Earth Day 2008 will be the biggest yet! From the national Mall in Washington, D.C., to thousands of events from Togo to Buenos Aires, plus 1,000 college campuses and religious partnerships, join millions of people around the world who will participate in our Call for Climate! Learn more at ww2.earthday.net
Demand that your government take bold, swift and fair action to tackle climate change. In the US, be part of one million people who will call Congress at 202-224-3121 on Earth Day, April 22, 2008. Ask for your Representative or Senator and ask them to take tough and fair action on climate change. We are demanding a moratorium on coal burning, renewable energy, building efficiency, and protection for the poor and middle class in the new energy economy.
Also at ww2.earthday.net you can sign the Earth Day Network’s Sky Petition asking Congress to lead us out of the climate crisis with the boldness and courage that the crisis requires. As the home of the world’s boldest innovators, the world’s strongest economy, and one of its leading democracies, the United States Congress must champion the effort to solve global warming or risk losing our economic future and our democratic principles. Demand that Congress act now to cap greenhouse gas emissions and stop global warming by implementing the following:
1. Impose an immediate moratorium on the building of all new conventional coal-fired power plants, and require a phase out of 30 percent of existing coal plants by 2030.
2. Require that all utilities generate 30 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030.
3. Require that all new buildings, renovations and developments immediately reduce fossil-fuel energy consumption by 50 percent, and that all new buildings become ’carbon neutral’ by 2030.
4. Protect the poor and middle class from unfairly bearing the cost of solving the climate crisis.
The flagship event for this year, Earth Day on the Mall in Washington D.C., will feature world-class talent and speakers in order to mobilize hundreds of thousands behind the Call for Climate! The Roots, Chevy Chase, The Commons, Tom Friedman, Government Mule, Erykah Badu, James Hansen and Ed Begley will all be there and you should be too! Walk, bike, row or take public transportation to this free event for the entire family!
Additionally, the major events in seven other US cities organized by Earth Day Network and Green Apple Festival will feature A-list entertainment to help bring out crowds for Earth Day, including the Chicago Aphrobeat Orchestra, Menudo, the Neville Brothers, Ziggy Marley and Mickey Hart (The Grateful Dead). Check out ww2.earthday.net to find out more!
In the U.S. listen for the Earth Day Network’s Public Service Announcements (PSA’s) on Call for Climate! on a radio station near you -- Chevy Chase, Kevin Bacon, Andre Agassi and Zach Brach have lent their talent to these announcements urging listeners to join the Call for Climate! This Earth Day, we can change the forecast for global warming. Plan on being part of the biggest movement worldwide. Call your leaders, come to an event, and sign the petition at ww2.earthday.net .
