Greenpeace

We made sure that we would be seen and heard this weekend in Marquette.  The front page of the Daily Mining Journal, NPR, TV 6 and 10 news all covered our event.

Around the world thousands gathered for the November 4 International Day of Action to call on the US to ratify the Kyoto protocol. 

The "SOS" has been issued and people are jumping to respond.  Concerned citizens are putting pens to paper and dialing up their representative. Letters to the editor, calls to the local office and personal visits are the best way to show your concern.

We need to use this current momentum to commit Congressman Bart Stupak to make global warming solutions a priority.  

Yesterday citizens of Marquette delivered over a thousand public comments to Congressman Stupaks office and TV 10 was there.  Unfortunatedly the staff in the office was too upset to deal with the cameras so refused comment.

Next week I head to Washington DC to meet with Congressman Stupak and his staff.  We need to make sure that they get the picture, people want action now!

Make sure to VOTE today! Then call and hold our representatives accountable!!!

For a copy of the picture go to http://usaphoto.greenpeace.org/11042006globaldayaction/

You will need to access the MI folder and then click on low resolution.  Enjoy!

Marquette is ready to tell the world that we are working to send the US back to Kyoto negotiations.  Marquette is one of more than two hundred communities making steps ahead of the federal government in endorsing the Kyoto Protocol and passing energy efficiency goals. 

This Saturday on Northern Michigan University Campus concerned citizens are gathering to hear from Greenpeace expedition leader Eric Larsen who made the first ever summer expedition to the North Pole this year.

62 days of pulling and paddling 225-pound modified canoe-sleds over 550 statute miles of shifting sea ice, open ocean, pressure ridges, whiteouts and blizzards, achieved what many thought would be impossible: the first ever summer expedition to the North Pole.

“We, the One World Expedition, stand here at the North Pole to bear witness to the dramatic effects of global warming and the plight of the polar bear.

After the visual presentation we will head out to take an aerial photo.  The photo will be broadcast around the world to show that people in Michigan are ready to stop global warming.  

Be there early and stay late!!! 3-5 pm

 Please RSVP for photo to 231-394-1581 or mike.powers@sfo.greenpeace.org

Directions: From Peter White Library on the NMU campus go left from parking lot to Front St, left on Ridge St, right on 4th, left on Kaye Ave, right onto UC parking lot.

This week has been full of inspirations!   After presentations at the Lions club, Rotary and several screenings of An Inconvenient Truth the city is jumping into action. Already they have become a tree city with an effective shade tree commission. This summer the city council approved a program for an idle free Charlevoix.  These are the small steps that together make big changes possible. 

    Building on these great initiatives is a new committee just approved by the city council to make recommendations for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.  In addition the city council is sending a letter to Congressman Stupak encouraging him to make global warming solutions a priority.  Way to go Charlevoix!!! 

Coming up this weekend is the Bioneers conference in Traverse City. Next Monday the First Congregational Church is hosting a screening of "An Inconvenient Truth" at the City Hall in Charlevoix. 

Call 231-394-1581 for more information.  

A very warm welcome to all of our new activists from Menominee to Charlevoix, Cheboygan to Marquette.  People across Northern Michigan are speaking out to show the world that we are ready to stop global warming!

November 4 is the international day of action to recognize the next phase of Kyoto.  People  around the world will be gathering to encourage leaders to join the international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The United States and Australia are the two major stackholders still holding out.

We will be encouraging people across the district to organize gatherings to show their solidarity.  Students in Marquette are planning an event at the lower harbor in downtown. 

Take a moment to call your Congressman and suggest they too join in the Nov. 4 day of action!