From the Belly of the Beast via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Rep. Gillibrand signs onto the Safe Climate Act: Victory for Student Activists via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Billy Parish Tells Congress “This Young Generation is Ready to Carry Out a Historic Power Shift” via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Our Urgent Opportunity: Fighting for a Sustainable, Just, and Prosperous Future via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Here we go! via It's Getting Hot In Here
This weekend—the culmination of StepItUp, the glory of Power Shift, the launch of 1Sky—will be the most exciting and important few days in the history of the American fight for action against global warming! If there has ever been a time to push hard, it’s right now. There are lots of way you can help - We’re in the final push for Step It Up right now and gaining momentum:
we’re getting about 10,000 hits a day on our website and rising quickly;
over 10,000 invitations have been sent to Congress to address the 1 Sky priorities and attend an event;
dozens of members of Congress have committed to participate including candidates Obama, Clinton, Edwards, McCain, Kucinich;
events are still being signed up from coast to coast;
and, we’re set up on our end to get... Bill McKibben Says It’s Time to “Organize, Organize, Organize” for a Cleaner Future via It's Getting Hot In Here
Bill McKibben has three pieces of advice for people who want to make a difference in the fight against global warming:
“1: Organize. 2. Organize. 3. Organize,” says the well-beloved author, educator, climate activist and co-founder of Step It Up.
Only then does he add his fourth piece of advice: “After that, if they have some energy left, by all means change the light-bulbs.”
And to the young climate activists who are putting together a growing and increasingly sophisticated youth climate movement, McKibben says, “Keep it up!” This weekend, over 5,000 young leaders will converge in Washington D.C. for Power Shift 2007, the first-ever national youth climate summit, organized by the Energy Action Coalition. Back at home, tens of thousands more youth... Watch Out for the Echo-Boom: Why Politicians Had Better Start Paying Attention to the Millennial Generation via It's Getting Hot In Here
80 million teens and twenty-somethings are ready to make their mark on American politics. Is the growing youth climate movement - now poised to explode off campuses and into the nation’s capitol for Power Shift 2007, the first national youth climate summit - the vanguard of a new progressive, pro-environment youth political movement?
By 2010, another 17.3 million young Americans will come of age, swelling the already sizable ranks of voting-age “Millennials” – those teens and twenty-somethings coming to age in the early years of the 21st century. At 80 million strong, the Millennial generation outnumbers even the Baby Boomers by 3 million and represents the single-largest demographic age group in electoral politics, according to a recent Mother Jones article...
Generation Anything-But-Quiet: Just Wait for the Noise at Power Shift 2007! via It's Getting Hot In Here
The Youth Climate Movement is poised to explode off of campuses and into our nation’s capitol for PowerShift 2007, November 2nd-5th.
Thomas Friedman, the popular New York Times columnist, recently labeled teens and twenty-somethings coming to age in the early years of the 21st century the “Quiet Generation.” Accusing today’s young people of being “too quiet, too online for [their] own good, and for the country’s own good,” Friedman went on to say that today’s students and youth are “so much less radical and politically engaged than they need to be.” (See “‘Generation Q’ - the Quiet Americans,” New York Times, Oct. 10th, 2007)
Well, in two weeks, Mr. Friedman – and the rest of the nation – will hear what this young generation really sounds like,...
Listen Up Friedman! Time to Throw Back the Gauntlet! via It's Getting Hot In Here
This morning, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who’s been consistently and vehemently writing about the need for a clean energy revolution for the past several years, just threw down the gauntlet, and he’s calling us out!
In this morning’s article, he called us “‘Generation Q’ - the Quiet Americans” and accused us of being “too quiet, too online for our own good, and for the country’s own good,” saying we’re “so much less radical and politically engaged than they need to be.”
Well, Mr. Freidman is right about one thing: Facebook “causes” and email petitions just won’t cut it!
But he’s wrong if he thinks young people aren’t organizing and building a movement that will do...
Global Warming Rallies Across America To Demand Political Leadership via Earth Blog
Climate Ark and Ecological Internet are pleased to once again support "Step It Up" climate protests, a national event on November 3, 2007 to call for U.S. leadership on global warming. There are a few things we particularly like about these events. Firstly, the message is just right for American society -- emphasizing (1) no new coal plants, (2) 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050, and (3) 5 million new green jobs. Secondly, Step It Up is about action, not endless discussion. Last April we joined many thousands creatively protesting U.S. climate obstructionism. And lastly, Step It Up is so good at being inclusive -- they are a positive unifying force for climate action based upon good science and collaboration. We urge you to participate. See http://www.stepitup2007.org/ and the...