09/23/10

WAITING FOR SUPERMAN OPENS FRIDAY

Developing critical thinking skills and an understanding of science are keys to solving the planet's future problems, including global warming, yet the United States continues to fall behind the rest of the world in the quality of public education.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, director of "An Inconvenient Truth," takes on the task of dissecting the public education system in his film "Waiting For Superman," opening this Friday in select cities. The film will inspire Americans to take action, and you can help kick off the movement by seeing the film.

Visit waitingforsuperman.com to watch the trailer and learn more about what you can do.

WORST SUMMER EVER?

The summer of 2010 set temperature records across the country. Our partner NRDC has published an analysis using data from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Nearly one in three U.S. weather stations recorded average temperatures among their five hottest on record.

Even more telling is that nighttime lows were the hottest ever recorded at nearly one in four stations. Nighttime temperatures are more sensitive to the buildup of heat-trapping pollution in the atmosphere. More compelling evidence that things are getting worse.

Click here for the full report

RECOMMENDED READING

Since 1970, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has grown into an international powerhouse with 1.2 million members and a staff of scientists and lawyers whose mission is to safeguard the planet. NRDC founder (and SGW marcher) John H. Adams, a pioneer of environmental action, has written a new book entitled "A Force for Nature." This inspiring memoir, written with with Patricia Adams and George Black, tells the story of the NRDC and the environmental movement it sparked. Click here to buy the book.

Also highly recommended is "Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands," written by Cathryn Berger Kaye and Philippe Cousteau, grandson of the legendary Jacques Cousteau. The book educates young people about the earth's water crisis and gives them tools and inspiration to transform their ideas into action. Click here to buy.

CIRCLE THE DATE: 10/10/10

On 10/10/10, people all around the world will gather in their communities to do something to help deal with global warming. Politicians are invited to come and take notes.

Author and activist Bill McKibben and 350.org are organizing a Global Work Party for the day, with emphasis on both 'work' and 'party'. In Idaho, people are getting together for a home weatherization raffle. In the Maldives, they're putting up solar panels on the President's office. Find out what's going on in your neck of the woods, or organize a work event yourself. With the might of our combined efforts, we'll be sending a message to our leaders: We're doing our part. Now get to work and do yours.

Learn more and sign up at 350.org.

Keep Marching,

Laurie David
Founder
StopGlobalWarming.org