At 9 am, nearly 70 people gathered at East City Park, the starting point for the StepItUp-Moscow bike parade. After riding around the edge of town, onto Paradise Creek bike path, and back up Main Street, the bike parade headed up to the 1912 Bldg. There were another 70 people ...

Reusable Bag Sewing Circle and Gathering for the Climate.

"Plug-in" hybrid car drivers and their friends assemble in front of the beloved Golden Gate Bridge at Crissy Field in San Francisco. Four of these cars, the world's first prototype "plug-in" hybrids, reaching up to 100 miles per gallon, can be seen in the background. These ult...

Folks gathered at Sherwood Park on a rather glorious afternoon to profess the climate action message. After Bill Grant (Western Colorado Congress president) shared some poignant words from Wendall Berry, the assembled crowd rallied 'round the Earth flag. The friendly waves a...

From noon to 1:30 pm. we had about 20 folks with a big "Step It Up..." sign plus polar bears out of cardboard & other signs, stand in front of the Confederate Soldier statue in the middle of the town square of Oxford,MS We gave out "solar powered" (i.e. use your hand) fans to ...

I hope the photos from above of us spelling out "Cut CO2" and then "80% by 2050" come out! That was a very cool idea. There were also speakers, a band, and booths to learn about a few environmental efforts right here in Chicago.

Patagonia held a Speaker Series on April 14th from 12-4pm We had a great turn out of about 80+ attendees! Groups such as Surfrider,1% For The Planet, Ocean Alliance, and the Charles River Watershed Association gave information to the attendees on their current projects and it...

A gathering of about 35 included mayor Robert Liffland, Senator Vincent Leibell, Assemblyman Greg Ball, Nancy Tanner, and Gordon Douglas. All endorsed the Village's annual dedication of April 14 as Progress Stopping Global Warming Day.

A number of local groups had booths set up.

During our virtual event, our Global Warming Task Force, an Interfaith Power & Light group, sent Step-it-up letters to our Federal legislators urging them from a faith-based perspective to be good stewards of Creation and cut carbon by 80%.

Around thirty of us gathered on our church steps to show our support for this Day of Climate Action. As we held high our banner (made from old clothes)those who felt so moved shared readings and reflections on our role as stewards of the earth. Also, a list of things we can d...

This event got the attention of a number of local people besides those who actually came and signed the petition. The plan was to get more community sharing, and moving forward with local actions. The Village Park location is a valuable historic site, which is being preserved,...

I met with Kate Auspitz in Congressman Mike Capuano's office, where we had an in-depth discussion of the possibiities for climate legislation. She is the Issues Director on staff and has responsibility for strategizing legislative possibilities. Capuano and his staff are stron...

Our hardy little crowd of adults and kids avoided being blown from our rally and got some appreciative honks from passers-by. I saw some of the other gatherings on the website, and the next time there's a rally I'm going to get my kids schools involved! Let's not wait anot...

We have postponed the event until April 21, from 10:00 am to 12:00pm. Pizza and organic juice will be provided to all volunteers. Images and copy of brochure to follow.

It was a wonderful day. Kimberly Wilder acted as host. People wrote letter to their legislators and made banner. Musician Ahmad Ali played and Gordian Raacke of Renewable Energy Long Island spoke. Ian Wilder emceed the program. We had surprise appearance by Suffolk County L...

We handed out brochures with energy saving tips, info about how to buy green power from our local power supplier, and sold fluorescent bulbs and local-grown, organic plants. Had about 25 people stop by - not bad for our small city and a very stormy day! Most of our supporters...

My presentation on Global Waming was exceedingly well attended. From Students, Faculty members and members of the community. With my PowerPoint presentation, and showing Al Gore's documentary film, "An Inconvenient Truth," The entire presentation time was around two hours...

The Santa Fe Rally had probably 500 people over the course of the afternoon. There were more people lined up to trade lightbulbs than there were lightbulbs available, but good work Sierra Club, PNM, InterFaith Alliance for Environmental Stewardship- hey! that's us!-Good music,...

The Cornell College microbiology class on Sapelo Island, GA rallied on the beach for Congress to Step It Up and reduce GHG emissions!