Greenpeace

 We did it! This morning, three of us students from Pacific University set up in front of the Washington County Administrative Building in Hillsboro, to ask for the passage of the Cool Counties Declaration. We brought our 6-foot banner, hand-held signs, and signature sheets. Pretty soon we were joined by more people who had either heard about the event from us, or read about it on the Step It Up website. All-in-all, about 15 people attended, with 9-10 being the most we ever had at one time. Ours may not have been a very big rally, but we were on a busy street corner, and got many interested looks from passing drivers - as well as encouraging honks and waves, and at least one peace sign. Of course, a few people also shouted abuse at us as they drove past; but hey, we were out there broadcasting our message, and they weren't. We're the ones who got our point across.

I'm hoping that our little event will encourage the WA County Board of Commissioners to pay more attention to our request. Of course, our rally was only one of dozens taking place today all across the country, for the national Step It Up day. I'm look forward to hearing what those other events accomplished. It's been a day for people all over the nation to exercise their right to free speech, and demand that global warming be solved - now!

Support our efforts: sign the PETITION TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS!

Final note: a couple of technologically-adept activists made a video of our rally, complete with live guitar music. As soon as I get the YouTube address, I'll post it on this blog!