April 22 - Celebrate Earthday!
Across the country citizens, citizen organizations, businesses, schools, media, municipalities, and others are celebrating and exchanging their views and opinions about Earthday and all it represents. Find out what others are doing and what you can do to help protect our home planet. More
CitNet delegation to CSD-16
On May 5 the United Nations begins its 16th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development. CitNet is hosting a delegation of 118 people representing a wide range of citizen organizations focusing on the current topics of sustainable agriculture and rural development, desertification, drought, land and Africa. Given the high interest in the topic of "biofuels," CitNet will organize a side event on this topic in partnership with Energia, an international network on gender and sustainable energy. CitNet friends including International Partners for Sustainable Development (IPSA), Community Food Security Coalition, World Hunger Year (WHY) and Just Food are also organizing a sustainable food systems showcase.
Host a Community Climate Change Summit 
5 Feburary 2008. CitNet is collaborating with Earth Charter US to help promote efforts organizing and linking cities and communities across the country on Saturday October 11, 2008. Dialogues will link communities together by internet video. If you are interested in hosting or helping host a Community Climate Change Summit where you live, find out more.
COP
13 ends with plan but no targets
18 December 2007. The two week meeting in Bali has ended with agreement on "the Bali Roadmap' but without global commitments to emission targets, among other critques. Read Gail Karlsson's summary of the meeting and its outcomes in Energy and Climate Change News inside.
5-Step
Plan for Citizens
What are you willing to do about the climate and sustainability challenge? Are you willing to take these five steps to towards sustainable energy consumption and production and responsible government and business policy and practice? If so, endorse the statement of citizen responsibility and join the Campaign for Sustainable Energy!
The candidates on climate and energy
What positions are the candidates taking and saying about climate change and sustainable energy? Is the 2008 election going to provide us with real leadership on these issues? Here's some sources:
Grist Magazine: How Green is Your Candidate?
Leagure of Conservation Voters - '08 - On the Record
World Resources Institute: Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on Global Warming?
Carbon Coalition: Promises, Commitments and Priorities: Seeking a Presidential Leadership Agenda
New York Times: Presidential Candidates on Climate Change
National Public Radio: Presidential Candidates Weigh in On Climate Change
PBS Online/NewsHour: Candidates Strive to Address Voters' Climate Concerns
Washington Post: Climate Is a Tricky Issue for Democrats
AlterNet: Which Candidates Are Stepping It Up to Halt Climate Change
Christian Science Monitor: '08 Hopefuls Tout Climate Change Plans
International Herald Tribute: US Presidential Candidates Paying to Pollute But Could Do More to Show Green Awareness
Humanity
has reached
a turning point...
We can continue with present policies... or we can change course.
—Agenda
21
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