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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
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- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- I am a children's author who has written a series of children's books about renewable energy, 'The Power Families'. I am a long time advocate of the benefits of using the sun, wind and waves to provide power cleanly and effectively.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- You are pushing the agenda to make it a mainstream, viable long term solution to our energy problems.
- What do you want to do to help?
- I want to reach more children and families with the great message about the power and benefits of renewable energy.
Bringing wind energy to kids
Here's a link to a video piece on the release of the Power Families series of books for children and why I think renewable energy is such an important issue in our world today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzdvgF_C-0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzdvgF_C-0A
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Suse,
If you would like to take a trip to the coast we are having a Solar and sustainability event in San Clemente, Southern California.
800 S. El Camino Real, Saturday 2.7.09 10am to 4pm.
Here is the event:
http://www.livinggreensc.com/
Michael
Love the book. I have a dear friend who is a chiodrens author- Jill Lamere. And another who is the illustrator for PAddington and many others R. W. Alley. Such a fun business. Congratulations on your success. Such a super topic for kids.
Hope all is well, and that you are still here with us. We need you.
Here is my gentle nudge...
Petitions are the fastest way to ramp up our numbers.
Many hands make light work. Sre you still working toward 100? We really need you.
1. Download the pledge/petition :
http://media.pickensplan.com/downloads/PP/pollingsignupsheet.pdf
2. get them signed
3. fax them in to the 888# at the bottom of the pledge, asap.
(you can also scan/email them or send them -info at the bottom of the petition)
If you are able to get 100 we would be honored to have you in the 100CLUB. We need millions to get the clout we need as a grass roots organization! Please let me know how it goes.
BEST to you,.
Kim
It has been a while since we kept in touch last!
We are now over 1.2 million suporters. We will need many more if we are to beat back the damn lobbyists and special interests. Can you help with the pledges? Every American needs to sign on. With pledges we can fan out and reach so many. It is an easy ask- Boone has done the hard work. I was able to get 300 signed in the first 4 days - everyone wants to to get off of foreign oil. We may never have a golden opportunity like this again!
ARE YOU IN?
Best
Kim
When you get a chance you might want to go and check out the Artists Round-Up group that is not really a group but more of a roster. It is a good venue to promote yourself and your work. Just start a discussion and title it your name and that will become your "page" within the group.
Also, you need to meet Kris Wilson in Branson, MO. She's got a wonderful project that she is working on to educate children via entertainment. I suspect that you two would get along wonderfully. sorry I don't have her link handy. You can go to my page though and find her in my friends. Just search Kris Wilson. Her icon is a graphic. It's a big wind generator in the middle and reads ELF LIVE.
May we always desire to play a better game and create a better tomorrow (for everyone!).
Monte
Just wanted to stop in and get your opinion on my latest cover design posted to my blog...
I would love your input.
Aidana WillowRaven
www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
901-325-1402
I am new to the group and wanted to introduce myself.
I am an illustrator/designer/agent and am looking forward to getting to know you.
If interested in cover design or book illustration just let me know (my # and email are below).
www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
Let me know what you think of my latest work...
Aidana WillowRaven
willowraven.illustration@yahoo.com
901-325-1402
ASU listed in magazine's top 10 'coolest' schools
Sierra magazine, a publication of the Sierra Club, has named ASU as one of the nation’s top 10 “coolest” schools for its efforts to stop global warming.
The cover story for Sierra’s September-October issue is its second annual listing of the greenest American colleges and universities.
This year’s top 10 “coolest” schools are noted for taking dramatic steps to curb global warming. Sierra’s list, “10 That Get It,” shows that schools of all sizes are taking action. Top schools earned points for policies in 10 categories: buildings, energy, food, investment, procurement, transportation, curriculum, environmental activism, waste management and overall commitment to sustainability.
A perfect score in every category would give a school 100 points. ASU, with the largest student population of the selected schools, ranked No. 6 with a score of 87.
Sierra’s top 10 “coolest” schools of 2008 are:
1. Middlebury (Vt.) College (2,350 students).
2. University of Colorado-Boulder (29,000 students).
3. University of Vermont-Burlington (10,750 students).
4. Warren Wilson College (Swannanoa, N.C., 850 students).
5. Evergreen State College (Olympia, Wash., 4,400 students).
6. ASU (51,500 students).
7. University of Florida-Gainesville (50,000 students).
8. Oberlin (Ohio) College (2,200 students).
9. University of Washington-Seattle (39,250 students).
10. Tufts University (Medford, Mass., 8,500 students).
“A new trend is sweeping the country,” says Bob Sipchen, Sierra’s editor-in-chief. “American schools are going green. When schools take such significant steps toward addressing global warming, it will have a huge impact on hundreds of thousands of students. And if young people take that passion into their communities and careers, it will reverberate globally.”
“ASU’s growing recognition as an institution committed to advancing sustainability education, research, operations and outreach is a source of pride and a testament to the steadfast dedication and leadership of our university community as a whole,” says ASU President Michael Crow.
Through the generous gifts of Julie Ann Wrigley, ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability was established in 2004 as the hub of the university’s sustainability initiatives. The institute advances research, education and business practices for an urbanizing world. Its School of Sustainability, the first of its kind in the United States, was established in 2007 and offers integrated degree programs that advance practical solutions to environmental, economic and social challenges.
Sustainability is a fundamental precept at ASU and permeates its teaching, learning, research and business missions. Some key initiatives under way at ASU include deployment of solar power on all four campuses, development of highly efficient buildings, operation of all campuses to be carbon neutral and produce zero waste, and unified dedication and commitment to finding sustainable solutions for issues of energy, water, urbanization and climate change.
“ASU is proud to be included in this group of accomplished universities,” says Bonny Bentzin, manager of university sustainability business practices at ASU. “Rating systems such as the Sierra magazine assessment are important for benchmarking accomplishments and sharing best practices. Through the work of many departments and individuals across the university, we have come a long way.”
Karen Leland, karen.leland@asu.edu
480-965-0013
Global Institute of Sustainability
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http://push.pickensplan.com/group/greenjobsnow
It looks like you're going to be doing a lot of translating, from tech geek, to words & phrases simple enough for CEO's & children.
To learn more about what you can do, read here from the members and focus groups here in the Pickens Plan.
Feel free to join the most dynamic Alternative Energy Group:
Solar Power!(Click here)
Reaching accross this great country from sunrise to sunset, add your collective experience, drive & determination to support this vital global resource, and maintain the American technological lead.
We want to keep creating ways to tap this vital resource, not just for the future, but for tomorrow.
For those of you in the Solar Corridor, please let's find a way to get organized, together with our neighbors.
Let me know your personal email address so I can write more directly.
Lots of love,
Rick
Companies are stepping up their environmental initiatives, and that may mean a boom in "green-collar" jobs.
A recent forecast by the American Solar Energy Society found that renewable energy and energy-efficient industries were responsible for the creation of nearly 8.5 million jobs in 2006, and by 2030 that number is expected to reach 40 million.
Colleges and universities are taking notice, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a job placement consulting group.
Many have introduced specialized degree programs in eco-commerce, environmental accounting, green and social marketing, and ecological economics.
"The demand for 'green-collar' jobs is really exploding, especially as the cost of energy continues to climb," said John Challenger, the group's chief executive. "Students need to start thinking about developing skills that will give them an edge for these types of careers that did not even exist until recently."
Popular jobs include urban planners, forestry professionals and environmental lawyers, Challenger said. There is also a growing demand for architects and engineers with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit.
http://push.pickensplan.com/group/greenjobsnow
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