MARCH 5 - CLIMATE ACTION FESTIVAL

Woo-Hoo! It was a GREAT CLIMATE ACTION FEST TODAY!
See below for links to the assessment tool, video playlist, and more!

Thank you 1410 WIZM for the radio interviews and NewsChannel 8 and WXOW News 19
for covering today's event

Did you miss the CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT TOOL at today's Climate Action Festival? Take the test - http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator


We want to thank La Crosse People's Food Co-op, Jules' Coffee House, and A to Z Produce and Bakery for donating food for the event!

Groups represented:

Bike Federation of Wisconsin
Citizens Acting for Rail Safety
Citizens Climate Lobby
Coulee Partners for Sustainability
Coulee Region Ecoscapes
Coulee Region Group Sierra Club
Houston County Defenders 
Izaak Walton League 
La Crosse Area Transit Advocates
Livable Neighborhoods
Middle Way Mediation 
Mississippi Valley Conservancy
ONE at UWL
UWL Students for Sustainability
Wild Clover Green Lifestyle Consulting

Did you take some time to watch a video or two (or three!) Here's what was playing today:
10 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
12 Things You Should Know About Frac Sand Mining in Wisconsin
Al Gore: The Case for Optimism on Climate Change (TedTalk)
Amy Franceschini Reimagines World War II-Era Community Gardens for San Francisco
Animated Video: What is a Carbon Footprint? What Can You Do About Yours?
Anthony's Putsch - King of the World (music video)
Artificial Leaf - Renewable Energy - Horizons (BBC)
Aurora Pocket Neighborhood
Bag Gardens - Sack Gardens - How to Make - Uganda
Be A Voice for Public Transit
Bicycle Culture by Design (TedTalk)
Britta Riley: A Garden in My Apartment (TedTalk)
Bus Swings in Montreal
Choir Bike Flashmob Brussels
City Parking Craters - Scourge of American Downtowns
Dave Meslin: The Antidote to Apathy (TedTalk)
Dear Future Generations - Sorry
Donald Shoup on Parking
Environmental Pollution Animation
Fact Check Obama on TPP by Nobel Prize Winner
Flash Mob in the Copenhagen Metro
Groningen - The World's Cycling City
How to Grow a Lot of Food in a Small Space - 9 EZ Tips
How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Jonas Eliasson - How to Solve Traffic Jams (TedTalk)
Keyhole Garden - How to Make an African Style Raised Bed Garden
Leonardo DiCaprio's Powerful Climate Summit Speech
Love Your Ride (Singapore Public Transit)
Man vs Earth
Our Future - narrated by Morgan Freeman
Parking lots turned into parks for a day
Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet with Mia Birk (TedTalk)
Planet Blue (trailer)
Ravel's Bolero Flashmob at Copenhagen Central Station
Retrofitting Net Zero - Turning Existing Homes into Net Zero Homes
Review of Minimum Parking Standards
Riverwalk (Concord Pocket Neighborhood)
Road Diets with Jeff Speck
Robin Chase - The Idea Behind Zip Car (TedTalk)
Sanjay Dastoor - A Skateboard with a Boost (TedTalk)
The Story of Bottled Water
Tiny Williamsburg Hipster Garden
Trott Elec - The Sidewalk the Provides Energy
Trust Iowa - Gloria Dei Filippone Asks the Iowa Supreme Court for a Climate Recovery Plan
Why Your $8 Shirt is a Huge Problem
Zurich - A World Class Transit Metropolis

Check back for more - what ideas did you share? How about some RECIPES!



Please join us on Saturday, March 5 from 2 to 5:00 p.m. at the First Congregational Church (Main Street and Losey Boulevard, La Crosse) for a Climate Action Festival that will help all of us Act Locally for a Sustainable Climate.

Assess your family's carbon footprint and find ways to improve it. Meet up with and learn about local groups working to address some aspect of climate change. Share ideas and network to amplify our impact. Learn about political action we can take to push our elected officials to make the right climate decisions.

Food, music, networking, information, action ... and more!

VOTER REGISTRATION - We can register many eligible in Wisconsin and give information about registration to others. If you live in La Crosse/Onalaska, bring with you YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE (if you have one) and, if the address on your license is not current, an approved document showing your current address!

Please download and post the event flyer. (Here are some smaller ones with reminder tabs for posting at work or on campus. And here are some very small ones you can hand out in your apartment complex, school, workplace, church, laundromat, etc.) Tell your friends, neighbors and co-workers, and help us get the word out.