the students of west springfield high school signed petitions concerning current environmental issues and learned what they can do to stop global warming.

The staff at my restaurant and many of our customers signed the petition, and signed a contract in which we agree to take several steps to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. People were surprised to learn about the little things we can do to make a difference, lik...

After months of preparing for an outdoor rally in downtown Warrentown: acquiring permits and insurance and then constructing banners and a stage for speakers, rain chased us indoors to St.James Episcopal Church. There, about 60 to 70 people heard a series of speakers discu...

The event was well attended. I'm new to the town so I apologize for any misinformation. I haven't seen a Bradford posting yet, so that is why I've uploaded my pictures. The group proudly displayed a banner and signs made by Bradford students. The event coordinator spoke...

About 20 high school students and some adults came to the park in the afternoon, to hand out information about global warming and get passersby to sign our petition. We held up our enormous, 30 foot Step It Up Congress banner and also had other picket signs telling motorists t...

Our American chestnut planting event in Salem, Connecticut was a great success. Great weather, great crowd, good fun! This was a real hands-on grassroots activity with the goal of restoring a species that will help provide a balanced ecological approach to sequestering atmo...

We gathered along heavily traveled Route 302 in Bridgton, Maine on the Moose Pond Causeway with Pleasant Mountain as a backdrop. People had signs in addition to our banner. Passing cars beeped their horns and gave us "thumbs up" signs. The weather was beautiful, and we enjo...

We had four invited speakers, Including the past President of the Oklahoma Sierra Club, David Franklin, and a local city council member, Elizabeth Waner. Also speaking was the present chairman of the Cimarron Group SC, and Bob Willis who does lots of solar, wind and geothermal...

The event went amazingly well! We had around 70 people show up despite the rain/sleet and 40 degree weather. We marched downtown continually chanting things like "Cut CO2, 80%, by 2050", "Step It Up Congress, Step It Up", "What do you want? Clean Energy, When do you want it? N...

We watched the film An Inconvenient Truth.

Over 400 enthusiastic people attended the Rainbeau Ridge Rally in Bedford Hills, New York. Participants learned about local ways to step it up and become more green from nearly 20 exhibitors. Congressman John Hall spoke about what he has learned about global climate as a new ...

Our event rocked! 20 of us marched from Saint Michael's College with drums, signs and a megaphone down to the waterfront in Burlington. And had lots while doing it.

1,000 handmade kites danced in the wind where they were strung high between the trees on Harvard Common for the Winds For Change event. Each kite, made by K-12 students, had a personal message or image that showed the students concerns about global warming and their hopes for ...

We had about 350 show up - cold day but no rain! It is hard to translate it well. Our speakers were our mayor, assemblywoman and a representative from our congressman's office, and several speakers from our community about the science, the forecast, the responsibility, about n...

The Allen Robert's sugarmakers co-op gathered to boil and to call on Congress to prioritize 80% carbon reduction by 2050. Climate change threatens the maple sugaring industry and we want to protect our quality of life and this valuable rite of passage into what we know now as...

We had a small group of approximately 30 people. Ages ranged from 3 months old to 70 maybe a little older. We walked through the center of Sharon and then down to Lake Massapoag. A wagon was being pulled by a group of young children that was decorated and had a native dogwoodt...

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 :)

At the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, we held a press conference drawing attention to the 2 ft sea level rise predicted by 2100 under business as usual. We had 3 major local newspapers and the local tv news cover the event. A local Caltrans official, a wastewater treatmen...

The weather this morning was cold and rainy, but marchers from Bloomington and Indiana University braved the elements to arrive together at the Bloomington Farmer's Market for the StepItUp! rally. The gathering was moved indoors to the City Council building atrium because of ...

We had a moderate turn out due to rain, probably somewhere between 200-300 people. We had a band, food, and speeches from energy efficient vendors and the Pleasant Hill Mayor David Durant. Everyone had lots of information available to them and enjoyed themselves.