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Time Magazine just announced its Heroes of the Environment 2008! Leaders and Visionaries: 1.  Kevin Conrad 2.  Arnold Schwarzenegger 3.  Shelia Watt-Cloutier 4.  Alice Waters 5.  Marina Silva & Cristina Narbona Ruiz 6.  Kim Stanley Robinson 7.  Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger 8.  Habiba Sarabi 9.  Bharrat Jagdeo Moguls and Entreprenuers: 1.  Jean-Francois & Jean-Charles Decaux 2.  Mick Bremans 3.  John Doerr 4.  Peter Head 5.  Peggy Liu 6.  Shai Agassi Activists: 1.  Annie [...]Time Magazine just announced its Heroes of the Environment 2008! Leaders and Visionaries: 1.  Kevin Conrad 2.  Arnold Schwarzenegger 3.  Shelia Watt-Cloutier 4.  Alice Waters 5.  Marina Silva & Cristina Narbona Ruiz 6.  Kim Stanley Robinson 7.  Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger 8.  Habiba Sarabi 9.  Bharrat Jagdeo Moguls and Entreprenuers: 1.  Jean-Francois & Jean-Charles Decaux 2.  Mick Bremans 3.  John Doerr 4.  Peter Head 5.  Peggy Liu 6.  Shai Agassi Activists: 1.  Annie [...]

From Wall St. to the Clinton Global Initiative to the UN Summit, we have watched this week as unprecedented economic and political events unfold in the United States and around the world.  Thankfully, in the midst of these very uncertain times, something beautiful is happening tomorrow. Action. And we don’t mean another bailout proposal. Beacause we [...]From Wall St. to the Clinton Global Initiative to the UN Summit, we have watched this week as unprecedented economic and political events unfold in the United States and around the world.  Thankfully, in the midst of these very uncertain times, something beautiful is happening tomorrow. Action. And we don’t mean another bailout proposal. Beacause we [...]

Jessy Tolkan presented at the Clinton Global Initiative today, in front of the press corps (that includes several It’s Getting Hot in Here bloggers) on the Energy Action CGI Commitment. Jessy, Billy, and Jake have been sporting snazzy Power Vote t-shirts and have been one of only a few youth-led projects highlighted at CGI. Jessy [...]Jessy Tolkan presented at the Clinton Global Initiative today, in front of the press corps (that includes several It’s Getting Hot in Here bloggers) on the Energy Action CGI Commitment. Jessy, Billy, and Jake have been sporting snazzy Power Vote t-shirts and have been one of only a few youth-led projects highlighted at CGI. Jessy [...]

The youth climate movement is bigger than ever! Masses of young people are taking the initiative and organizing conferences, and summits to inspire action. There are great events happening all over the country in the upcoming months. Take your pick from these exciting opportunities! 1. The SCASCC (South Carolina’s Student/Youth Environmental Action Conference) Fall 2008 Summit is approaching [...]The youth climate movement is bigger than ever! Masses of young people are taking the initiative and organizing conferences, and summits to inspire action. There are great events happening all over the country in the upcoming months. Take your pick from these exciting opportunities! 1. The SCASCC (South Carolina’s Student/Youth Environmental Action Conference) Fall 2008 Summit is approaching [...]

A broken down biodiesel bus will not stop Power Vote for taking our call for clean and just energy to the debates! Very early yesterday morning one of Energy Action’s founders, Kassie Rohrbach, and I began our 22 day tour of the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. Our first day was filled with adventure, good people, [...]A broken down biodiesel bus will not stop Power Vote for taking our call for clean and just energy to the debates! Very early yesterday morning one of Energy Action’s founders, Kassie Rohrbach, and I began our 22 day tour of the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. Our first day was filled with adventure, good people, [...]

The grades are in, folks. It’s the time many students dread, as we imagine teachers and professors reveling in the maniacal joy of evaluating our performance and effort. Oh how the tables have turned. The College Sustainability Report Card 2009 has been released by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. The new interactive report card reveals sustainability trends at [...]The grades are in, folks. It’s the time many students dread, as we imagine teachers and professors reveling in the maniacal joy of evaluating our performance and effort. Oh how the tables have turned. The College Sustainability Report Card 2009 has been released by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. The new interactive report card reveals sustainability trends at [...]

Crossposted from the Green Jobs Now Blog… September 27th Events to Focus on Key Presidential Debate Theme [OAKLAND, CA] – On Saturday, September 27th, Green For All, 1Sky and the We Campaign are joining with tens of thousands of Americans for “Green Jobs Now: A Day to Build the New Economy.” Green Jobs Now occurs on the [...]Crossposted from the Green Jobs Now Blog… September 27th Events to Focus on Key Presidential Debate Theme [OAKLAND, CA] – On Saturday, September 27th, Green For All, 1Sky and the We Campaign are joining with tens of thousands of Americans for “Green Jobs Now: A Day to Build the New Economy.” Green Jobs Now occurs on the [...]

Look here now, speaking of someone besides young people using civil disobedience to stop coal fired power plants from being constructed…let’s get David Letterman arrested. Name the time and place, Dave, I’m there. Or if you need suggestions, I’ve got some ideas. This is from the first week of September I believe, but I haven’t seen it [...]Look here now, speaking of someone besides young people using civil disobedience to stop coal fired power plants from being constructed…let’s get David Letterman arrested. Name the time and place, Dave, I’m there. Or if you need suggestions, I’ve got some ideas. This is from the first week of September I believe, but I haven’t seen it [...]

At today’s Clinton Global Initiative, Al Gore said for the first time in public that we are at a point in our world’s history, and in need of such immediate action, that if you are a young person it’s time for civil disobedience. In particular to bringing coal plants to a halt. On a panel with Queen [...]At today’s Clinton Global Initiative, Al Gore said for the first time in public that we are at a point in our world’s history, and in need of such immediate action, that if you are a young person it’s time for civil disobedience. In particular to bringing coal plants to a halt. On a panel with Queen [...]

First panel: 10:40 Bono, Queen Rania (of Jordan), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia), Neville Isdell (Coke CEO), and Al Gore take stage. 10:43 Clinton: Gore’s (Alliance for Climate Protection’s “We Campaign”) climate ads best he’s ever seen. What do y’all think of these ads? 10:45 Queen Rania discusses her efforts in education, and how everyone in Jordan now [...]First panel: 10:40 Bono, Queen Rania (of Jordan), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia), Neville Isdell (Coke CEO), and Al Gore take stage. 10:43 Clinton: Gore’s (Alliance for Climate Protection’s “We Campaign”) climate ads best he’s ever seen. What do y’all think of these ads? 10:45 Queen Rania discusses her efforts in education, and how everyone in Jordan now [...]