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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:
A
Citizens Guide to Sustainable Energy
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