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

Bethel University, an evangelical school, invited the Christian students and community to show up for a nature walk. We walked around the top half of campus looking at the wetlands, forests and swatches of prairie and how these areas are in danger due to global warming and ...

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...

Students at Bates College gathered on the Steps of Hathorn Hall, Bates' oldest building. The energy was high as students took a break from studying for finals and came together to show their support. It was a great turn out for a small college and we showed that Bates is ready...

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...

We gathered on a snowy morning at our local library to celebrate this historic day with our families. Buddy Dubay opened the festivities with kids music. We then provided great entertainment with an amateur production of Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax". Snacks and mingling ended the...

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...

When Keri and I decided in February to try to organize an event for Step It Up, it was just the two of us, and we had never done such a thing before. As the date drew nearer, and as people began to learn of our plans, we had many, many offers of help and participation. This ...

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 ...

On Thursday we had a showing of an Inconvenient Truth for students. On Friday we had a fair on campus with themed tables about climate awareness, bands, and Energy Chair Paul Tonko came and gave a wonderful speech. On Saturday we marched from Siena to Washington Park in Alb...

We gave out information on reducing energy consumption to people who stopped while they drank their complimentary cup of organic, fairly traded coffee and tea. Energy was high and awareness increased.

11 Park City organizations hosted a community open house to promote sustainable practices from using biodiesel to preserving open space.

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Several Hundred attended the 1st Annual Climate Action Day Festival in Olympia, WA. We had music, bike parage, Waterfront Tours (circa 2050), speakers, tables/booths, green car display, Global Warming Cafe and more.

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!

My wife, kids and I talked about getting serious about less energy consumption.

Roughly 100 people attended our "Step It Up Day" rally in Lander, Wyoming. People gathered from across the local area at our city park on the south side of town to hear Wyoming historian and conservationist, Tom Bell, speak about the perils of global climate change. After Tom,...

A local resident talked to the group about installing solar panels at his home. Another resident talked about CFL and demonstrated the bulbs. Cranbury's mayor spoke about alternate energy and sustainability within the township. High School students made our Step It Up banne...