Our Step It Up in Anchorage was great! Well organized and attended. Terrific speakers too! I feel so energized and I know others did as well. We are growing a movement!

Jeff merkley speaker of the house in Oregon made the green finger promise to meet the one sky priorities and more!

There was a disappointly small turnout but in defense there was also the Bioneers Conference happeneing that drew a lot of environmentalists. Yet despite a small turnout, Rep. Keith Ellison gave a VERY inspiring speech and helped to encourage many of us to organize some ac...

Our group met at the Sneed Prairie Restoration Site, near Sherman, TX. The event was co-sponsored by the Austin College Center for Environmental Studies and CORE (Citizens Organizing for Resources and Environment), a local environmental group. Speakers discussed the goals of...

We gathered around a campfire in Grant park with good people and good food. There were smiles all around and hope that our leaders will get the message.

We made "green" holiday cards for Senator Cantwell asking her to give a gift to the Earth this season by working for climate control.

We had a ball climbing up South Pack Monadnock! It was windy and cold, but people came with their puppets and costumes! It was a great feeling of cooperative action!

Braving a northeaster, about sixty Hull, Cohasset, and Hingham, MA, residents (standing room only) rallied at the Hull Lifesaving Museum to hear Selectmen and other town officials report on climate action progress. Hull Selectmen announced the results of a Greenhouse Gas Repo...

We talked about renewable energy plans, mass transit expansion, closing nuclear plants, how to become a cool city, individual energy use changes and cleaner cars in Illinois.We saw a movie on renewable energy.

We gathered at the Teddy Roosevelt Inaugural Site and took the Green Finger pledge to vote for the environment in 2008. We marched to the McKinley Monument carrying banners and signs while shouting spirited chants about the cause. Climate activists and politicians met and pres...

Panel discussion then local politicians speaking. Each answered several questions from the audience.

Everybody got together at the Dept of Recreation and Parks. We sang Bob Dylan's song The Times They Are A- Changin'. We colored fingers green and wrote on hands to show what we love and we heard from MD Representative Elizabeth Bobo and others about status of plans to make H...

We had a relatively small turnout, but we did have a great speaker at the event and I read the support letter Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown sent us since he could not make the event. The local news came out and did an interview too. The P.A. system we used was solar powered using...

Boston and Cambridge citizens describe why they stepped it up today!!

We had a cold but successful and fun outdoor event in Warwick today. Cheryl Rogowski a nationally recognized CSA farmer and organizer set up her local produce farm stand. Kim Bulkley was there with wonderful cloth shopping bags as an alternative to plastic. Sustainable Warw...

Here are some more photos from the OKC Step It Up 2 event.

We did a 2 mile march through downtown. Afterwards, we held a environmental trivia game at a local tavern.

We knew the event was going to be a success even before we started. Volunteers were ready well before Joe Sestak arrived to a full house of participants. We provided cloth bags, saplings, CFL's, and a variety of literature to appreciative visitors.

Outside musicians pla...

We had a great time. wonderful weather with lots of potential energy (solar) keeping the beautiful fall day alive with good attitudes and concerned citizens. Mayor Rocky Anderson spoke, headed up the event and even played guitar with students from the Paul Green School of ...

Nice fall outing in VT for families and friends. Everyone glad to be part of this National grassroots effort!!