Students from Gordon College and other folks from the area hiked into the woods to a vernal pool.

It was a nice day. Mayor Rocky Anderson gave several great speaches regarding global warming. I have included one of them and chose not to edit it down. Everything he saidneeds to be heard. All of the entertainement was good and Los Lobos ended the day with a great concert.

Our event, "It's So Easy Being Green," was a Sustainability-themed festival at Arizona State University. The event was hosted by my student-formed, grassroots, environmental action organization: Students for Sensible, Sustainable Energy (SSSE), in conjunction with ASU's chapt...

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Goodloe MUUC hosted a Step It Up day to rally for cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 85%. We discussed various ways to reduce carbon dioxide in our personal lives. We shared information on how to rent solar energy (no up front investment, no price increases). We shared i...

Otsego Neighbors for a Clean Environment sponsored a hike of Mount Independence in Cherry Valley,NY. Twenty people participated climbing the 1100ft precipace normally reserved for hang-gliders. Special thanks to our hosts Andy and Judy Carson at the Breakfast House for shari...

We had a very successful morning viewing films at the landmark Del Oro theater in Grass Valley with county and city officials attending and local media there to cover the entire event. Over 150 people watched the movie "Too Hot Not To Handle," "Kilowatt Ours," the short wo...

What a wonder day the organizers of one this progressive Sussex County event did! The music, people and vibe was great. Kids colored a wall mural of the earth with endangered animals. They also made "grass buddy" planters, birdhouses. There were displays of books on Global...

High school students at the Chewonki Foundation's Maine Coast Semester organized training workshops and activities for students in schools across the region including a green campus tour, local foods and climate change, global warming 101, and how to bring it home. We then ho...

We partnered with Alabama Water Watch and the Middle Chattahoochee River Stewards at a Kids' Fishing Rodeo (Greater Valley Area Chamber of Commerce) at Hardley Creek Park just below the dam on the Chattahoochee River at West Point GA. We had a table & display, distributed Step...

We gathered together for our silent protest. Took our picture and then we took a hike into the Old growth forest to celebrate what we do have. We discussed how, if everyone took some simple steps to lower our own carbon emissions, that would make a huge impact on cutting them.

30 students, faculty, and Jupiter residents biked 5 miles from Florida Atlantic University to Jupiter beach to take their picture. They felt that taking the picture on the coastline would better remind our representatives what is truly at stake due to global warming. They had ...

We had about 70 people come to International Park near downtown Toledo to show their support. Local environmental organizations set up tables and provided literature for people to learn what they can do in this region to fight global warming and help the environment. We even h...

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Almost 100 people gathered in Traverse City, Michigan Saturday to rally around the environment. 80 Energy Efficient Light Bulbs were handed out (cut carbons by 80%) with infomation sheets inserted about the ways to curb global warming. We then marched through downtown with our...

A good turnout, a great band, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal spoke, information shared, a beautiful day. Thank you Stepitup.

We had to more the event to an indoor location because of potential snow and rain during the time of the event. About 500 people attended the event at Community Christian Church. The Raindogs played music from 1 pm to about 1:45 pm. We then prepared the crown for a photo at 2 ...

Our literature table was mobbed, and the Step It Up flyers really "flew." So people were educated as well as entertained. Our petition to Congress was signed by 124 people!

We started the day off by watching "An Inconvenient Truth". We then held an open discussion about ways people could reduce their own carbon footprint. We signed letters to congress urging them to support the Sanders-Boxer Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act and the Waxman...

Huge "Step it Up Congress!" banners attracted attention in two locations, while Weston Climate Change volunteers handed out literature and talked to people at the market and dump. Over 100 people visited these sites- wow, let's keep up the spirit of this day!