It’s Getting Hot In Here

With election day not too far off, on campus more and more students are signing up to vote. With new voting campaigns, it has become easier then ever to vote on a college campus. But now we must take this a step further. We, as responsible citizens, have the responsibility to take action to help combat climate change on a political level. This is where the Climate Voters Cup comes in.

The Voters cup is a campaign launched along with Hot Seat to mobilize college students all over the nation to take a stand against the government’s current “blindness” to the obvious climate changes that are occuring right now all our country and our planet. Our generation will be the most important generation to this issue in history. It’s almost a scientific fact.. Seriously, my astronomy teacher was even saying so in class today.

Together, we must take a stand. We, as citizens of the United States and planet earth, have demands for our political leaders. They must, also as responsible citizens of the world, utilize their power. Just like we created policy to ban CFCs, a lot can be done on the governmental level to combat this huge problem known as global warming. Oil is also on it’s way out. It is time to evolve as an intelligent species of animal. People in power must stop taking bribes from the Oil industry. They know that is their only leverage at this point, money. And really, money won’t buy the Earth back. So lets elect leaders that will protect something that cannot be replaced.
I don’t think thats so much to ask for.

This campaign is great in conjunction with the Campus Climate Challenge. It’s also great for schools with PIRGs ’cause they love voting too.

To register your school for the Climate Voters Cup, send an email to climatevoters@gmail.com and apply to be Point Person for your school in the competition.

While you’re waiting to be confirmed, go to www.vote-smart.org and find out who’s running for Congress in the district that your school is in. Download the campaign materials for the Climate Voters Cup and start putting pressure on your local House and Senate candidates to do something about the most important thing of our generation.