Event Description:

LEHIGH VALLEY RALLY!
Come on over to southside Bethlehem for a day of action, community building, and fun. We have speakers/ discussions, music, space for local organizations, and, most importantly, plenty of ideas for positive things Lehigh Valley residents can do to make a difference on climate change.

Here's the day's schedule (check back for updates and additions!)

1 pm to 5 pm
* Create messages to let our elected officials know we need to act on climate change
* Talk to more than 15 organizations and get ideas of positive things YOU can do to make a difference on climate change
* See demonstrations including a car that runs on biofuels
* Ask the expert! Get your climate change questions answered
* Enter to win the book An Inconvenient Truth (donated by Rodale, Inc.)

1 pm to 2 pm
Music: Singer Songwriter Prem Siri Kaur

2 pm to 2:30 pm
Speakers:
Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan (confirmed)
Northampton County John Stoffa (invited)
Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham (invited)
State Representative Steve Samuelson (confirmed)
Staff of U.S. Representative Charlie Dent (invited)

2:30 pm to 2:40 pm
Pictures! Group picture in front of banner (to be sent to Step It Up and local elected officials)

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Music: The Paul Thiessen Band

3:30 pm to 4 pm
Speakers: From Lehigh Valley organizations (to be determined)

4 pm to 5 pm
Music: The Octave Below

Sponsoring Organizations: Clothesline Organics * Home & Planet * Alliance for Sustainable Communities - Lehigh Valley * Circle of Stones * Coalition for Appropriate Transportation * Comfort & Joy * Edge of the Woods Nursery * Green Valley Coalition * The Heat Shed * The Illick's Mill Project * Joanne Kostecky Garden Design * Joyce Moore Financial Services * Lehigh Valley Biodiesel Cooperative * Lehigh Valley Beyond Oil * LEPOCO * Lehigh Valley Democratic Coalition * Lehigh Valley Green Builders Forum * Lehigh Valley Vegetarians * MidAtlantic Renewable Energy Association * Quiet Creek Farm * Sierra Club - Lehigh Valley Chapter * Students for Sustainable Development - Lehigh University * Sustainable Business Network of the Lehigh Valley * Wadsworth & Co. * Wildlands Conservancy

Email clotheslineorganics@yahoo.com for more information.

Location:
101 E. Third Street

Directions:
From North of Bethlehem: Take I-78 West. Take the PA-412 exit (exit #67) toward HELLERTOWN/ BETHLEHEM. Turn RIGHT onto PA-412. When 412 becomes 3rd Street (past Bethlehem Steel site), go about 4 blocks. From South of Bethlehem: From Rt.22 East, exit onto Route 378 South (Bethlehem exit). Follow to end of Expressway staying in left-hand lane as you go over bridge. Take left hand exit onto 3rd Street.

Here's PART of our group at the Lehigh Valley Rally. In the picture are the Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan and State Rep. Steve Samuelson.


Here's PART of our group at the Lehigh Valley Rally. In the picture are the Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan and State Rep. Steve Samuelson.


Here's PART of our group at the Lehigh Valley Rally. In the picture are the Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan and State Rep. Steve Samuelson.


Here's PART of our group at the Lehigh Valley Rally. In the picture are the Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan and State Rep. Steve Samuelson.