We handed out homemade cookies to everyone who carpooled that day, and we had banners thanking them for doing so. Then we went into the auditorium for our "Step-it-Up Rally" to hear from students. Our 7th and 8th graders have been researching climate change and the global wa...

We held an open house at Boulder Cycle Sport so that cyclists from the community could stop by and learn about Step It Up 2007, take home information on ways to reduce their personal carbon footprint, and enjoy a CLIF Bar sample for their ride!

It takes energy to be active! Lively event with entertainment by Recycleman and the Dumpster Divers. Speeches by Jill Sughrue, carbon coach, Jennifer Bright, MBA scientist, 17-year old high schooler, Laura Warman, and 10-year old Jacob, grandson of Virginia Nugent, event coo...

It was COLD and raining/sleeting and windy - and yet we had about 35 people who showed up at different points in our 2 hour stint outside. We started at Trinity Episcopal Church in the Central West End of St. Louis and had a brief service of singing and readings. Some of ...

We created a visual message in the form of a family friendly carbon-offsetting "Marching Forest". It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. We hope our forest serves to stir people, nomatter how old or what language they speak. Art reaches people differently than sc...

Skied to Bolton Mt today: alerted x-country skiers to StepItUp!

Our Step It Up table was a hit at the Earth Day celebration in Ojai. We received over 150 signatures in support of congress "steppin it up," and ran a very successful light bulb exchange. We collected 72 incandescent bulbs from people and received donations for hundreds more ...

Despite a pouring rainstorm, visitors came to see our electric car parade, our UC Davis exhibit on electric cars, and a Green Car Gala later that night. In the evening,Electric vehicles to be celebrated on Picnic Day evening some 130 people met for fun, food, and ...

We had an informal gathering from 12 - 3 PM where we spoke about climate change, distributed literature and munched on local, organic apples and peanuts. About 300 people total stopped by on a gorgeous spring day in Freedom Park(Charlotte, NC). The event was organized by the C...

Step it Up Austin! Despite unexpectedly cool temperatures and very gusty winds, a nice sized crowd assembled at the Texas State Capitol Building on Saturday to urge our federal and state legislator's to Step It Up. After opening remarks by Kathy Zarsky with the USGBC Centra...

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 picked up trash in the rain along the highway! STeve BErnheim.

This is our 2nd attempt to post our report! Neighbors gathered by Lake Champlain for a photo op to demonstrate how much they care about the lake and all the beautiful places that are threatened by the effects of global warming. The event was sponsored by our neighborhood's fir...

We gave away 50 fluorescent light bulbs to people on the main street of Bolinas. We talked with each person about how switching to these bulbs can help to reduce global warming and reduce their electricity bills at the same time. We made a small brochure with information abo...

A group of concerned citizens watched the movie An Inconvenient Truth and learned what they could do to help reduce carbon emissions. After the movie the group held a raly in front of the library.

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One of our students created the Step It Up banner and we announced the rally at one of our school lunches - complete with background info as to why this event came about and its significance. We put the banner out on a table for all those in our school who were interested in s...

A small group of concerned individuals (OK, the 2 year olds aren't concerned... yet) gathered at Round Hill's beautiful sumit in Sudbury, MA to add their voices to the thousands around the globe calling for congress to Step It Up!

It was a cool and windy day at Duxbury Beach but that did not stop nearly 100 people who showed up in support of Step it Up! We enjoyed a picnic lunch, kite flying, and many other activities. It was wonderful meeting new friends who see the importance of this historic moveme...

People from all of the Geneva Lake area communities came together at Big Foot Beach State Park to share information and connect to other groups and movements concerning the environment. The sun came out just in time for the photo by the lake, as students, parents, teachers, an...