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!

From noon to 1:30 pm. we had about 20 folks with a big "Step It Up..." sign plus polar bears out of cardboard & other signs, stand in front of the Confederate Soldier statue in the middle of the town square of Oxford,MS We gave out "solar powered" (i.e. use your hand) fans to ...

A separate gathering of 35 people on steps of the Medford United Methodist Church for prayer and petition signing. provided "steptitup" information and sold CFL's that day, and succeeding Sundays. Sold a total of 450 swirls at cost obtained via Wallmart.

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...

We had a great showing of supporters of the cause including Senator Carol Migden.

Rain with snow in the forcast did not keep the hardy from coming to the Dayton International Peace Museum to see what all the talk on public radio, internet e-mail forwards, and calls from friends was about. They found more than a dozen exhibits cramed into a 6-car garage: T-...

A high energy call on Congress from Maryland at the State Capitol. Speakers included an Arctic Explorer, State Senators and Delegates, County Councilmembers, Community Leaders, National and Regional Environmental Leaders.

For Step It Up 2007, Our club had the NOLS bus come to our school. The NOLS bus is a vegetable-oil powered bus that has solar panels on its roof to power the lights and the T.V. inside. The NOLS bus is sponsored by Stonyfield Farm and is manned by a group of capable individu...

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...

Good turnout on a rainy and cold Spring day in Cincinnati! Rain doesn't stop the truly dedicated from sending our message to Congress...

Several people came and spread out across town to give out flyers to people. We took orders for Fluorescent Light bulbs.

Participants of the Washington Park Step it Up event marched from Washington Park to the Capitol Building in Downtown Albany to hear speakers ranging from elected representatives of the State Assembly to Representatives of Congress and NYS Governor Elliot Spitzer as well as lo...

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...

Volunteers from Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), www.chesapeakeclimate.org, the Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP), www.nspmd.blogspot.com, and the Sierra Club, www.sierraclub.org/ joined together to ask citizens to sign CCAN postcards to Governor O'Malley, as...

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...

This was a great event for our local environmental group CORE (fresh off our victory against the Texas Coal Plants!). We are a small group in a rural area, but we sued the Governor of Texas for fast-tracking the permitting of coal plants, and we won! For STEP IT UP, we had a...

There were tours of the Enviro-house, located at Tacoma Power's recycling center. The house is made of recycled and earth friendly items; including walls and counters, toilets and plumbing, worm composters, and a lawn made out of recycled tires. We were also given a packet c...