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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

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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)


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