http://www.eldersclimateaction.org/


We are a campaign, a movement of elders committed to making our voices heard...to change our nation’s energy policies while there is still time to avoid catastrophic changes in the Earth’s climate.

If you are concerned about the legacy you are leaving behind for future generations, then YOU are an elder.

Because of this concern and because we are the largest voting bloc, we elders are in an unique position to influence national policy and can use that power to push for new energy policies that will reduce greenhouse gases to a level consistent with life thriving on our planet.

Elders Climate Action is calling on elders to take the pledge and stand together behind our common commitment to restoring a livable climate for future generations.  Through this unified voice we can create the political will necessary to break through the gridlock.
 Grandparents Climate Action Day 2015

 

The first annual Grandparents Climate Action Day in Washington DC on September 9 & 10th, 2015 was a huge success with over 100 grandparents joining together on behalf of the climate. Get the full recap by watching the Webcast which features highlights from the two day gathering, keynote speakers, and scenes from the flash mob! Watch the webcast now.  Join us and stay connected to learn about future Elders Climate Action Events in 2016!

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Elders Climate Action Announces a New Effort:

Our Congressional Candidates Climate Project

 

Despite the fact that humanity is facing the greatest threat to the wellbeing of future generations in human history - and the fact that the United States is crucial to any hope for a solution - in the first phase of this year's national campaign season, climate change has barely been mentioned. 

This year, we Americans will be electing a new president, a third of the Senate and the entire House of Representatives.  If we are to hope to make significant progress after the election, we must do everything we can to raise the issue of climate change in the election campaign.  That responsibility falls especially to elders, who throughout human history are the people who have had a long view and commitment to future generations. Just as Iroquois elders called for attention to the seventh generation, so must elders today speak out on behalf of the grandchildren and great grandchildren.

To accomplish that, we need elders in as many Congressional districts as possible to participate.

Here's how you can participate in this project:

• Join with one or two other concerned elders in your area to ask your candidates for Congress to complete our ECA candidates' questionnaire on climate change.
• Find ways to encourage candidates to complete the questionnaire.
• Let people in your community know about the ECA Candidates Climate Project and the candidates' responses.
• There are also other ways you can help ECA make a difference on climate change (see our Volunteer Form) 

http://www.eldersclimateaction.org/

Future generations are depending on all of us! 

 
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