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More Climate Action at Guelph

// November 17th, 2009 // Comments Off // Blog, Storyboard

Emcee Rob Stewart + Filming Rise Again = You’re Starstruck & Famous

// October 21st, 2009 // Comments Off // In The News, Media, Storyboard, Word on The Hill

Since we like you a lot:

• Rob Stewart, director of Sharkwater (HUGE!) is going to be our MC for the day!
• His crew will also be filming the event as part of their new documentary, Rise Again!
• So, not only are you making history but it’s being caught on camera and put on one of those big ol’ screens over at the movie theater.

Good things come to those who Fill The Hill…

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Blog Action Day – Want to make history?

// October 15th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blog, Storyboard

This is a guest post – the message of Aisha Parkhill-Goyette at McGill University.

Every great truth is fought with a great resistance. When we were told that we couldn’t fall off the Earth we insisted that we could, and when we were told that we weren’t the centre of the Universe we insisted that we were. When we were first told there were tiny little creatures that could make us sick, we laughed and refused to wash our hands. Today, some of us still refute the history of our own biology, as if evolution is something to be ashamed of. (more…)

Blog Action Day – Thursday, October 15

// October 13th, 2009 // Comments Off // Blog, In The News, Storyboard

Please take part in Blog Action Day! It’ll be great!

We throw around a lot of big numbers in the global climate movement, as our partners and supporters have mobilized unprecedented numbers of people to engage political world leaders to support a fair, ambitious, and binding deal in Copenhagen, this fall. The Global Wake Up Call, as an example, had our supporters organizing 2,682 events in 135 countries. Well, here is another big number for you. Blog Action Day, this October 15th, is going to reach over eleven million readers.

As of right now, 4,790 bloggers, writing from diverse perspectives, are going to write for their collective audience of over eleven million about climate change. Pretty incredible. (more…)

Stay Tuned Kingston – more free buses?

// October 7th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Blog, Storyboard, Word on The Hill

Kingston is rockin’ once again:

“In Kingston, there is a Town Hall meeting on October 19 at 5 p.m., and there are going to be free buses to Ottawa on October 24. If we are going to “fill the hill” we will need people from Kingston. Stay tuned for details.”

From Limestone Local – Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario

Here’s the whole article:

What is the day of action?

On October 24, the International Day of Climate Action will cover almost every country on earth, the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history.

There will be big rallies in big cities, and incredible creative actions across the globe: mountain climbers on our highest peaks with banners, underwater demonstrations in island nations threatened by sea level rise, churches and mosques and synagogues and ashrams engaged in symbolic action, star athletes organizing mass bike rides–and hundreds upon hundreds of community events to raise awareness of the need for urgent action. (more…)