First Ever Youth Voter Testimony to the Government on Global Warming
Published Wednesday, November 07, 2007 by SROmgmt.
Look at what we've been doing on The Hill. Watch the videos. If you can't view, go directly to the blog. This is an historic event. It was the first time young people testified to the government on Global Warming.
Billy Parish
Cheryl Lockwood
Brittany Cochran
Kaetlyn McCormick
Ed Markey Questions
Billy Parish
Cheryl Lockwood
Brittany Cochran
Kaetlyn McCormick
Ed Markey Questions
Labels: Powershift
Note to all readers: Looking for you to join me and 5,000 others in getting your voice heard on Climate Change.This November 5th, the largest grassroots engagement with Congress on global warming to date, will be led not by Al Gore or paid lobbyists, but by thousands of young voters under the banner of the 1Sky Campaign and Power Shift 07 - the first-ever national youth summit united to solve the climate crisis. Power Shift 07 is slated to be an historic event, as this will be the first time in history that young people will be testifying to the government on global warming.
5,000 young people, representing all 50 sates and over 300 Congressional districts, will flock to University of Maryland and Capitol Hill for the Power Shift 07 training sessions, rally, and lobby day.
The young voters will pledge for the following:
- 5 million green jobs conserving 20% of our energy by 2015
- Cut 80% of our carbon emissions by 2050 and 30% by 2020
- Moratorium on coal fire power plants
- No new nukes
The day has already been featured on CNN, The Nation, and The NY Times - the latter in response to Thomas Friedman's article calling the Millennial generation, "Generation Q" for "Generation Quiet." View our responses here.
Register to come to Power Shift today and wee the video to see what Mr. T. has to say about it.
Labels: climate change, Energy Action, Power Shift 07, Powershift, PowerShift 2007, Youth Activism
at home in PennsylvaniaOne fallen leaf cannot replace the beauty of autumn.
My flight from
The street here is lined with tall stands of sycamore. There seems to be no autumn in the city - not like what we have in the Northeast. Even though, a littering of browned and brittle leaves huddle together on the sides of the walkways, as is to hide from the tromping feet of fellow passerbys.
I shuffled
Unconsciously through a trailing pile of leaves.
Crunch, whoosh, crunch.
It was the same sound my feet would make through the wooded trails behind my house on a cool October day. I can easily count it as one of my favorite sounds in the world. The sweet scent of soil mixed with red maple, sweet birch, and glistening inky caps would fill my lungs with each passing step. If I were lucky, I would find a big yellow sugar maple leaf to take home with me, and press it between the pages of my old Rodale herb book.
The extra day in Paris was worth it, if only for just that memory.
Labels: Paris, Power Shift 07, Powershift, youth climate change movement
Power Shift Featured Speaker: Julia Bonds - Mountaintop Removal (West Virginia)
Published Tuesday, October 09, 2007 by SROmgmt.
Julia Bonds, Goldman Prize winner, was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. She's a coal miner's daughter and the director of Coal River Mountain Watch. Over the past six years, Bonds has emerged as a formidable community leader against the horrible destruction of mountaintop removal mining. In 2001, Bonds and her family became the last residents to evacuate from her own hometown of Marfork Hollow where six generations of her family had lived. Marfork had been virtually destroyed by mountaintop removal mining, which involves completely blasting off the tops of mountains so that huge machines can mine thin seams of coal.
Media Inquiries: Coal River Mountain Watch - 304.854.2182
Labels: coal, coal mining, Energy Action, Julia Bonds, mountaintop removal, Power Shift 07, Power Shift 2007, Powershift
Rising to the Climate Challenge: Thousands Expected At First-Ever National Youth Summit on Global Warming
Published by SROmgmt.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Power Shift 2007 to Take Place November 2-5, 2007 in College Park, MD
Washington, D.C. On November 2, 2007, thousands of young people will converge on our nation's capital for Power Shift, the first-ever national youth summit to solve the climate crisis. The conference will engage high school and college students from all 50 states about solutions to global warming and how they can put those solutions into practice on their campuses, in their communities, and in the political arena.
At Power Shift, young leaders from all backgrounds will share ideas, learn new skills, make connections and ultimately use their collective experience to create a fresh, inspiring vision of the future, one focused on America's poten
tial to build a clean energy economy, achieve energy independence, create millions of green jobs, increase global equity, and revitalize the economy.
Power Shift's agenda includes issue briefings from the nation's leading scientists and policy experts, training sessions on organizing, advocacy and media relations, an "opportunities fair" featuring some of the country's leading environmental employers, and built-in networking opportunities for attendees. Conference participants are also urged to attend a Lobby Day November 5 on Capitol Hill, aimed at urging elected representatives to embrace bold, meaningful, and comprehensive legislation to solve the climate crisis and put America back on the path to a clean and just energy future.
"Special interests have taken precedence over human interests for far too long," said Richard Scott, a student at the University of Maryland studying political science, public administration, and theater. "By joining together to share our ideas and passion we will be establishing a national voice for our generation. We need to raise this collective voice to reach our elected leaders and demand that they take global warming seriously." Along these lines, event organizers have invited 2008 presidential candidates and influential environmental advocates to address the conference.
"Our world is at a crossroads," added Craig Altimose, Power Shift Organizer. "The actions we take today as a society to address the challenge of climate change will determine the future of our generation and generations to come. The time has come for us to make a change."
About Energy Action
Energy Action Coalition is a group of over 40 leading youth environmental and social justice organizations working together to leverage their collective power and strengthen the clean energy movement in North America. In August 2006, Energy Action launched The Campus Climate Challenge, a joint campaign by 37 organizations from the U.S. and Canada focused on uniting students to pass 100% clean energy policies on their campuses. Since its inception, the Climate Challenge has spread to students on more than 500 high schools and college campuses.
For more information on Power Shift, including a full conference agenda, registration guideline, and how to be a campus recruiter for the conference, please visit powershift07.org.
Washington, D.C. On November 2, 2007, thousands of young people will converge on our nation's capital for Power Shift, the first-ever national youth summit to solve the climate crisis. The conference will engage high school and college students from all 50 states about solutions to global warming and how they can put those solutions into practice on their campuses, in their communities, and in the political arena.
At Power Shift, young leaders from all backgrounds will share ideas, learn new skills, make connections and ultimately use their collective experience to create a fresh, inspiring vision of the future, one focused on America's poten
tial to build a clean energy economy, achieve energy independence, create millions of green jobs, increase global equity, and revitalize the economy.Power Shift's agenda includes issue briefings from the nation's leading scientists and policy experts, training sessions on organizing, advocacy and media relations, an "opportunities fair" featuring some of the country's leading environmental employers, and built-in networking opportunities for attendees. Conference participants are also urged to attend a Lobby Day November 5 on Capitol Hill, aimed at urging elected representatives to embrace bold, meaningful, and comprehensive legislation to solve the climate crisis and put America back on the path to a clean and just energy future.
"Special interests have taken precedence over human interests for far too long," said Richard Scott, a student at the University of Maryland studying political science, public administration, and theater. "By joining together to share our ideas and passion we will be establishing a national voice for our generation. We need to raise this collective voice to reach our elected leaders and demand that they take global warming seriously." Along these lines, event organizers have invited 2008 presidential candidates and influential environmental advocates to address the conference.
"Our world is at a crossroads," added Craig Altimose, Power Shift Organizer. "The actions we take today as a society to address the challenge of climate change will determine the future of our generation and generations to come. The time has come for us to make a change."
About Energy Action
Energy Action Coalition is a group of over 40 leading youth environmental and social justice organizations working together to leverage their collective power and strengthen the clean energy movement in North America. In August 2006, Energy Action launched The Campus Climate Challenge, a joint campaign by 37 organizations from the U.S. and Canada focused on uniting students to pass 100% clean energy policies on their campuses. Since its inception, the Climate Challenge has spread to students on more than 500 high schools and college campuses.
For more information on Power Shift, including a full conference agenda, registration guideline, and how to be a campus recruiter for the conference, please visit powershift07.org.
Labels: Campus Climate Challenge, carbon neutrality, Energy Action, Power Shift 07, Power Shift 2007, Powershift, Youth Activism
Power Shift Featured Speaker: Van Jones (Social Justice & Green Collar Jobs) + Message from Richard Scott
Published by SROmgmt.
We have over 1,300 young people signed up for Power Shift, the First National Summit to Solve the Climate Crisis run entirely for and by young people this NOVEMBER 2-5 in D.C.. Keep the people coming!Click here or watch below to view Van Jones (Ella Baker Center), one of the featured speakers at Power Shift. Van Jones is working to combine solutions to America's two biggest problems: social inequity and environmental destruction. His dual roles have given him a unique perspective on the country's problems and its potential solutions. Under the slogan "Green jobs, not Jails," Van today is calling for green economic development in urban America, and his visionary efforts are already meeting with practical sense.
Also check out what Richard Scott has to say, one of Power Shift's Spokespeople. He's the Student Regent for the U of Maryland and a Frostburg State University senior studying political science, public administration, and theater with an interest in renewable energy and sustainability. Click here to hear his shout out or watch below.
Labels: Campus Climate Challenge, Energy Activism, Power Shift 07, Powershift, Van jones, Youth Activism
Summer Rayne Hosts PowerShift Fundraiser at Project Greenhouse
Published Wednesday, July 18, 2007 by SROmgmt.
Ecorazzi and the New York Observer highlight Summer Rayne's fundraiser & event at Project Greenhouse in East Hampton. An intimate organic, locally-sourced dinner was prepared by Discovery chef, Nathan Lyons for the forty-person crowd. The event brought together a number of people involved in environmental issues, including scientists, entrepreneurs, green marketers, activists, environmental non-profit leaders, climate change psychologists, investors, media, environmental lawyers, and a conscientious fashion crowd.A silent auction was held for the guests to benefit Powershift, the first ever national youth climate conference. Stay tuned to a future site via Yahoo! to bid on the auction items during the month of August and to learn more on how you can be a part of PowerShift 2007 and the climate change movement.
About the House:
The modern eco-home designed by renowned architect Edvin Karl Stromsten features break-through green energy technology that maintains a heightened sensitivity to its natural environment. Streamlined, stylish and filled with light, this home epitomizes modern “green” architecture.
About the Events:
From June 30 through July 31st, Project GreenHouse will host 4 weekends of intimate, high-profile benefit dinners and special events with celebrity hosts to help raise funds for environmental charities including the Riverkeeper, The Rainforest Foundation, Charity: Water, FEED Bags for the World Food Programme, tar art media to benefit Earth Pledge, and a private affair to benefit PowerShift 2007 hosted by model, entrepreneur and environmental activist, Summer Rayne Oakes. All proceeds go directly to each organization.
Margaret Teich (producer of Lazy Environmentalist) and Natasha give the Peace Sign
Tony Massaro (League of Conservation Voters), Summer Rayne Oakes and Massimo LoBuglio, climate change psychologist launching the BE CARBON NEUTRAL Campaign, part of CRED Institute.
Steve Glass and Monique Pean (eco-jewelry)
Margaret Teich (producer of Lazy Environmentalist) and Natasha give the Peace Sign
Tony Massaro (League of Conservation Voters), Summer Rayne Oakes and Massimo LoBuglio, climate change psychologist launching the BE CARBON NEUTRAL Campaign, part of CRED Institute.
Steve Glass and Monique Pean (eco-jewelry)About PowerShift:
Powershift 2007 is the first national youth Climate Summit headed by Energy Action and the Campus Climate Challenge, a joint project of 23 leading youth environmental and social justice organizations that has expanded into 540 campuses across the U.S. and Canada, exposing more than 1.7 million young people to global warming solutions and getting over 300 colleges to commit to becoming "climate neutral". PowerShift 2007 will be held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. on October 19-22. The gathering will bring together 3,000-5,000 young people and will be a pivotal moment for the movement. climatechallenge.org
Blake Mycoskie (Toms Shoes) longboards with his crazy plaid pants.Blake striking a pose with Lauren Bush, founder of the Feed Bag program.
PowerShift 2007 Conference Agenda & Components
Trainings: Conference attendees will learn the best practices of climate organizing, including: campaign and event planning,recruitment, media, public speaking, lobbying, leadership development, coalition-building, and meeting with decision-makers.
State/Regional Break-Outs: After splitting into geographically-based groups, youth will identify upcoming state and regional opportunities to realize tangible climate progress and plan coordinated campaigns and events to make them happen. We will also faciliate the coordination of upcoming citizen marches across the country.
Keynote Speakers: Attendees will be energized by leaders of the climate movement, including Al Gore, Van Jones, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Rev. Lenox Yearwood, and more.
Presentations: Diverse speakers will enlighten youth about the connections between Climate and Faith, International Security and Climate Change, How Combating Climate Change Leads to Job Creation, Climate Change from a Native’s Perspective, and many more presentations that will help build our movement and add new perspectives to the discussion.
Rally in D.C.: Youth will learn the true meaning of environmental justice and moral responsibility as they partner with local environmental justice groups and hold a march and rally on local energy justice issues and federal climate policy.
Job Fair: Employers on the cutting edge of our energy transition will meet youth looking for the jobs of tomorrow in non-profit, clean energy, and other sustainably-focused sectors.
Lobby Congress: Youth representing every state will visit their elected representatives to support federal climate policy that would reduce carbon at least 80% by 2050.
2008 and Beyond: Candidates for the Presidency of the United States will speak to their plan to reduce GHG emissions 80% by 2050, providing examples of bold leadership.
Peter Strugatz (CEO of Icestone), Lauren Bush, and Josh Dorfman in the fashion closet
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