Yesterday, following a week of advocacy training, 200 student activists came together on Capitol Hill in DC to put Congress on the "hot seat" about global warming.
Change it '07, a project of Seventh Generation and Greenpeace, is a week-long training designed to educate and empower dedicated students to become the next generation of leaders in the global movement for environmental change -- definitely not your average summer school. The students were, by no means, average students either - check out the participant profiles.
In the spring, over 1,200 18 - 24 year olds applied for the Change It '07 program. That's three times the number of applicants the program had last year!! Of the 200 inspired students who made the trek to DC, 10 of them were selected by an online voting community at the Change It website. To learn more about the site, check out the case study.
Wishing Change It training was around back in the day? You can still participate. Let the world know how you plan to make change in our world. Post your ideas for how you will Change It. As the site says, "Every small step you take to spread awareness about environmental and social justice issues is one step closer to solving the problem."
