We want to let you know about an exciting opportunity for college students, the Clinton Global Initiative University. This event challenges college students and universities to tackle global problems with practical, innovative solutions. It will be taking place from February 13-15th, 2009 at the University of Texas at Austin, but the final application deadline is December 12th, 2008.
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is a non-partisan catalyst for action that brings together a community of global leaders from various backgrounds to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
The Energy Action Coalition was featured at the 2008 CGI annual meeting in September and is excited to see the push to include the future (college youths) in their...
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The governments of Denmark, Poland, and France hosted a conference on Monday to discuss the role of the United States at this December’s UN Climate Negotiations in Poznań, Poland. These negotiations will set the stage for a final post-Kyoto climate treaty to be signed in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009. The Poland negotiations need to produce a robust roadmap with a shared vision that leads to a climate agreement in 2009. From the lead climate negotiator of Denmark, to the Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning from the UN, the message was clear. The United States must take the lead in ensuring a strong climate treaty by Copenhagen.
Paula Dobriansky, the lead climate negotiator from the US State Department also spoke at the...
Power Shift 2009 is our opportunity to bring a clear message to Washington, “We want clean and just energy now!”. In February, 2009 over 10,000 young people will converge on DC for three days of training, strategy and action. We will unite as a movement and hold our elected officials accountable.
Over 350,000 people have signed the Power Vote pledge stating their wish to have alternative sources of energy be considered at the highest levels.
From the beginning of this Power Vote Campaign until the election our sole goal was to make the youth climate vote massive. The numbers available to us show that the youth block represented over 18% of the total electorate.
Our push was not partisan, but rather open and intelligent. Taking a close minded view of the options in favor of the...
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The buzz around massive climate voter turnout this election is bigger than ever, and we’re beyond excited for you to join us tonight at 8:30pm Eastern for our webcast with Al Gore to turn it up yet another notch.
http://www.powervote.org/GoreWebcast
Vice President Gore will speak about the role of young people in RePowering America and why it’s so important that we get as many climate voters as possible to turn out on November 4th at our country’s most important battle ground: the ballot box.
The webcast feed will go live at 8pm Eastern - 30 minutes before Mr. Gore begins speaking - so that if you are hosting a viewing party you will be able to set up and test your equipment. Again, the web...
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This past 21st of September I returned from an expedition to the arctic. I was part of a team of 46 artists, scientists, writers, a photographer, filmmakers and students like me. We came from different parts of the world, from Brazil, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland; Germany, England, India and each province of Canada.
We started the past 31st of August in Lake St. George, Toronto, Canada. From there we flew to Reykjavik and boarded the Russian ship “Akademik Shokalskiy”, we sailed the coasts of Greenland visiting Inuit villages, learning from them about their way of life and how is it changing because of climate change. The third week we arrived at Baffin Island, Canada, visiting small towns like Qikiqtarjuaq, talking to Inuit students our age. The voyage...
The youth climate movement is bigger than ever! Masses of young people are taking the initiative and organizing conferences, and summits to inspire action. There are great events happening all over the country in the upcoming months. Take your pick from these exciting opportunities!
1. The SCASCC (South Carolina’s Student/Youth Environmental Action Conference) Fall 2008 Summit is approaching fast! Supported by the Southern Energy Network, this 3 day summit, taking place from September 26th-28th is a great opportunity to develop new relationships, conduct community service, attend workshops and lectures and have a blast with people that share the same passion for environmental justice!
To register:
http://www.climateaction.net/scsummit
2. In October, the Minnesota Power Shift is...