|
Activity |
Description |
Status |
|
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH |
|
Flyering at Transit Stations |
Hand out flyers at CTA stops in the
City
of Chicago to educate citizens on global warming,
how they
can
help fight climate change and
recruit Sierra Club members to join the cause |
Past Events:
Flyering at the Belmont Red Line
stop on August 24th
Upcoming Events:
TBD |
|
Community Event Tabling |
Table local events to spread
education on global warming and sign people up to take
action! |
Past Events:
North
LakeShore Earth Day
International Coastal Beach Sweep at Montrose Beach
Upcoming Events:
TBD |
|
MEDIA |
|
Letters to the editor |
Write
letters to the editor to local newspapers and publications
about the importance of global warming. Send an email to
our group and coordinate letter "blasts" or weekly
letters. |
Check out the google group
frontburnermedia.
frontburnermedia@googlegroups.com
Sign up to be
a
Sierra Club Climate Leader!
www.sierraclub.org/climateleaders |
|
Blog
and Online Article Response |
Post
comments to blogs and online articles to battle
disinformation on global warming and to give support to
fair coverage. Alert our email group to know of the
articles you read and give your opinion on and take
advantage of power in numbers! |
Check out the google group
frontburnermedia.
frontburnermedia@googlegroups.com
Sign up to be
a
Sierra Club Climate Leader!
www.sierraclub.org/climateleaders |
|
Meetings with editorial boards |
Contact and set up meetings with local editorial boards to
push for more and better coverage of global warming issues |
TBD |
|
Public
Service Announcements (TV/Radio/Newspaper?) |
Create
PSA's for radio or television, and contact local media
outlets to get these aired |
TBD |
|
Cable Shows |
Work
to get interviews with local television media to spread
education about the truth about global warming |
TBD |
|
SOCIAL |
|
Speaker Series |
The
A/E Front Burner series is an opportunity to learn about
global warming issues in a casual neighborhood restaurant
while meeting your fellow environmentally concerned
friends and neighbors. |
Past Events:
September 16th
6:30 PM , Pizza
Capri, Chicago
Fired Up! The Dirty Truth about
Chicago's Coal Fired Power Plants.
Upcoming Events:
Thursday October 14th
7:00 PM, Irish
Eyes, Chicago
Hope in Copenhagen? The prospects
for a new international agreement in Copenhagen to address
Global Warming |
|
Stress
the Science or Economics Forum(s) |
Bring
together local or national scientists/ economists for a
forum to discuss the realities of global warming and real
solutions to the problem |
TBD |
|
Create
MySpace/Facebook/Twitter for Sierra Club Air & Energy
Committee |
Create
awareness of global warming issues through social
networking sites |
Coming
soon to facebook… |
|
Bar
Social / Fundraiser |
A
happy hour or other fundraising event to raise money for
the initiative and spread awareness of the issue |
TBD |
|
Global
Warming education video night for Sierra Club members and
friends |
Show
educational, motivational, and entertaining movies For
Sierra Club members and friends |
TBD |
|
Bike
to work week teams |
Create
bike to work teams to create awareness of the issue and do
your part to cut carbon |
TBD |
