In honor of Earth Day today, we at EchoDitto are joining with individuals around the world who are committing to do something to combat climate change. Most of us already walk, bike, or take public transportation to work; we're adamant recyclers; and we use environmentally-friendly cleaning products from Seventh Generation. But today we're especially proud to contribute to the fight against global warming with the relaunch of 1Sky.org.
1Sky was created in 2007 with one primary objective: to harness the power of the millions of Americans who are concerned about climate change in order to pass federal legislation by 2010 that can reverse global warming. Since its founding, 1Sky has built a platform of specific solutions, partnered with organizations and allies around the country, and activated a network of over 50,000 citizens who are actively lobbying for policy change and garnering support for the 1Sky solutions in meetings with their members of Congress.
1Sky's power is in its broad base and decentralized structure. It's a truly open-source collaborative campaign, uniting supporters from among traditional "green" activists, communities of faith, business groups and civil rights organizations. All of us have something at stake in the fight against global warming – and individuals are sharing their diverse stories through 1Sky's Faces of Climate Change campaign. Check it out and share your story!
It's been an exciting project for us here at EchoDitto as the site has some neat features that totally embrace our philosophy of building vibrant communities and allowing authentic voices to be heard:
- The Faces of Climate Change campaign collects stories, photos, and videos from users and plots them on a map so you can see how climate change impacts people around the country.
- The new blog, The Skywriter, features posts by campaign staff and guest posts from the field; complete with comments so readers can contribute to the discussion.
- More to come!
We're thrilled to be relaunching 1Sky.org and handing it off to the dedicated folks at 1Sky to run with. More importantly, though, we can't wait to see how it grows as all of us who care passionately about ending climate change share our thoughts and stories with one another.
