Change It 08: Building the Movement!

Organizing is all about movement building and that’s exactly what this summer’s Change It participants took part in. In July, one hundred and forty students came to Boston or Seattle and received twenty-one different trainings from Greenpeace staff and allies, ranging from campaign planning, to petitioning, to non-violent direct action.

Beyond trainings, participants were engaged in the motivational words of numerous speakers such as author Bill McKibben, Mountaintop Removal activist Judy Bonds, First Nations Boreal Forests campaigner, Sophia Rabliauskas and the founder of Earth Day, Denis Hayes. Through the speakers personal stories of activism, participants were instilled with hope and strength.

Project Hot Seat

Join students across the country and put Congress in the Hot Seat. We need Congress to implement global warming solutions right away. With Project Hot Seat, students across the US will encourage their congress person to stop global warming and ignite a clean energy revolution.

Kleenex = Kleercut

Kimberly-Clark clearcuts ancient forests to make Kleenex and other paper products we use once and throw away. Join the Kleercut Campaign next year as we attempt to answer the age-old question: How many schools refusing to buy Kimberly-Clark products will it take to turn this company’s environmentally egregious behavior around? Read more to find out about the schools boycotting Kimberly-Clark products and find out how your school can get involved.