Locations where actions are planned in the USA:
Albany, N.Y.
Local organizers held a demonstration at the federal building earlier this month and are planning something similar for Nov. 4. Contact Mark Looney, mwl99@yahoo.com, 518-674-1690.
Bellevue, Wa.
Erin Hickok reports that their action will take place from 1-3 pm on November 4th. It will be for concerned community members, parents, children, businessmen and students. Local residents, donning raincoats and umbrellas, will gather at Bellevue Downtown Park, 10201 NE 4th St., to urge local political leaders to support strong solutions to global warming. The event will include a photo opportunity from the air as attendees arrange into “human art” on the ground. Washingtonians and people around the world are concerned about the risks global warming poses to their communities, including the growing threat of extreme weather, increased forest fires, rising sea levels. Decreased snowpack in the Cascaedes, hotter and drier weather and salmon die offs are signs of global warming’s presence that are seen every day. Contact: Erin Hickok, 612-867-1910, or Marijke Unger, 303-981-3431, or go to www.WashingtonHotSeat.org
Berkshire County, Ma.
In Berkshire County the Climate Crisis Coalition will be spearheading a campaign to get the entire county to endorse the Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement, as well as the RGGI Initiative. Contact: raya@kyotoandbeyond.org, 413-243-5665.
Berkeley, Ca.
There will be a Climate Change Fair on the UC Berkeley campus the evening of November 3rd. It is expected to draw 1,000 to 1,400 students. For more information: http://superb.berkeley.edu/ccfair/
Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta, Maine:
We will have activists out in both communities with a clothesline filled with Dirty Laundry that exposes the environmental rollbacks and contributions to global warming. In Damariscotta it's the Early Bird sale (frantic consumerism) and we'll being doing a huge banner with the clothesline that says The Main Issue on Main Street Today: Global Climate Change. We will produce a laundry list that will be passed out throughout the town, as well as local solutions that are being implemented in Maine communities to reduce emissions. Contact Anne D. Burt, adburt@gwi.net.
Bucks County, Pa.
Concerned citizens from Bucks County, Philadelphia, and the surrounding area will join together to create aerial art to demand that Congress takes action on global warming now. It will take place at 12:00 pm at Snipes Farm, 890 West Bridge Street, Morrisville, PA 19067 (about 40 mins outside Philadelphia).
Contact: Kelly Mitchell, Organizer, Project Hot Seat Pennsylvania, Cell: 267-266-7256, kelly.mitchell@sfo.greenpeace.org, Skype: kellyemitchell
Boston, Ma.
The Sierra Student Coalition, Boston Climate Action Network, Clean Water Action, BOLD Teens, Loyal to Big Oil, Religious Witness for the Earth, Sierra Club (Boston chapter) and United for Justice and Peace have come together to organize the “Boston Coal Party.” This public event will channel the spirit of the Boston Tea Party by featuring colonial-themed street theater in which participants will dump boxes of coal, just as Colonial rebels dumped British tea. We will send the message that we reject the political dominance of the fossil fuel lobby, and we will call for leadership from government and business in the effort to slow global warming. The event will also include music, speakers, tabling, and a press conference. Contact Adi Nochur at anochur@gmail.com.
Boston, Ma.
The Massachusetts Climate Action Network will be holding a Global Warming Action Conference on November 19th at MIT’s Stata Center, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge. Co-sponsors include Clean Water Action, Conservation Law Foundation, Environmental League of Mass., Mass. Sierra Club and Mass. Technology Collaborative. More information can be found at http://www.massclimateaction.org or by calling 781-643-5911 or writing march@mbreslow.org.
Chicago, Il.
Tony Fuller reports that the Chicago Area Climate Action Network and the University of Chicago Environmental Concerns Organization will sponsor an educational event on global warming. There will be speakers from the sponsoring groups as well as from the Environmental Law and Policy Center and Environment Illinois. Following the speakers there will be a “human sculpture event” with a global warming message that a picture will be taken of from above the rally. Contact Tony at chiclimateaction@sbcglobal.net, 773-426-8568.
Columbus, In.
Tim Wilson reports: We will be having a walk beginning at Donner City Park down the main street (Washington Street) into downtown, concluding in front of city hall. Speakers will address the urgency for the U.S. to act now to curb climate change. As we are assembled before city hall with our signs, we will circulate the People's Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol Treaty. Following this we will screen the Climate Crisis Coalition DVD at The Crump, an old local theater. Contact Tim at tfw1955@gmail.com, 317-727-4096.
Denver/Boulder, Co.
The main focus of Colorado Clean Energy Action is an upcoming public hearing in Denver on October 23rd on a proposed rate increase for a local coal-fired plant. They will be testifying against that increase, advocating for renewable energy instead and organizing a stop global warming rally and press conference. The organizers expect a smaller follow-up action on November 4th. Contact: Dan Friedlander, dan@invuinfo.com, 303-499-0300.
Devon, Pa.
Angela Walker with the Eco Taskforce reports that she is trying to organize some groups(Main Line Unitarian Church, ECO group and youth groups) to distribute leaflets at local main line train stations on the Thursday and Friday evenings prior to the 4th so that people are ready to Fax their representatives on the day of Nov 4th. Depending on the number of responders we will try outside local supermarkets or local sporting events at schools, etc. We would like to make banners if enough people are willing. The environmental group at our local YMCA is interested. I am also showing the film, "The Great Warming" as an educational promo to these groups beforehand to hopefully motivate them. Contact Angela at ange007@verizon.net, 610-526-2346.
East Sound, Wa.
Sharon Abreu reports: On Sunday, November 5, we will have an International Day of Climate Action event. It will take place in the town of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, San Juan County, Washington State, about 80 miles north of Seattle. Our event will also be linked to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and the U.S. Partnership for the UN-DESD. There will be a concert to raise awareness about climate change and the work of nonprofit Irthlingz to educate about climate change. It will also be a benefit so that we can complete the production of a half-hour feature version of our climate change musical “Penguins on Thin Ice”. We’ll discuss and sing songs about climate change (and other related environmental issues), and we’ll have a couple of guest performers from San Juan Island as well. We’ll have some actions people can take right there (like signing the People’s Ratification of the Kyoto Treaty) and information sheets people can take home with resources to find out more about climate change, solutions and what they can do. I’ll also have books available, including “Boiling Point”, “Big Coal”, “Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change”, “An Inconvenient Truth”, and “The Great Turning”. We have invited several local environmental and church groups, the Friday Harbor Middle and High Schools and the progressive-minded “Spring Street International School. Contact Sharon at sharmuse@greendept.com, 360-376-5773.
Essex County, N.J.
The Essex Greens Clean Energy Campaign, joined so far by Blue Wave, Cornucopia and the Bloomfield Third Riverbank Association, are organizing a Bikeride for a Healthy Planet on November 4th. The ride will begin at 1 pm in Montclair, winding its way past and making brief stops at both positive examples of renewable energy and struggle for open space and negative examples of SUV’s being sold and fossil fueling. It will end in downtown Bloomfield at 3 pm where there will be a rally. A large number of bicyclists are expected. Contact Ted Glick, usajointheworld@igc.org, 973-338-5398, or go to http://www.basicsolar.org/dev/EssexGreens/Bikeride.html
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
Scott Cardiff reports that Greenpeace’s Project Hot Seat will be organizing a large event on the day of action. More information can be found at http://members.greenpeace.org/hotseat/Florida/District22/ or by emailing scardiff06@yahoo.com or calling 954-889-5859.
Ganges, Michigan
Swami Tapasananda reports that on November 4th the Lakeshore Interfaith Institute will hold a Global Warming Teach-in and potluck supper. Contact Swami at tapas@accn.org, 269-543-3951.
Golden, Colorado
Dylan Garrison of Greenpeace, Project Hot Seat, reports that over 100 local citizens and constituents will gather to create a giant image and call for Congressional action to stop global warming. Coloradoans, concerned about global warming and the associated local risks of drought, heat waves and wild fire, will continue to urge congressional candidates Rick O’Donnell and Ed Perlmutter to commit to action on global warming and protest Colorado’s future. With 19 of Colorado’s 20 hottest years occurring in the last quarter century, hotter and drier summers and decreasing mountain snow pack have become harsh realities for Colorado. Scientific evidence indicates that these trends correlate with the more pronounced weather extremes directly associated with global warming. Contact Dylan at 720-427-6909.
Ithaca, N.Y.
Kyoto Now! will culminate Focus the Nation Week on November 2nd with its participation in the International Day of Climate Action. We will have professors speak about particular aspects of global warming; set up demonstrations of biodiesel vans, solar ovens, methane-powered fuel cells, and more; host a Power of the Wind contest to raise awareness about the advantages of wind power and urge the Cornell administration to purchase wind energy; and table around campus with lots of information about what students can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Sustainability Hub and Engineers for a Sustainable World will help throughout the day. Contact Amy Freitag with Kyoto Now!, aef33@cornell.edu, 607-253-0611.
Huntingdon, Pa.
Iona Connor reports that on October 25th she and others will be participating in a Sustainability Day at Juniata College in rural Pennsylvania. “I created a questionnaire for all 11 candidates and we are going to hand out both the questions as an educational vehicle and the answers we have received so far. We are also going to have lots of information available and a few items for sale which I obtain from Syracuse Cultural Workers. They sell beautiful "How to End Global Warming" posters, note cards, postcards and bookmarks. One of the professors is organizing a global warming panel discussion and will show the DVD "We Are All Smith Islanders." It is especially appropriate since we are in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Contact Iona at 814-259-3372, ionaconner@pa.net.
Los Angeles, Ca.
Francisca Porchas reports: The Strategy Center and Bus Riders Union will be educating the public and getting out the vote to defeat Proposition 1B--the Highway and Air Pollution Expansion Tax! This $20 billion bond on the November 7th ballot is a tax on the community, with the intent of supporting corporate developers, shipping magnates and the trucking industry. The result? More air pollution and children with asthma, more global warming and climate change, more taxes, more warehouses. We will be holding a political education session and training on how to talk to voters, Tuesday, Oct. 24th and on November 4th, dozens of members and allies will be going door-to-door to get out the vote and defeat Proposition 1B on November 4th. Contact Francisca at 213-387-2800, francisca@busridersunion.org.
Marquette, Mi.
Betsy Ott with Greenpeace’s Project Hot Seat is coordinating an action in Marquette. She can be contacted at bott@nmu.edu.
New Orleans, La.
Micah Walker Parker reports: “The Alliance for Affordable Energy and the New Orleans Group of the Sierra Cub are planning an Energy Solutions Film Fest in the week leading up to Nov. 4th at Tulane University. On Nov. 4th we are planning a ‘Save New Orleans, Stop Global Warming’ Frenchman's St. Block Party. We plan to have outdoor music from 8-10pm and are inviting our City Council members and our Mayor and his staff to talk about what they're doing to protect the climate and give an update on the New Orleans Climate Action Plan. We are asking the bars in the 2 block area to 1) donate the money from the door or 2) let people who donate $10 to our cause receive a wrist band and get in free to help recoup our costs. We will begin a "pub crawl" at 10pm, with big "Save New Orleans, Stop Global Warming" facts and tips posters in the pub windows and a speaker as we arrive at each location from local organizations who are concerned about global warming. We will give out fact and energy saving tip sheets, which ask folks to call/write our senators and governor, and we hope to also have post cards for folks to sign and/or a petition circulating at the film fest viewings and the Day of Action event. Contact Micah at mwalker@all4energy.org, 504-525-0778.
New York, N.Y.
On November 4th, from 12 noon to 1 pm, a rally will be held at the intersection of Kent Ave. and N. 12th St. in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg section of Brooklyn to both protest the proposed TransGas Energy’s 1100 MW power plant and to join other cities in the US and around the world on the day of action. The rally is co-sponsored by the Greenpoint/Williamsburgh Waterfront Task Force and the Clean Renewable Energy Emergency Campaign (CREEC). Fossil fuel power plants, such as the proposed TransGas plant, contribute 1/3 of the global warming gasses. For over five years, a broad neighborhood coalition has successfully fought the construction of this plant. Speakers at the rally will discuss the current status of the successful power plant fight, how global warming if not stopped would threaten New York City, new legislative initiatives in Congress against global warming and what alternative renewable energy options are available. Contact: Laura Hofmann of Greenpoint/Williamsburgh Task Force at 718-349-1913 or Michelle Fox (917-592-0108) or Mark Looney (212-633-9141, mwl99@yahoo.com, of CREEC.
Olympia, WA
Chris Stegman reports: We'll have a public forum on Peak Oil and need for 'Relocalization' measures and possibly a Clean Energy Rally at the downtown fountain in Olympia. Contact Chris at cstegman@comcast.net, 360-705-3528.
Sandpoint, Idaho
We were not able to get a report for this update on plans for Sandpoint. Contact Jean Maryborn, maryborn@earthlink.net.
St. Louis, Mo.
Leonard Sonnenschein reports that the World Aquarium will:
1. We will feature at our front desk a Global Warming Display promoting individual actions
2. We will circulate information about the Sustainable Activities engaged in at the World Aquarium including lighting, HVAC, insulation, food choices, and more.
3. We will distribute to the media a press release on the Request For Proposals to the World Ocean Network's Sustainable Actions Committee for potential funding for organizations looking to develop their own sustainable actions projects.
4. Our guides will be suggesting visitors go to www.climatecrisiscoalition.org for up-to-date news about global warming and to learn about what they could do to help.
5. We devote our What's News message board exhibit to Global Warming.
6. We plan to provide several updates to our FAO virtual office at www.onefish.org including the "God's Spirit Over the Waters" message, "Engaging Stakeholders in Sustainable Actions" presentation and "Celebrating Life, Oceans and Climate" request for community action proposals. Contact Leonard at lsaguaman@aol.com, 314-609-2798.
Twin Cities, Mn.
Christine Frank reports: Picket Line/Rally on November 4th. The program will reflect the various constituencies that are actually doing something about global warming, such as advocates of renewable energy, labor, students, people of faith, indigenous peoples, communities of color, farmers engaged in sustainable agriculture, those who oppose wars for oil, scientists and artists. To this end, we are seeking speakers and spoken-word artists among those groups. So far we have definite agreement from Steve Blake of the American Indian Movement and Christopher Childs, Chair of the Sierra Club’s Clean Air & Renewable Energy Center. Contact Christine at christinefrank@visi.com, 612-879-8937.
Vermont
Will Bates reports: This November 4th Vermonters will gather all around the state at meaningful, iconic places to call for action on climate change. We will hike, climb, walk, swim, kayak, canoe, or simply sit or stand with signs of our call to action. Please take this opportunity to join with friends, family, and neighbors and organize your local action for this important day. Be creative with your actions, get outside, have fun, be respectful, and always remain non-violent. Contact Will at wbates@middlebury.edu.
Virginia
Anne Havemann reports: The Chesapeake Climate Action Network is organizing a youth environment summit with students in Virginia at the College of William and Mary. The conference will be about the Campus Climate Challenge and is a way for students to meet each other, learn from each other and network. Contact Anne Havemann, 301-891-6844, anne@chesapeakeclimate.org.
Waterloo, Iowa
Mark Kresowik of Community Energy Solutions reports that they will be conducting publicity and press around a free training on energy efficiency and weatherization. They see this as practical action on global warming and energy problems that also helps low-income people in their community. Contact Mark at mark.kresowik@sierraclub.org, 319-233-1914.
In addition, Greenpeace is organizing Nov. 4th actions in six states, Pennsylvania, Florida, Colorado, Michigan, Vermont and Washington. To find out more the Pennsylvania and Vermont ones (the others are listed above), go to www.projecthotseat.org.