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SEE WHAT OUR GLOBAL CLIMATE HEROES ARE UP TO:
- Focus On Energy - www.focusonenergy.com works with eligible Wisconsin residents and businesses to install cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Focus information, resources and financial incentives help to implement projects that otherwise would not get completed, or to complete projects sooner than scheduled. Its efforts help Wisconsin residents and businesses manage rising energy costs, promote in-state economic development, protect our environment and control the state's growing demand for electricity and natural gas.
- Local Harvest - www.localharvest.org Find a CSA near you for local produce. A CSA, (Community Supported Agriculture) is a way for the food buying public to create a relationship with a farm and to receive a weekly basket of produce. By making a financial commitment to a farm, people become "members" (or shareholders or subscribers) of the CSA. Many farms offer produce subscriptions, where buyers receive a weekly or monthly basket of produce, flowers, fruits, eggs, milk, coffee, or any sort of different farm products. Some CSA's participate in the food stamp program.
- Avaaz - www.avaaz.org Using the latest technology, Avaaz.org empowers ordinary people from every corner of the globe to directly contact key global decision-makers, corporations and the media about key global issues like climate change.
- Step It Up 2007 - Bill McKibben, renowned author and professor at Middlebury College, calls on local communities across the country to hold Step It Up Campaign on April 14th, to call the country to action on climate change. To find out more about Step It Up 2007 click here.
- The Great Warming - A Film Narated by Alanis Morrisette & Keanu Reeves http://www.thegreatwarming.com/ Just as other generations spoke of a Great Plague and a Great Depression, our children will be compelled to endure The Great Warming - and find a way to conquer its consequences. Filmed in eight countries on four continents, endorsed by dozens of the world's leading scientists, this three-hour television series is the most factually accurate, visually stunning and wide-ranging production ever mounted about this complex, fascinating subject.
- Interview with Reverend Richard Cizik about Global Warming http://www.thegreatwarming.com/revrichardcizik.html
- Freecycle - http://www.freecycle.org
- Craigslist - http://www.craigslist.org
- The National Council of Churches asks you to Give Up Something That Contributes to Global Warming For Lent! Global warming is already putting stress on humans and animals through rising waters, increased storm events, and severe drought. Join the National Council of Churches in giving up something that contributes to global warming>>
- Slow Food International: www.slowfood.com Slow Food works to defend biodiversity in our food supply, spread taste education and connect producers of excellent foods with co-producers through events and initiatives.
- Cities and Climate Change
An Essay by Leonardo DiCaprio
February, 2005
- League of Conservation Voters: THE HEAT IS ON CAMPAIGN Making Global Warming a Presidential Priority Petition http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/113898007?ltl=1172505662
- Dane County Action www.westwaubesa.org
- Turn Up The Heat: Learn about who's really making changes www.turnuptheheat.org
- Read about what award winning English author and professor George Monbiot has to say on Global Warming and what folks in the UK are doing to curb carbon www.monbiot.com
- Oscars Go Green: The carbon stars have taken over hollywood. Find out who went "green" at this years' Academy Awards. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/25/entertainment/e174826S03.DTL&type=entertainment
- http://www.midwestadvocates.org/advocacy/Sustaining%20Communities/Toolkit/toolkitarchive.htm
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