It was a most successful event! No pictures yet but one of the wonderful tree planting attendees is sending them...will submit later. 11 Adults and 4 children helped all day in the cold and rain...no one gave up until we were done...all 1,000 trees are in the ground and the ...

Well there was a lot of music and a lot of different presentations about global warming. The politicians of the state and local governments pledged their support.

Four speakers presented inspiring and educational talks. Afterwards, participants marched through downtown Salina and concluded at a local restaurant for a workshop on reducing carbon footprints, letter writing, music and discussion.

So the weather was perfect...ironies aside, we hade two lines of ocean blue people marking the potential new shoreline of Manhattan should the seas rise 10 feet.

We had between 35 - 50 people attend our event; which we were thrilled about because we live in a small, very conservative area. The City of St. Joseph donated the use of the site, which overlooks Lake Michigan in a beautiful, iconic backdrop. We hung our 13 foot banner on t...

A group of about 20 biked from the Salem power plant to GreEnergy Photovoltaic Park at Beverly High School. They were met there by a group of supporters including the major of Beverly, local elected representatives and other members of the community.

the day began with juice sales at the farmers market (procedes going to carbon emissions offsets). the festivities continued in fort greene park with a messy and colorful banner decorating project, wonderful music, and inspiring speakers. throughout the day materials and resou...

About 20-25 Billionaires for Coal turned out to host a cocktail party, complete with croquet and badminton, on the steps of the Bank of America building in downtown San Francisco. The building housed banks like Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, all billion dol...

We did a Spring cleaning on the Warren County Bike Path and held a rally on the pedestrian bridge on the path over Quaker Road, the busiest highway in Warren County.

We had great local speakers and a good sized crowd braved the threat of rain. Lot's of infomation sharing and the frying of potatoes instead of the earth was a big hit (organic french fries).

Over 20 environmental organizations from Rhode Island participated in Step it Up Providence including Youth United for Global Action and Awareness (YUGA),Save the Bay, Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA), Green Party RI and Clean Water Action. Also attending were Cou...

We had about 70 people from ages 1 to 85 and as far away as Bluffton at our picnic. It was frigid, but we had a great turnout despite the cold, windy weather (it even started to snow after we left.)Local green organizations including the Sierra Club's Cool Cities program, Tole...

People met at West Glacier Elementary school. A presentations was given by a geologists who worked in Glacier National Park. Singers and song writers played before the 2.5 mile march to Lake McDonald.

Many people showed up to sign the petition as well as to participate in many activates. Kids had fun with games and face painting. People enjoyed cookies and lemonade while bands played music. There was information available to read about as well as a place to buy trees to ...

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...

We began our through-hike of the Appalachian Trail on top of Springer Mountain on April 14th with our plea to Congress to STEP IT UP! Sean Lena, 2007 Middlebury College graduate, and Mark Lena, MD of Orono, Maine

A one-person event paying homage to a melting ice cube and documenting it for all to witness: http://gdaeman.blogspot.com/2007/04/step-it-up-2007-ice-melting.html

I am Rosie Morrow President of the Environmental Club at Dalton State College. We were rained out for the April 14th event, however we showed "An Inconvienent Truth" in it's place. Complete with free popcorn, and free coke. The turn out was great we had about 150 people to ...

a fine group of 7 gathered in Indian Creek. We enjoyed a day of coffee, friendship, sun and climbing fun while talking about the climate, our roles and what we can do. We had an excellent evening discussion and informed others of the special day and the Step It Up action. The ...

Lyme families gathered on the common to talk about climate change and then walked, ran, rode bikes, carpooled in hybrid cars, and rode the Big Green Bus (a school bus converted to run on vegetable oil) to the Step It up Event in Hanover.