We only posted our event yesterday afternoon, mind you. Our small community is very charming and set on the other side of the hill from a Conoco-Phillips refinery. The Al Zampa bridge crosses the picturesque Carquinez Straits where oil tankers pass underneath, bringing their ...

Fifty plus people attended the Environmental Vigil covering all corners of Watertown Square with their signs and enthusiasm. Except for the big banner, all the signs were home made - some on the spot. One family came with signs on the end of straws looking like flowers. The...

It was pouring rain in Berkeley's home of free speech, People's Park, only 20 minutes before we were to begin, when the sun broke through. People started to appear, five, ten, then the Muslim Students Association of the West showed up 75 strong! We took our first series of pho...

At noon, about 70 students, faculty, staff, and alumni gathered at the gazebo on the north end of the Mansfield University campus for our Walk Against Global Warming. We walked through the borough of Mansfield, PA, pausing at the town square, and then headed north to the Mans...

Great turnout for our combination of 3 local food themed events. We started off with speakers and performers at Washington Park, with a local food feast (thanks to Honest Weight Food Coop) and tables from 20+ local groups who co-sponsored the event. Children of all ages help...

We gathered at San Francisco Theological Seminary for an informal, creative interfaith worship service on caring for God's creation and climate change. The service was led by students from the seminary and by a member of Congregation Rodef Shalom. We then walked together to ...

Tried to organize a neighborhood event. Unfortunately only 2 of twenty five neighbors invited showed up, but was pleasantly suprised when people who had seen the event on the web arrived. Good conversation and an action plan to visit the school board meetings and try and get c...

We had a rousing group of 100 or so committed adults, teens and children join us at Scoville Park in the center of Oak Park, IL. State and local officials and environmental speakers focused on the call for national legislation, as well as local global warming solutions. Five w...

We had numerous speakers, including Charleston Mayor Riley, space for local environmental groups and "green businesses" to set up tables, and an area for educational activities for children. It was a beautiful day.

More than 100 people gathered at the historic Andes Hotel for a one-day symposium, "Rural Life in the Catskills: A Forum on Food, Water, and Wood for the Future." Speakers included Nina Planck, a leading expert on farm markets and the author of "Real Food: What to Eat and Why,...

Members of Caretaker Farm learned how to reduce Junk Mail, used the watt-o-meter to compare the energy needed to power various electrical appliances, enjoyed chai tea from a local dairy, Cricket Creek Farm, and removed straw from our strawberry beds.

Ely, MN at the edge of the Boundary Waters had an excellent day. 150 people from our small town came to Vermilion Community College to listen to presentations on climate change in the arctic (Paul Schurke) and in our northern forests (Dr. Lee Frelich). In the afternoon we ha...

Despite predictions of a cold day, we had beautiful sunny weather. We had about 30 people attend, including people from other communities. A television station from Sioux City, Iowa sent a reporter. We had a reading of "The Lorax" and speakers, including our local state sen...

Local musician Chris Wilhelm played a great set of originals and covers, including "This Land is Our Land," then we marched about a mile through the main business district, chanting and eliciting honks of support from passing cars. We then took the subway downtown to join the...

In small town, Milford NH over 400 people came to Town Hall to participate in our ?Step It Up Day of Environmental Education?. Thirty tables of information on ways to ?green? our lives were hosted by environmental organizations, ?green? businesses, local farmers markets, csa?...

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Ecologically Conscientious Organization, a student group at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (UTB/TSC), hosted the RGV Step It Up 2007 Rally on the beautiful grounds of our campus. We commenced our ceremony with a Native American blessing on ...

We gathered on the church steps. Music was provided by the Bunkhouse Boys. We opened with a reading of the creation story from Genesis. Speakers included a representative from Congressman Roskam's office, our Village President, and a representative from the Green Revolution...

The event took place at the same park as the larger stepupnow event. The inflated civil and military planes --decorated with less planes, more trains, New York State needs an aviation ombudsman, please sign peitions--were spread over the southern part of the park and people we...

We totally kicked ass!! We had a live band, people learned how to cut their CO2 in half through 12 easy steps and there were guest speakers! Everyone had a great time, the weather was awesome and we got the message out!