy and climate legislation.

"This will provide a great opportunity for our future leaders to make a difference during a crucial time in our nation's history," said Dana Patterson, former FDU Green Club President, "Now is the time for the youth to voice their opinions to help build this new green economy and address climate change. Powershift '09 is a perfect place to start."

The Power Shift '09 summit kicks off on Friday, February 27 with a press conference, youth leaders, speakers including Nancy Pelosi, Ed Markey, Lisa Jackson, and Carol Browner, and culminates on Monday, March 2, with a gathering of thousands of youth on Capitol Hill. The four-day summit will also include seminars, panels and workshops, a green career fair, legislative briefings and activist trainings, and a day of action, where thousands of youth will flood the halls of Congress to lobby their representatives.

Power Shift '09 is organized by the Energy Action Coalition, which has grown over the past four years to include 50 national organizations, over 700 local groups and hundreds of thousands of young people all working together to successfully fight for clean energy solutions, and the creation of new green economy.  For more information visit:
www.powershift09.org

Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE), Fairleigh Dickinson University

Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE), Fairleigh Dickinson University

About The Institute for Sustainable Enterprise The Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE) at Fairleigh Dickinson University was founded in the AACSB-accredited Silberman College of Business in 2005. ISE focuses on bringing people together to learn how to make their organizations and the world more environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable. By sustainable we mean being able to generate and regenerate the natural, social, human, manufactured, and financial capital for both short and long-term prosperity. ISE is committed to helping leaders and managers develop new roles and competencies for themselves that will contribute to creating sustainable enterprises in the 21st century. Key ISE initiatives include: developing sustainability leaders, catalyzing sustainability education, generating sustainability knowledge, enabling local sustainable development, and nurturing sustainable business start-ups. In sum, ISE's mission is to bring people together to learn how to develop and lead thriving, sustainable enterprises that are "in and for the world". About INCAEINCAE is a private, non-profit, multinational, higher-education organization devoted to teaching and research endeavors in the fields of business and economics aimed at training individuals capable of successfully holding top management positions. The institution's program in sustainability provides participants with an opportunity to acquire cutting-edge knowledge in sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. The goal is to develop a new generation of leaders to take on top management responsibilities.

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