Don’t Miss Cascade POWER SHIFT: Mobilizing Youth for Climate Justice!

Calling all Northwest youth climate activists: don’t miss Cascade POWER SHIFT: Mobilizing Youth for Climate Justice, Feb 8-11, Eugene, Oregon!

February 8th-11th, hundreds of Northwest youth will converge on Eugene, Oregon for the Cascade POWER SHIFT summit before storming their state capitols for Cascade Climate Network Citizen Action Day!

Organized by the Cascade Climate Network (with help from friends!), Cascade POWER SHIFT will bring together hundreds of Northwest youth for a weekend focused on solutions to the climate crisis and efforts to build a sustainable, just, and prosperous future for all.

Cascade POWER SHIFT will feature informative panels, skill-building workshops, kick-offs for exciting climate action campaigns, Citizen Action Days in Salem and Olympia and a chance to connect with hundreds of other Northwest students and youth working for a sustainable, just, and prosperous future!

Cascade POWER SHIFT will kick-off the evening of Friday Feb 8th with exciting keynotes and conclude Sunday evening, Feb 10th (click here for an agenda). The weekend summit will be followed on Monday Feb 11th by Citizen Action Days in Salem and Olympia to help push for climate victories in the state legislatures of Oregon and Washington in 2008.

Step it Up March Cascade POWER SHIFT will be held on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. Transportation scholarships and car pool options are available.

It is time! We HAVE to come together, show solidarity, and take ACTION on the climate crisis NOW if we want to thwart a world of greed, hostility, and war and create a world of sustainability, justice and prosperity for all.

Come. Get inspired, get connected, and get active!

REGISTER TODAY and make sure you don’t miss Cascade POWER SHIFT 2008!

To register, head to http://cascadeclimate.org/PowerShift/ today. See you in Eugene!

About Jesse

Jesse Jenkins is an energy and climate policy analyst, advocate, and blogger. Jesse is currently the Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Breakthrough Institute in Oakland, California, where he works to develop and advance new energy solutions to power America's future, secure our energy freedom, and halt global warming. He joined Breakthrough in June 2008 and previously directed the Breakthrough Generation fellowship program for young clean energy leaders. Jesse worked previously as a Research and Policy Associate at the Renewable Northwest Project in Portland, OR, helping to advance the development of the Pacific Northwest's abundant renewable energy potential. A prolific author and blogger on clean energy issues, Jesse is the founder and chief editor of WattHead - Energy News and Commentary, a member of the blogger board at the Energy Collective and policy editor at Its Getting Hot In Here. Jesse is a co-founder of the youth-led Cascade Climate Network, a board member of Focus the Nation and a graduate of the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon.

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2 Responses to “Don’t Miss Cascade POWER SHIFT: Mobilizing Youth for Climate Justice!”

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1 jennybedellstiles Jan 25th, 2008 at 4:44 am

Yeah Oregon! Yeah Washington! This conference is going to kick big ol’ climate butt!

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