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Step It Up! Action to Stop Global Warming

Date:
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
People Power
Location Details:
Pacific Avenue in front of Bookshop Santa Cruz

Rally for Climate Solutions – The People Respond!
Saturday November 3, 2007 – 2-4 p.m. – Downtown Santa Cruz

Join the nationwide Step It Up! 2007 campaign
www.stepitup2007.org
Reclaim the Commons!
Imagine Ecotopia!


How many people in Santa Cruz County care about finding solutions to global warming?
What do we look like in one big photo? Can we fill a city block downtown?

2 p.m. -- We'll take over a block of Pacific Ave with visions of sustainable Santa Cruz

3 p.m. Join in a photo and take a pledge!


Are we Bigger than Boulder? Badder than Seattle?

How many families and kids? How many Cabrillo College and UCSC students? How many skaters, cyclists, public transportation devotees? How many church groups, classrooms, soccer teams?
(How many Santa Cruzans does it take to screw in an energy efficient light bulb?)

Bring signs and banners and rally for Climate Change Solutions
– Our local leaders have signed a Climate Action Compact –
How can We, The People build community now and inspire action?

Slideshow from the April 2007 action -- 1400 communities in all 50 states:
april.stepitup2007.org

Valet Bike Parking provided by People Power!
www.peoplepowersc.org

We’ll have a giant calendar of upcoming Climate Solution Activities in the next few months displayed at the event downtown. Find Out What’s Happening! If YOU and YOUR GROUP have an eco-friendly event planned, add it to the calendar!

Sponsored by a growing list of environmentally friendly groups and businesses: People Power, Local Solutions to Global Problems, Ecology Action, Collaborative Ventures, Eco Design Resources, Bill's Wheels, UCSC Student Environmental Center, Capitola Freight and Salvage, Independent Energy Systems, Santa Cruz Community Credit Union, Lightbulb Giveaway by PG&E and the Green Resource Library.

Spread the word with these handy flyers (attached)
Added to the calendar on Sun, Oct 21, 2007 10:42PM
§Latest Info
by step it up
Confirmed on the microphone:

Jeff Caplan -- Emcee!!
Jasmine Schlafke -- Spoken Word!
Joe Jordan -- Mr. Wizard Lives!
Singers, Clowns, On-the-Spot Songsters
Batya Kagan on 15% per year!
AND MORE....

Come downtown Saturday -- 2-4 pm


It's a rally! The people's response to the Climate Action Compact -- come make the group photo the biggest in North America! How many Santa Cruzans does it take to screw in an energy-efficient lightbulb?

Saturday, Nov 3, 2-4 p.m. on Pacific Ave between Bookshop Santa Cruz and Jamba Juice --Santa Cruz shows our style in the National Step It Up! campaign to solve global warming.
Imagine Ecotopia! Reclaim the Commons!

Bicycle-Powered Juice Blender
Solar Sound System powered by Independent Energy Systems
Giant Calendar of Eco-Events
Sign a Pledge to do Your Part
Learn new ways to Get Involved!

Sponsored by a growing list of environmentally friendly groups and businesses: People Power, Local Solutions to Global Problems, Ecology Action, Collaborative Ventures, Eco Design Resources, Bill's Wheels, UCSC Student Environmental Center, Capitola Freight and Salvage, Independent Energy Systems, Santa Cruz Community Credit Union, Lightbulb Giveaway from PG&E and Green Resource Library, EarthVision Film Festival.

Question? Contact People Power: 425-0665
http://www.peoplepowersc.org
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