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Lock box? Should Gore get arrested protesting coal?	David Roberts	31 Oct 2007	Gristmill
It's a little sketchily sourced, but according to Mark Hertsgaard Al Gore is "considering" joining the Rainforest Action Network in some direct action protest against coal plants -- which could well result in his arrest. Hertsgaard thinks it would be a good thing: If Gore did end up getting arrested during a protest against a coal-fired power plant, it would make front-page news throughout the world and put a spotlight on what some climate scientists a ...
Topics: Al Gore, coal, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

From Campus: Making a power shift Students organize summit on climate change	Nathan Wyeth	30 Oct 2007	Gristmill
You know how some days you just get so wrapped up with those new Facebook apps that you barely notice when columnists in the nation's newspaper of note are talking shit about you behind your back? Earlier this month, Tom Friedman wrote: America needs a jolt of the idealism, activism and outrage ... of Generation Q [for 'Quiet']. That's what twentysomethings are for -- to light a fire under the country. But they can't email it in, and an online petition or a mou ...
Topics: climate, education, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

The Shape of Good Hope Climate activists have reason to hope even amidst bad news		26 Oct 2007	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 26 Oct 2007 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. This ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Let's hear it for the boys ... and girls Annual Brower Youth Awards recognize young greenies	Sarah van Schagen	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Tonight, the annual Brower Youth Awards ceremony will recognize six youth who have made major environmental contributions in their communities and beyond. This year's winners include: Jon Warnow, 23, of Burlington, Vt., who helped coordinate the Step It Up campaign for a National Day of Climate Action earlier this year. Erica Fernandez, 16, who campaigned against a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline that would have been routed through low-in ...
Topics: grassroots activism, politics, progress, brilliance (all these topics)

Citizens Lead for Energy Action Now CLEAN calls for action on energy policy	Joseph Romm	23 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Well, they dropped a bundle to get a quarter-page 'Clean Power' ad in the Washington Post (page A21 today) so the least I can do is give them a shout out here. CLEAN is a 'clean power and coalfield state grassroots organization' circulating a comprehensive national 'call to action' on energy policy that includes: a five-year moratorium on new coal-fired power plants increased investments and tax credits for stepped-up renewable energy production greater empha ...
Topics: climate, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Woo-hoo, caribou! How chainsaw toting underwear models helped save America's most endangered large mammal	Glenn Hurowitz	22 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The world's 1,700 mountain caribou can chomp their lichens in peace -- Forest Ethics and a coalition of Canadian environmental groups announced an agreement with the British Columbia government to protect more than 5 million acres of their home habitat in British Columbia's forests. The victory came after a five-year campaign targeting corporations and the regional government that either logged mountain caribou habitat or used paper from the mountainous, old gro ...
Topics: Canada, endangered species, grassroots activism, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

If you'd like to see a good energy bill this year ... Take action on the energy bill	Joseph Romm	18 Oct 2007	Gristmill
... go here and sign the petition. As we've seen, the bill is hanging by thread with a threatened presidential veto and partisan squabbling in the Senate. Still, if Bush is going to threaten a veto, best to actually make him do so, and force the key issues, fuel economy standards and a renewable portfolio standard, into the public eye and hopefully the presidential campaign. This post was created for ClimateProgress.org, a project of the Center for American P ...
Topics: climate, energy, grassroots activism, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Get your industrial agrodiesel here Profit motive is eating the planet	biodiversivist	18 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The opening of the Propel Biofuels public pump was a smallish affair. The crowd of about thirty people appeared to consist mostly of investors, public relations personnel, some alternative energy enthusiasts, lots of press, and at least one lawyer. Because of the twelve-hour notice, and because it was in the middle of the week, only two protesters made it. There is going to be a bigger protest this Saturday (October 20), same place, same time (high noon, at the p ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, grassroots activism, local politics, politics, Seattle (all these topics)

They're Stepping Up Edwards, McCain, and Kucinich say they'll speak at Step It Up 2 rallies		16 Oct 2007	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 16 Oct 2007 MIDDLEBUR ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Stepping it up on activism New book from McKibben & co. aids grassroots action	Erik Hoffner	15 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Tuesday marks the release (yes, on recycled paper) of Fight Global Warming Now, the Step It Up 2007 team's handbook for grassroots action on climate (and most other issues) in our communities. It's a blueprint for success based on their own experiences. Step It Up 2: Who's a Leader is just around the corner (Nov. 3), and there is an increasing corps of leaders committing to turn up at the events: eight members of Congress and two presidential candidates: go here to f ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, books, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Organizers or TV stars? How should the environmental movement spend its money?	Glenn Hurowitz	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Tonight will witness the biggest social event of the D.C. environmental calendar: the Green Corps 15th anniversary bash. All the green glitterati will be there to honor Rep. Ed Markey and John Lewis with awards -- and more importantly, to raise money to support training organizers for the environmental movement. I've been helping out with the event for the last few months and I'm excited about it. It's made me reflect on how much the environmental movement has ...
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Do the Invite Thing Congresspeople are saying 'yes' to Step It Up 2 -- has yours RSVP'd?		03 Oct 2007	Dispatches
Congresspeople are saying "yes" to Step It Up 2 -- has yours RSVP'd? Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 03 Oct 2007 ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Hey hey, ho ho ... Climate protesters arrested outside State Department	David Roberts	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Greenpeace executive director John Passacantando was among 50 activists arrested today outside the State Department, protesting Bush's farcical climate meetings.
Topics: climate, grassroots activism, politics, Washington DC (all these topics)

Best Foot Forward Ask politicians to join Step It Up 2 and explain their stance on climate change		25 Sep 2007	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 25 Sep 2007 MID ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Fast and furious Ted Glick enters Day 17 of climate fast	Glenn Hurowitz	23 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Yesterday I went through a day-long fast for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, a day of atonement, and the climax of the Days of Awe. We Jews usually start to get hungry by the afternoon. So it's worthwhile to remember that Ted Glick was likely really hungry in Day 18 of his fast to solve the climate crisis, something probably even more important to God than the condition of our souls. Check out this video from Ted on Day 17:
Topics: climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Capping carbon: Is nothing better than something? On whether to advocate weaker climate change bills	Joseph Romm	22 Sep 2007	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. How fearsome must the headlines be about tomorrow before people change their ways today? -- Nancy Gibbs, TIME In Greenland today, the ice is thawing at a pace that is alarming climate scientists. Meanwhile in Washington, D.C., Congress remains frozen on the issue of carbon pricing. And that may be a good thing. Carbon pricing, as most r ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, energy, grassroots activism, legislation, politics (all these topics)

PARK(ing) Day Parking lots transform into parks for one day	Adam Browning	21 Sep 2007	Gristmill
There are two kinds of public demonstrations. Those that attract people to the cause and demonstrate new possibilities, and those that just piss people off and make enemies out of potential friends. Here's a beautiful example of the former. 'Parking' can either mean leaving an expensive hunk of climate-changing steel to cool on greasy asphalt, or it can mean sitting on the grass with friends, drinking wine in the fresh, clean air. These guys have an elegant way of g ...
Topics: grassroots activism, placemaking, politics, urban planning (all these topics)

10 things we can do: Rebuilding civil society It's not that individuals can't do anything about climate -- they just can't do it by thems	David Roberts	13 Sep 2007	Gristmill
I've been thinking about this debate over voluntary individual action and its place in the larger fight for sustainability (see here, here, and here). It's missing something. A huge gulf has developed in America between public and private life. This has put green activism -- all of progressivism, actually -- on the horns of a dilemma. On the one hand, private life has become all but coextensive with consumerism -- what we choose to buy. Shifting consumer dolla ...
Topics: consumerism, grassroots activism, green living, politics (all these topics)

Fast to stop global warming September 4th event marks new phase in struggle for the planet	Glenn Hurowitz	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I'm incredibly excited about the September 4th Climate Emergency Fast being organized by the U.S. Climate Emergency Council and others. I've signed up and hope you will too, by clicking here. In one week, the number of fasters has grown from 395 to 795 and continues to multiply. Everyone I've talked to about it is instantly drawn to it; people seem to instinctively understand that we need to move beyond the polite letter-writing, lobbying, and yes -- blogging -- t ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Theories of eco-impotence Why is green so low on the political agenda?	David Roberts	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Why, with green so ubiquitous in media and culture, is it not higher up on the political agenda? Emily Gertz says it's because the green grassroots aren't involved in party politics. Matthew Yglesias points to new survey data from American Environics (PDF) which indicate that concern for the environment is broad but shallow. While everyone claims to care about environmental issues, nobody -- not even those who rate their concern the highest -- makes them a priority i ...
Topics: elections, environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Al Gore calls for civil disobedience Against climate polluters	Glenn Hurowitz	16 Aug 2007	Gristmill
From The New York Times's Nicholas Kristof ($ub req'd): I ran into Al Gore at a climate/energy conference this month, and he vibrates with passion about this issue -- recognizing that we should confront mortal threats even when they don't emanate from Al Qaeda. 'We are now treating the Earth's atmosphere as an open sewer,' he said, and (perhaps because my teenage son was beside me) he encouraged young people to engage in peaceful protests to block major new carb ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Step Higher Step It Up 2 is coming this November -- get ready to hit the streets		07 Aug 2007	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 07 Aug 2007 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. Move ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

YearlyKos: Step It Up 2 The next round of McKibben's campaign	David Roberts	04 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I forgot some of the coolest (and breaking) news! At my panel earlier today, Bill McKibben "pre-announced" something exciting: On Nov. 3, a year before the presidential election, he will be organizing Step It Up 2: Revenge of the Nerds. OK, I made up the title, but not the news. At the first Step It Up, McKibben's Army asked that people gather in places likely to be affected by climate change. For Step It Up 2, people will be gathering in places that comme ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

MoveOn comes out behind a national RPS Good on 'em	David Roberts	30 Jul 2007	Gristmill
I just got this email from MoveOn.org: Dear MoveOn member, Did you know the U.S. right now gets only 2% of our electricity from clean energy sources like solar and wind? We have the technology. We know people want it. We just haven't had the political will. But Congress is voting this week on H.R. 969, a bill that will dramatically boost solar and wind energy. If it passes, it'll be like taking 37 million cars off the road.1 Along with the rest ...
Topics: energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Global warming and direct action To act not to act	Jon Rynn	26 Jun 2007	Gristmill
I regularly receive a letter from Ted Glick, the coordinator of the U.S. Climate Emergency Council, who recently was arrested for hanging a banner on the NOAA building to protest their mishandling of climate information. He has joined with others in calling for a fast on September 4th: We are calling on thousands of Americans to voluntarily give up food for one day on September 4th, 2007. Other participants will fast even longer beginning on that date, some for weeks. Ou ...
Topics: climate, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

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