"Sometimes the best way to raise consciousness is by raising a glass," writes author David de Rothschild in The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook. "And what deserves a toast more than our venerable old planet?"
Essential Skill #12: Throw a Party!
Among the three "parties" de Rothschild suggests are two that you may have attended in recent weeks -- Clean Up the World Day during the third weekend of September and World Carfree Day on September 22. The other is Earth Day on April 22. It started in 1970 as "the birth of environmentalism in America," and is now celebrated by hundreds of millions of people all over the world.
You don't have to wait until Earth Day, though, to throw your next party for the earth.
For instance, this November 3rd Americans will be "partying" all over the country for "Step It Up 2: Who's a Leader?" The goal -- to demand real leadership on global warming. You can Start an Action of your own or Join an Action that's already organized in your community.
Just be sure to Invite Your Leaders to attend.
"On November 3 we'll find out who the real leaders are," say Step It Up organizers. "You're showing your leadership by organizing and joining actions in your community. Let's flood politicians with invitations to come to Step It Up actions and be leaders on global warming."
As of this writing, Step It Up participants have sent 2,610 invitations to 522 members of Congress and all 17 presidential candidates. So far, only 5 have said yes, none of whom are running for president. The more invitations they get, the more pressure they'll feel to attend, so Invite Your Leaders to Step It Up today.
To learn more about "Step It Up 2: Who's a Leader?" visit StepItUp2007.org.
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We joined a local Step It Up action today -- "Be the Change" at Arizona State University in Tempe, organized by Students for Sensible, Sustainable Energy and the Palo Verde group of the Sierra Club. If it's anything like last year's, there will be booths there with information and demonstrations, as well as a stage set up for speakers and a band.
We also invited our Arizona leaders to join us -- Senators John McCain and John Kyl, and Representative Jeff Flake. So far, Step It Up partcipants have sent out 3,824 invitations to 528 members of Congress, 8 of whom say they'll be there -- Senator Bernard Sanders (VT), Rep. Peter Welch (VT), Rep. Anthony Weiner (NY), Rep. Paul Kanjorski(PA), Rep. Paul HOdes (NH), Rep. Nick Lampson (TX), Rep. Chris Carney (PA) and Rep. John Olver (MA). Still, none of the 17 presidential candidates who have been invited have accepted.
your blog is particularly interesting to me, seeing my blog was also created and meant to make people more and more aware of our planet's actual situation.
Can I link your blog to mine? I would also be happy if you could insert a link to mine, ACT NOW, if that's ok.
Thanks and regards,
-Josephine- (Switzerland)
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