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Focus: Mothers, Bikers and Focus the Nation in 2008 The next two or three years will be the most important in human history. Audacious claim, easy to skip over. True nevertheless. Decisions we make now will impact the lives of the next 100 generations, and all life on earth. And as if we didn’t need added urgency, methane emissions are up this year, after having leveled off for the last few. What needs to be done? To pass a good cap & auction bill, and billions for renewables and efficiency, we need five or six new clean energy votes in the Senate, and fifteen to twenty in the House. If we get those votes, we change the future. To find out where to put your energies—how to work for a swing candidate in your state or region—call the League of Conservation Voters at 202-785-8683. After the election, Focus the Nation will engage Congress—new voices and old—in the biggest national campus-to-congress conversation this country has ever seen. Stay tuned for details. In the meantime, join Moms and Cyclists in taking the word to Washington: On Mother's Day weekend, May 9-11th, invite parents, young people and community groups to send a powerful message that resonates with our political leaders: our kids need your help! Learn how to get involved: watch the video at 1-Sky. Focus the Nation is partnering with Climate Ride 2008: a 5-day bicycle ride from NYC to DC, where your pedal strokes help raise money for Focus 2009! Join the Focus the Nation team next September, and carry the message to Washington. Thanks for the work you are doing. Eban Goodstein, Project Director Chungin Chung, Communications Director — [Click here to read all e-bulletins] FOCUS NEWS Join Climate-Ride 2008! Focus is partnering with this four day, NYC-DC cycle event next September. Check it out and watch for more info in future bulletins. Scientists and Economists: Sign the UCS statement calling for action on global warming. Mother’s Day? Fight Global Warming: Join 1-Sky’s mobilization May 9-11. The Focus the Nation Wind Turbine! Thanks to Native Energy, Focus the Nation teams can offset their projects and help build a wind turbine on a family farm in . Focus the Nation—the song! Download Gavin Castleton’s global warming anthem. What Did You Teach at Focus the Nation? Help us collect educational material on global warming solutions; find out what others are up to at ClimateChangeEducation.org. Donate to Focus—Stop Your Junk Mail! Sign up with 41 Pounds , and a portion of the income is donated directly to us here at Focus the Nation. Forty Percent of Car Trips are within two miles of your home: Take Clif Bar’s Two-Mile Challenge and ride or walk instead! Check it out. The President’s Climate Commitment: Has your University or College President signed on? New Books & Videos on Fighting Global Warming On video: Jon Isham and Eban Goodstein talk about their recent books on building the global warming solutions movement—Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction (Goodstein) and Ignition (Isham and Waage) Other recent books of note: Gary Braasch’s Earth Under Fire; and Gary and Lynn Cherry’s How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming, Laurie David’s Down to Earth Guide; Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendrick’s Apollo’s Fire and Fight Global Warming Now from Step it Up. Global Warming Organizing Films: Everything’s Cool (Dan Gold and Judith Helfand); Revolution Green (Stephen Stout and Jessica Kelly) TOP
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