What an exciting night!
October 29th, 2008 | Posted by WeCanSolveIt
By Jessy Tolkan, Executive Director, Energy Action Coalition “Power Vote” campaign
I had the privilege of meeting and introducing former Vice President and Nobel Laurette Al Gore during the special Power Vote webcast he made to young people this evening. His speech was inspiring and a true call to action to everyone to get out and vote on November 4 and start putting our country on the track towards 100% clean energy.
Although it’s not every day you get hang out with a Nobel prize winner, what was even more exciting than what happened in that little studio in Nashville was what has been brewing around this country for the last few weeks, and what kicked off in earnest tonight.
Get Out the (Power) Vote!
As soon as the webcast screen went dark, thousands of young Power Vote student leaders across this nation started intense Get Out the (Power) Vote campaigning. In Maryland they hit the dorms (in costume) and knocked on hundreds of doors. In Portland, they hit the streets doing a massive bike ride to get out the vote. In California and hundreds of places in-between, young leaders are going to be working around the clock to make sure that young people turn out to vote in record numbers on Election Day and demonstrate to our candidates that clean, just energy is a top priority for us.
For young people, clean energy is worth voting for. And worth fighting for. We won’t stop on November 4. We will make sure that politicians start putting bold clean energy policies into place. The era of dirty energy politics as usual is over. We’re ready for a cleaner, healthier, more prosperous, and just future!
2 Responses to “What an exciting night!”
Far too long this country has looked the other way rather than at global warming. We have and continue to deplete fuel sources at an alarming rate that are clearly limited and with a definite environmental and political consequence. Like a runaway train we have sped out of control down a track that has led to this current energy crisis. After years of stubbornly making large inefficient vehicles, how can our auto industry now expect a bail out? How can we as consumers even pretend to sit stunned as we are in one of the most desperate climates of our nation’s history? Al Gore has been ringing the global alarm for decades. Start listening!
We all are in this together. It is time to have conversations about global warming and share our ideas to make a difference.
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