Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Jun 18, 2008	350.org and the Global Climate Movement
Many of you may have already heard about a new campaign that a few of us recently launched, 350.org . For those who have not, 350 is the most important important number on the planet . It represents the safe level of CO2 in the atmosphere, according to top NASA scientist Jim Hansen . If we...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Jun 18, 2008	350.org and the Global Climate Movement
Many of you may have already heard about a new campaign that a few of us recently launched, 350.org . For those who have not, 350 is the most important important number on the planet . It represents the safe level of CO2 in the atmosphere, according to top NASA scientist Jim Hansen . If we...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  May 15, 2008	From the Belly of the Beast
Yesterday I attended the Dynegy Corporation’s annual shareholder meeting to remind Fossil Fool of the Year Nominee Bruce Williamson it’s time to cancel plans to coal burning power plants. Dynegy is planning to become the next King Coal (pictured below, see more pictures of the...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  May 15, 2008	From the Belly of the Beast
Yesterday I attended the Dynegy Corporation’s annual shareholder meeting to remind Fossil Fool of the Year Nominee Bruce Williamson it’s time to cancel plans to coal burning power plants. Dynegy is planning to become the next King Coal (pictured below, see more pictures of the...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Apr 4, 2008	Post-Bali Dispatch: “Lighting Up” a movement in Upstate New York!
The bustling halls of the United Nations climate negotiations still ringing in my ears, it’s been an incredible few months since I and other youth delegates from SustainUS returned from Bali. So many friends and neighbors emailed or stopped by to say “Thanks for sending your...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Apr 4, 2008	Post-Bali Dispatch: “Lighting Up” a movement in Upstate New York!
The bustling halls of the United Nations climate negotiations still ringing in my ears, it’s been an incredible few months since I and other youth delegates from SustainUS returned from Bali. So many friends and neighbors emailed or stopped by to say “Thanks for sending your...... [view]

Posted By:  AmySampleWard Posted On:  Nov 1, 2007	Majora Carter Says Showing Up For Climate Solutions is MORE Than Half the Battle
GI Joe has got it wrong, according to Majora Carter, the dynamic Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx . Carter, who works to connect poverty alleviation and the environment in ways that benefit both concerns, argues that "showing up is more than half the battle." Well plenty of...... [view]

Posted By:  AmySampleWard Posted On:  Oct 29, 2007	Bill McKibben Says It’s Time to “Organize, Organize, Organize” for a Cleaner Future
Bill McKibben has three pieces of advice for people who want to make a difference in the fight against global warming: "1: Organize. 2. Organize. 3. Organize," says the well-beloved author, educator, climate activist and co-founder of Step It Up . Only then does he add his fourth...... [view]

Posted By:  AmySampleWard Posted On:  Oct 25, 2007	Watch Out for the Echo-Boom: Why Politicians Had Better Start Paying Attention to the Millennial Generation
80 million teens and twenty-somethings are ready to make their mark on American politics. Is the growing youth climate movement - now poised to explode off campuses and into the nation's capitol for Power Shift 2007 , the first national youth climate summit - the vanguard of a new...... [view]

Posted By:  AmySampleWard Posted On:  Oct 25, 2007	Generation Anything-But-Quiet: Just Wait for the Noise at Power Shift 2007!
The Youth Climate Movement is poised to explode off of campuses and into our nation’s capitol for PowerShift 2007, November 2nd-5th. Thomas Friedman, the popular New York Times columnist, recently labeled teens and twenty-somethings coming to age in the early years of the 21st...... [view]