Four speakers presented inspiring and educational talks. Afterwards, participants marched through downtown Salina and concluded at a local restaurant for a workshop on reducing carbon footprints, letter writing, music and discussion.

We made posters and signs for out Step it Up march occuring on April 25th.

After watching 'An Inconvenient Truth', participants pledged to reduce their own energy use, and displayed their pledges with a banner that read, "We're doing our part, cut carbon 80% by 2050".

And of course don't forget about Plug-In Cars!

Rain with snow in the forcast did not keep the hardy from coming to the Dayton International Peace Museum to see what all the talk on public radio, internet e-mail forwards, and calls from friends was about. They found more than a dozen exhibits cramed into a 6-car garage: T-...

We had eight speakers from the faith and science and advocacy fields encouraging us to actively participate in getting our federal, state and local governments to pass laws to reduced GHGs right now. The crowd was enthusiastic and the speakers were wonderful.

We marched from Harborside Fountain to Evergreen-Rotary Park. We had about 20 people for the march and it was fun! People honked, cheered and waved us on. They'll be coming next year!! Which is why we must do this again next year! Then we arrived at the park where our covere...

I'm adding the coverage in our local daily - section B top section. While I applaud their efforts it is so frustrating - they say "over 200" when I called to tell them it was 348 people who attended. The link below is to the internet story which has 3 more pictures then the on...

Sixty local and regional citizens - age range 2 months to 80 years - arrived around noon. Everyone gathered for a rousing call and response speech and photo down by Fort Atkinson's River Walk. Afterwards, the group marched 1 1/2 miles through the main city streets, dropping of...

We had it all in the name of Climate Action !! Music, dance, drama, speakers, poetry, letters written to Congress, lots of information given out, chanting for The Divine Mother, children's art. People came and participated in interactive theater, chanted together and discus...

A group of young Finnish professionals concerned of the future of the environment wanted to pass the message along to the congress. Something needs to be done now!

About 125 people gathered in Garberville, CA

In addition, activists roamed the farmers market and mainstreet historic Venice seeking petition signers and talking up action for climate change.

The Baltimore Young Sierrans cleaned an area of the Herring Run Watershed in the city, and then joined volunteers from 3 other clean-up sites for a celebration in the park in honor of Step It Up and Climate Action Day. After the celebration, we also hiked several miles around ...

We had about 50 people walking yesterday, from Scott Fountain, past the Conservatory, to Shorline Drive, and then back, a walk of close to 3-3.5 miles. We distributed information about Renewable Energy Standards for Michigan, urging people to support legislative initiatives...

Anchorage AK Channel 2 TV national coverage at link below

A crowd of 200 gathered to show their support for more federal action. They heard inspiring speakers, beautiful music and enjoyed some fun dancing together. Momentum is growing and we are glad to be a part of it :)

We had a picnic in the rain!

Our Step It Up! rally was co-sponsored by the Sierra Club and NM Interfaith Power and Light in cooperation with the City of Albuquerque, which contributed 4000 compact fluorescent light bulbs for the occasion. The rally at a local park featured music, a giant inflatable bulb, ...

A downtown gathering of Step It Up supporters. A lot of John Edwards people were there because of an email sent out by the John Edwards campaign about Step It Up.