On Saturday, October 27, 2007, hundreds of grassroots activists, concerned citizens and public officials from across the Commonwealth will converge in Charlottesville for the 2007 Virginia Climate Action Conference.
Who: YOU!
What: 2007 Virginia Climate Action Conference
When: Saturday, Oct. 27, 8:30am-4:45pm
Why: Our state is imperiled by a wide range of threats related to our addiction to fossil fuels, including:
* Mountaintop Coal Removal in Southwest Virginia
* Sea Level Rise in Southeast Virginia
* Monster Power Lines in Northern Virginia
* Endangered Human Health in Urban Virginia
* Unchecked Sprawl in Suburban Virginia
* Threats to Fish and Wildlife in Rural Virginia
Come hear pioneers in their field discuss the impacts of climate change in Virginia and explore innovative strategies for breaking us of our fossil fuels addiction through individual action, grassroots organizing, coalition-building, and concerted pressure on local, state and federal policymakers.
Come and get inspired. Come and get motivated. Come and help build a bolder movement for climate action in Virginia!
Registration fee is now $40 (includes breakfast and lunch; scholarships are available).
Breaking News! We are very pleased to announce that Stephen Smith, founder of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and a noted & passionate advocate for alternative energy solutions (personally trained by Al Gore to spread the climate change message), has agreed to give our conference keynote address.
The 2007 Virginia Climate Action Conference is sponsored by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, with support from the WestWind Foundation and an anonymous donor. Partner organizations include the Southern Environmental Law Center, Appalachian Voices, the Virginia Organizing Project, the Virginia Sustainable Building Network, Student Environmental Action at UVa, the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Sierra Club's Central Appalachia Environmental Justice Campaign, and Charlottesville's Citizens Committee for Environmental Sustainability.
For more info., e-mail vaclimateaction@hotmail.com.
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Read more about the conference in this article from the October 21 edition of the Charlottesville Daily Progress.
