Gearing Up For Fossil Fools Day
Pacific University Students for Environmental Activism will be celebrating "Fossil Fools Day" on April 1st by reminding our Forest Grove community why investment in fossil fuels is a bad investment for everyone. Read our news advisory for the event below!
-Nick
News Advisory
For April 1, 2008
Contact: Nick Engelfried, 503-737-7666, enge5135@pacificu.edu
Pacific University Students Call for a Clean Energy Future on “Fossil Fools Day”
Who: Pacific University Students for Environmental Activism
What: Fossil Fools Day is a national day of action against fossil fuel development, with over 100 actions planned nationwide. For the Forest Grove event, "Don't be a Fool: Say No to Fossil Fuels,” Pacific University students will parade through their campus, then into downtown Forest Grove with signs and creative costumes that bring attention to the “foolishness” of investing in dirty energy sources like coal, oil, and liquefied natural gas.
When: The parade will start at 12:00 pm, finishing with a news conference at 12:45 pm
Where: The parade will circle the Pacific campus, then go down Pacific Avenue, onto B St, and back down 21st Avenue. Press conference will be at Trombely Square on-campus.
Why: Pacific students are utilizing this national day of action to draw attention to some of the dirty energy projects currently threatening western Washington County. In keeping with our slogan, “Say No to Fossil Fuels,” we hope to encourage residents to take action against fossil fuel development in their community. At the press conference, students will highlight a few of the major fossil fuel threats our area faces.
For more information on the national event, please see www.FossilFools08.org
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About Me
engel
Student at Pacific University
Hillsboro, OR USA
ENGEL: Environmental ethics; New leadership; Green development; Economic sustainability; Local action! As a student activist, I am working to bring attention to global warming in Oregon. Most of my work takes place at the local level; I have convinced my own city of Hillsboro, OR, to sign onto the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, and I am now working to get Washington County, OR to sign onto the county-level version of this same pledge. On my blog ENGEL (acronym explained above), I report on local government actions all over the state which either help or hinder the climate movement; there are lots of opportunities for readers of this blog to help contribute to the climate movement by making their voices heard; whether in city or county governments, at school, or anywhere else. Please help me make change in Oregon! -Nick
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