[il-talk] Fwd: [GCG-L:2496] Earth Day 2009 - Launching The Green Generation

Wed Apr 15 21:00:59 UTC 2009

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From: Bob Kastigar <R-Kastigar at neiu.edu>
Date: Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Subject: [GCG-L:2496] Earth Day 2009 - Launching The Green Generation
To: Green Cycle Group <GCG-L at neiu.edu>

<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4dlQETmj%2FPvUdH3WvxiGqPs%2FqlgFg8S4>
 Earth
Day 2009 - Launching The Green GenerationTM

The Green Generation™
Campaign<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LzEJwiq2yY2mhBHLtYsIoPs%2FqlgFg8S4>is
launching on April 22, 2009 and will culminate with the 40th
Anniversary
of Earth Day in 2010. Do your part for the environment and join now! Visit
our new web site and sign up for our campaign on renewable energy, green
jobs, and a new green economy plus personal responsibility leading to
sustainability.

[image: green generation]Earth Day Network has big plans for Earth Day 2009
- more than a billion people are expected to mark Earth Day globally this
year. Use our Global Events
Registry<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=e%2BW3ZvE5Itm6fVha9INWJfs%2FqlgFg8S4>to
find Earth Day events happening in your country and city.

*Show your support for Earth Day by purchasing our Earth Day 2009 poster
here<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Mc0qIOEuFI%2F%2Ff0S1%2B2NbU%2Fs%2FqlgFg8S4>,
and also our new "Adopt Me" poster for 2010.
Donate<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=98l47P1SaL8wk3A16BSir%2Fs%2FqlgFg8S4>$500
to Earth Day Network and get a commemorative poster signed by Denis
Hayes, one of the Earth Day founders from 1970! *

*The Flaming Lips, moe., Los Lobos, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will
be on the National Mall for Earth Day!*

The Flaming Lips will headline Earth Day on The National
Mall<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Gzw6RU0ZLidQTmOBDT%2BR5%2Fs%2FqlgFg8S4>in
Washington DC on Sunday, April 19, 2009. Actor Chevy Chase will emcee
this free event which will feature an eclectic performance line-up with
moe., Los Lobos, and DJ Spooky. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Kathleen
Rogers, President of Earth Day Network, actor Matthew Modine, Philippe
Cousteau, and Rep. Edward Markey, U.S. House of Representatives will join us
to kick off The Green Generation™ Campaign. Earth Day on the Mall is
sponsored by Disneynature Earth, Motorola, Clear2Go and Timberland.

*Volunteer for Earth Day! *

Across the U.S. on April 17 and 18, Earth Day Network and partner Green
Apple Festival will host volunteer projects in parks, beaches, schools and
forests, focused on climate change. Volunteer activities and thank you
concerts will take place in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Denver, Los Angeles,
New York, San Francisco, and Seattle, Chicago and Washington, DC. Volunteer
sign-up closes today at midnight, and we still need help in Denver, Atlanta,
Seattle and Austin! Visit Green Apple Festival's
web<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gO15PWfcNPUamK5HY0sUpPs%2FqlgFg8S4>to
sign up.

*Send your Earth Day stories, videos, and photos to CNN's ireport.com and
The Huffington Post*

CNN's ireport.com<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KvfIa7Av2BFzOzybPtzXpvs%2FqlgFg8S4>and
the news blog The
Huffington Post<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LVkaLm5wIkxmhKt2KPIW2vs%2FqlgFg8S4>want
your Earth Day reports! This is a great opportunity to publicize your
event, and let the world know about what you and your community are doing!
Your video report could be used on CNN International's Earth Day coverage,
and up to twelve submissions will be featured as stories on the Huffington
Post and photographs will be incorporated into a slideshow on the site.
Please write up your story - or just send your pictures - about your actions
this weekend and send to submissions+earthday at huffingtonpost.com.

*Change Begins with a Conversation *

Earth Day Network is partnering with ICLEI USA, Yale, and America Speaks to
present the 2009 National Conversation on Climate
Action<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VSMSqltr2gXQ4psYNE%2BwX%2Fs%2FqlgFg8S4>.
These town-hall style meetings in 50 cities across the U.S. on Earth Day,
April 22nd, are focused on local solutions to climate change. Local
officials and experts on issues ranging from renewable energy to corporate
sustainability will face the public in an effort to build support for
climate protection.

*Stories of Water *

The Global Water Network has released the Water Stories
Report<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pDTN28eizoo4HGsoywjsDfs%2FqlgFg8S4>,
a collection of stories about the role of water and sanitation in the lives
of members of the Global Water Network. The stories display the vast
differences in access to water and sanitation around the world, but also
demonstrate how important water and sanitation are to all of us- equally. Read
the Report<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hnLa5XFc8AY9fyIABgzBc%2Fs%2FqlgFg8S4>

*Watch the Earth*

Earth Day Network is proud to have Disneynature sponsoring Earth Day on the
National Mall 2009. Disneynature Earth, the movie, has amazing nature
photography and is a great learning experience for young and old.
Disneynature Earth opens in theaters on Earth Day, April 22nd.
    Earth Day Network - 1616 P St. NW Suite 340 - Washington DC 20036 -
earthday.net - ph 202.518.0044 - fax 202.518.8794

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