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Action Reports
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Our rally was moved from the UVa Rotunda indoors because of rain. Still, about 150 people came--University students, families and people of all ages. We heard from a variety of local experts and leaders about how we can respond to climate change at the personal, local, state...
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On a beautiful California day, the Fresno City College Sustainable Action Club meets to support the reduction of carbon emissions! We want to see these beautiful days continue into our future.
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We had our event at my restaurant in our small town of only 800 full time residents, and there was another previously scheduled environmental event in a nearby town that probably reduced our attendance somewhat. And many of our weekend visitors who come from the NYC area wer...
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Youth, music and community were the hallmarks of Andover's Step It Up 2007 National Day for Climate Action drawing about 350 enthusiastic supporters to historic Old Town Hall. All 14 of Andover's public and private school students collaborated to create the Step It Up banner. ...
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A group of 70 strong talked along the Tony Knowles coastal trail from downtown Anchorage to West Chester Lagoon to show our congressional representatives that reducing carbon emissions is of serious interest to Alaskans.
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People began gathering a little before 10am. After setting up the information booth, we headed to the Big Spring to clean out the debris. Once this task was complete, we gathered at the information tent to take a picture with the banner and to discuss future events we could h...
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Stepping It Up in Stowe, Vermont
What a month ago conceptually started as a search for snow, today ended up being a consummate winter ski tour with not a bare patch in sight. Eighty Nordic skiers Stepped It Up on skis to the Slayton Pasture Cabin of Trapp Family Lodge in S...
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A group of girls from my high school got together to make posters to put up around the city. Despite the cold, we had a lot of fun. We only wished that more people could have shown up!
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Well, despite great publicity, the Lincoln family represented StepItUp2007 in Weybridge Vermont.
We started at the historic village Monument, next to the Monument Farms Dairy, one of only two dairies left in the state that produce milk all the way from the cows to the bottl...
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We had great local speakers and a good sized crowd braved the threat of rain. Lot's of infomation sharing and the frying of potatoes instead of the earth was a big hit (organic french fries).
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Cyclists committed to substituting bikes for cars to reduce carbon emissions met for an early morning Step-It-Up photo on Philadelphia's famous Art Museum Steps. It was an unseasonably cool but beautiful morning. Afterwards, people went on training rides, to other environment...
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We meet designed and colored our sign and headed down to the waterfront for a photo next to icy Lake Dunmore. The four of us were the only ones to arrive. Larger actions in our vacinity drew more participants but we held fast and snapped a photo for congress to get our message.
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We arrived to set-up and were greeted by a pack of bicyclists who had biked about 20 miles from the local colleges- St. Johns and St. Ben's!! All told there were about 100 people ages 2-82! MN Senator Tarryl Clark, Representative Larry Haws, and City Council Woman Sonja Berg p...
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On April 14, Fairfield residents concerned about the catastrophic effects of global warming gathered at Sherman Green in Fairfield to urge Congress to cut carbon dioxide emissions 80% by 2050. A variety of speakers at the event, which was sponsored by the Fairfield Clean Ener...
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People from many parts of Houston showed up today at our "Global Warming Cafe". We had a short presentation on the science of climate change; we had many conversations about our concerns and our hopes for the future and then we had a short workshop for people to identify what...
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This was a multi-faceted event with persons of all creeds, color, and religions, coming together as ONE to say STEP IT UP CONGRESS! We had Exxpose Exxon on hand, and many fliers were given out and received earnestly! We also distributed bumper stickers for those who have car...
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Despite the cold and windy weather 30 participants enjoyed some great music as well as talked about how to live more sustainably. Its was a success!
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A procession of community members led by bagpipes, gathered in the Breeding Barn at Shelburne Farms. Warmed on a chilly day by hot local cider and community spirit participants shared their responses to the following three questions 1.) What are you doing or planning to do to ...
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We began the day with a hike up Bill Hill in Thetford center at 7am. The snow was crunchy underfoot and there was a mist in the air. On top is a 360 degree view of the village of Thetford Center. Tom Kinder led us through visioning a sustainable and vibrant world. He read on...
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