 
April 12, 2008
Volunteers with the Power2Change Campaign took
the petition door-to-door to collect signatures in Reno on April 12. Click
here to watch online news coverage of the day. (Click on the "Sierra Club volunteers..."
link on that page.)
Estelle Hockemier collects a signature from a happy gardener.
Taking a short break from gathering signatures are Power2Change volunteers,
left to right, Amanda Maydeck, Estelle Hockemier and Dixie
Dahl.
March 31, 2008
Sierra Club Nevada makes the Sun shine: Las Vegas Sun highlights the Power 2 Change campaign.
And there's a plug
from the Sun's editorial board, including this quote: "We
believe the campaign has a good chance for success, as it will be highlighting
an aspect
of solar energy its potential as a moneymaker that hasn't yet gotten across
to enough investors, industries and entrepreneurs."
In the photo above, Carl (right), a Nevada Power 2 Change Organizer, signs up
student
volunteer
Roger
Harris
on
the
campus of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. And they head off (below) to
post some signs.
March 26, 2008
Las Vegas, NV –The Nevada Sierra Club today launched a new effort to
educate the public about what is at stake in the 2008 elections. Part of a
national effort focused in nine states, the Power2Change campaign aims to educate
the public and candidates about what is at stake in the 2008 elections; by
defining the contrast between competing visions of our energy future--positioning
clean energy as an economic driver, and challenging candidates up and down
the ballot – including the new President - to move America towards a
clean energy economy.
“The choices we make in 2008 will define our future, especially when
it comes to the election and energy issues,” said Lydia Ball, Regional
Representative of the Sierra Club, based in Las Vegas. “The contrast
could not be sharper -- we can move forward to a clean energy economy that
creates
jobs,
save consumers
money and solves global warming, or we can continue the expensive, polluting
policies of the past.”
The Power2Change campaign involves a new grassroots organizing effort in the
community. Over the next four weeks, Nevada Sierra Club activists will document
and release examples of clean and polluting energy sites within each state,
collect and deliver petition signatures demanding elected officials help build
a clean energy economy, and recruit volunteers to meet with elected, business
and community leaders and to participate in Earth Day events around April 22.
“We’ve got a message for candidates at every level that we have
the power to change direction,” said Michele Burkett, resident from Mesquite,
Nevada. “We have the technology, know-how and power to build a clean
energy future. What we have lacked is the political will and leadership. We
need to challenge all our elected officials, including the next president,
to provide the leadership we need to move us forward.”
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