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Topic Page: Activism
Once you’ve reduced your own energy use you might want to take your message to policy makers and help convince them to make a change. PF Members offer their solutions on how to turn great ideas into policy. Have an idea in Activism? Tell us
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Webisodes
God Save the Climate
From the Archives: What role should religious institutions play in addressing issues of climate change? In answer, one filmmaker from UNC’s “Powering a Nation” initiative explores how religious leaders are grappling with climate change and what they feel their responsibility should be both to the earth and to their flock.
Engage, Enlighten, Educate
A film team from the George Washington University recently ventured out to a local DC elementary school to look at Casey Trees outreach program to schools. Who doesn’t love cute kids saving the world?
Tom Friedman Takes Your Questions
Planet Forward host Frank Sesno asks NYT columnist Tom Friedman questions submitted by the Planet Forward community. Part II coming next week.
Van Jones on Obama’s Fuel Efficiency Standards
Part 3 of a 3 part series See Part 1: Van Jones on Community Solar and Wind Energy See Part 2: Van Jones on What Individuals Can Do to Increase Efficiency Former green jobs adviser to the White House and founder of environmental justice group, Green For All, Van Jones joins Planet Forward’s Frank Sesno in …Read More…
Planet Forward: Our Energy Future
Our first TV special focused on great ideas from you, our members, about how we as a country should approach our energy future. Originally broadcast on April 15, 2009 on PBS.
What’s at Stake in Copenhagen? An Interview with Mike Tidwell, CCAN
Planet Forward host Frank Sesno interviews Mike Tidwell, head of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, via Skype from Copenhagen. Hear why the best thing we can do for the environment might be to stop ‘going green.’
Articles From the Blog Related to Activism
Believe it or not, climate doesn’t vote
Next week’s elections might affect climate and energy conservation less than you might think. Although politico says that it will be difficult for GOP candidates to succeed unless they are climate change deniers, evidence suggests that stance may not be so important in terms of protecting the environment if you approach it for the right reasons. …Read More…
Highland Deserts
Enel, First Wind, Razer are elevating the bar with anticipateD Geothermal, Wind, Solar and Algae in South Central Utah. The Three Counties of Beaver, Iron and Millard are considered the Alternative Energy Cooridor of Utah. Enel is Deep Drilling to 10,000′ to tap ancient rivers that float just a mile above magma. First Wind is …Read More…
FEED IN TRANSPORTATION
You can stop the OIL addiction that causes the USA to import 60% of the OIL we burn each day. This cost us over 1 Billion dollar each day and creates pollution at the same time which is killing us. This affects our economy, environment and security. An ICE Internal Combustion Engine is less than …Read More…
Sounds of Silence!
Apple CEO Steve Jobs described it as his “most beautiful and sophisticated creation”. Well, environmentalists in China don’t quite share his sentiment. For them the sleek new Apple iPhone4 that was assembled in China is nothing but a gadget that contributes to heavy metal pollution. 34 environmental NGOs in China conducted research and found data …Read More…
Look! Flammable Tap Water
Check out this trailer for the film “Gasland,” a documentary film that explores the underside of a natural gas extraction process known as “fracking.” The premise: “The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudi Arabia …Read More…
If you don’t think corporate transparency matters, you’ve learned nothing from the BP disaster
BP and this disaster demonstrate why transparency is the foundation of trust and accountability. Before the oil spill, during the worst of it, and to this very day, BP CEO Tony Hayward and his company have continuously resisted being transparent. They were stingy with information on environmental, health, and safety information well before the accident …Read More…
Robert Weissman of Public Citizen on BP’s Criminal Acts
Public Citizen is calling on the Defense Department to suspend contracts with BP and debar the company. The call follows a protest that Public Citizen and seven other prominent public interest groups staged on Friday outside the Washington, DC headquarters of BP.
When the Angel of Death comes knocking we need Moses, not Pharaoh
A murky fog creeps along, choking the life out of the next generation and the most powerful nation on Earth stands powerless to stop it. This image could equally come from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico or out of the Charlton Heston classic, The Ten Commandments. The Mississippi is our Nile. The secret …Read More…
“Play the hand that history has dealt”: Obama and the tale of two crises
Just last week I was talking with one of my Planet Forward colleagues about the similarities I observed between the BP oil spill and recent financial crisis. Having spent the better part of the past year researching the financial crisis for my thesis, I was struck by the recurrent themes in both crises. In a …Read More…
Get the BP spill flow rate right *now* — call Congress, 202-224-3121
Dear Congressman Van Hollen, I’m reading today that the volume of oil being spilled from the Deepwater Horizon disaster site may be substantially larger than government estimates first indicated. It’s *imperative* to get the *best possible estimates* of the size of this catastrophe, and it’s imperative that BP not be allowed to obstruct that in …Read More…
You gonna eat that?
Do you eat fish if it comes from China? I don’t. I have nothing to back up my suspicions, but China doesn’t seem to be in the forefront of environmental safety. I may be all wet, but it just seems like an unnecessary risk. So why don’t I feel the same way about seafood from …Read More…
EPA wants ideas on how to improve!
Now is the time to speak on both energy and environmental issues. Federal and state institutions are listening. On FB the EPA was asking for input on how to improve in a variety of areas, from transparency to participation to collaboration. Energy-Environmental issues are so tightly connected that it is important for us to address …Read More…
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