10 Ways to Take Action with Elders Climate Action TODAY!

1. Send a letter  to your Representatives. We've created a letter that is simple to send, and you can add a personal message. 

 

CLICK HERE to send a Letter to your Members of Congress NOW!

2. Organize a 2-3 member ECA team in your Congressional district or local community and schedule meetings with your Representatives

3.  Join or 

S tart a Local Chapter in your Area

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Last month's national call included this short interview clip with Ralph Nader at Elders Climate Action Day in April 2017. 

We encourage you to consider what helps you maintain your functional optimism. 

At the conclusion of Elders Climate Action Day in April, we encouraged everyone to use their enthusiasm to create events and actions at home. Sunday September 10 th , national Grandparents Day, is the perfect opportunity to take action on climate change. Some ways you might do this include:

• Talk to your grandchildren about what you're doing to address climate change.

• Set up an ECA information booth at a local Grandparents Day even t.


• Write a letter to the editor describing your concern for future generatio ns a nd how that led you to join ECA.
   
• Write your Congressional Representative or Senator and encourage them to take action on climate change for the sake of your grandchildren.

Visit www.grandparentsday.org for more ideas

ECA Welcomes Our Newest Chapter:

Maryland!

In the Spring, several residents of an apartment house for "active seniors" in Silver Spring, MD attended a Happy Hour celebrating Montgomery County's resolution to divest its pension plan of fossil fuel stocks, a project spearheaded by the youthful members of 350MoCo.org.  The elders felt somewhat out of place until Leslie Wharton came by their table and started telling them about Elders Climate Action. Since that day in May, we have met as a group five times, have submitted an application to become an ECA chapter, are working to oppose the construction of a natural gas pipeline across the Potomac River, and are exploring ways to work with ECA partners on a variety of local, state and national initiatives to address climate change.  We have rolled up our sleeves and are very excited to be part of Elders Climate Action!

Mothers Out Front 

Why Now?

The world is starting to understand that we must act now to address climate change.

• No matter where we each stand on the political spectrum,  we are united in our belief that our work is more important now than ever. 

We have a short but real window of time to act. We have the knowledge, skills, and much of the technology we need to keep the Earth's temperature from rising to catastrophic levels.

In coastal Virginia, the amount of relative sea level rise surpasses almost everywhere else in the United States. Photo Credit: Hyunsoo Leo Kim | The Virginian-Pilot

We can meet our energy needs through efficiency and conservation as well as solar, wind, geothermal, and small hydropower. Experts in policy, law, engineering, science, and technology know how we can structure the transition. 

We have the solutions, but elected officials and the fossil fuel industry are not acting effectively and quickly enough to move our economy and our infrastructure away from fossil fuels and to clean, renewable energy. 

We need the voice of the people to demand that we transition now, as rapidly, justly and as fully as possible.

www.mothersoutfront.org