Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Declaration of Energy Independence

WeCanSolveIt.org is the home of the We Campaign which is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis -- in part through repowering America with 100% of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years.

We all have too much to do but often we have the best intentions. Through emails and online forms, the We Campaign create easy ways to make your individual voice heard by the leaders of the US. Sometimes it is about just filling in your email address and hitting send. A pre-written message with your details are then sent to the politicians who are debating important climate and clean energy related bills at the time -- such as the American Clean Energy and Security Act which wassed passed in the House of Representatives last Friday and is now moving to the Senate.

Right now they are asking people to sign a petition over at the sister site RepowerAmerica.org in support of clean energy and energy independence. It just needs an email address. The petition will then be sent to leaders in the US Senate. To sign it go to http://act.repoweramerica.org/us/declaration.

And consider staying informed about how you can help by signing up at WeCanSolveIt.org. While you're drinking your morning coffee you can be having a real effect on the future of our global society, environment and economy.

If you're not an American citizen or resident ( like me ), for those times you need an address, just make up one with a valid zip code (check out the address of your favourite American company or landmark!).

It's easy, it's important and hey, it feels good to have a voice and to be helping out with something as important and historic as this.

Thanks.