A New President, a New Agenda
Earth Day Network is working hard to keep the pressure on the new Administration and Congress to live up to their commitments on greening the economy, starting with the recovery package. Never before has nearly a trillion dollars been set aside to create an historic economic stimulus and this is our one opportunity to make it green!
The current stimulus plan will generate 3.6 million jobs, with 30% in manufacturing and construction. Call or email your Representative or Senators and ask them to include energy efficiency, renewable energy, green jobs and green schools in the American Recovery and Investment Plan! There is 14-billion in the stimulus for school modernization but only 25 percent of that is for green schools - and we must increase it. Join us in holding Congress and the incoming Administration accountable: Demand that green measures be included in the stimulus package. Plant the seeds of a green future! ACT NOW! Support our policy work by donating to Earth Day Network
School Food on the Plate at Conference of Mayors
On Saturday, January 17, 2009, at the US Council of Mayors meeting in Washington we kicked off our campaign to provide green, healthy schools and delicious, nutritious school food for all of America's children
Our climate change panelists, Greg Kats and Earth Day Network President Kathleen Rogers, connected the dots between green schools, healthy school food, and the environmental movement at large. On the hunger and homelessness panel, Danielle Hollar, head researcher at the Agatston Research Foundation, and Melissa Mahoney, Baltimore City Public Schools Dietician focused on how we can raise test scores and lower cholesterol - as soon as we start changing school food. Join our campaign!
Buy your Earth Day 2009 T-shirt and poster now and receive a FREE gift!!
When you purchase Earth Day Network merchandise, you help us fight climate change, transform our schools into green, healthy learning environments, and pass legislation that will create green jobs for all. Now, for a limited time, when you buy our Earth Day 2009 poster and t-shirts, you will get a FREE copy of the book This Moment on Earth, about the history of the modern environmental movement and the challenges ahead. Don't wait to get your Earth Day 2009 gear!
New on Earth Day TV
Tired of your New Year's resolution? Try a green home revolution: Anjali Hansen, a lawyer and mother of three, decided that her next home renovation would be as green as they go. Watch the renovation on Earth Day TV, Greener Living channel, and follow her progress with her blog!
Nine-year-old rapper lays down cool tracks for a warming world!
If you haven't heard of Lil' Peppi yet, you're in for a big surprise: This third-grader from Florida is putting eco-rap on the map with his talent for crafting rhymes for the times! His first single, Mother Nature's Crying, is a You Tube sensation, and he is repeating success with his second hit, Melting Ice. A cooler world never sounded so hot - hear his interview with Earth Day Network here!