It’s not entirely clear what RePower America does, but they have some big names behind them, including Al Gore, the “father” of the modern war on global warming.  That being said, they are a strong, influential lobbying organization whose aim is to transition America to 100% renewable, clean energy.

Their main tenets are the revamping of our infrastructure, renewable energy capacity and transportation as well as the improvement of energy efficiency in the U.S.

The facilitate events where you can get locally active in the movement.  Also, they organize youth action which is a nice outreach effort on their part.  You can easily find local activities.  For example, in my home state of Vermont there are over 9,300 members.  In a state with barely 600,000 people, that’s kind of a lot for a single membership organization.

Go ahead and join up and see what comes of it.  You can always close your account in the worst case scenario.  In the best, you’ll take some easy, simple action toward a new energy future.

NASA has released time-lapse shots of the gulf oil spill.  Watch the most devastating oil spill in American history unfold in only 2 minutes.  Shocking because it has undone decades of environmental progress and will take 100 years before we will know the Gulf Region the way it was before BP ruined it.

Take a close look at the color.  The oil emerges gray, and quickly turns colors as a result of weathering and toxic dispersing chemicals being liberally used by BP.

If you’re not nauseous yet, take a look at this blatant corporate deceit.  This target demonstrates how the “estimates” of oil spillage changed over time.  What it really shows is how BP was forced to adjust their “estimates” as third party observers got access to more data.  What is shocking is that BP actually thought they could mask the severity of this environmental disaster.

Want an easy step to take?  Sign up to Boycott BP on Facebook.  This may not materialize into anything, but I can certainly pledge to personally never patronize BP again.

Sitting within the comfort and convenience of home and waxing eloquent about the need to fight anthropogenic climate change was definitely not an option. Making the changes in day to day life to move toward a sustainable environmentally sound future, while absolutely necessary, was insufficient. Confronting a crisis of this magnitude requires traveling to the front lines.

So thought global adventurer extraordinaire Eric Larsen. In November of 2009 he launched an ambitious campaign called Save the Poles to raise awareness about how human actions impact the most remote regions of the planet. It is the world’s first expedition to the South Pole, North Pole and the summit of Mt. Everest in a continuous trip completed within a single year. Larsen seeks to document the drastic changes occurring on the front lines of global warming. “I’m trying to tell the story of the last great frozen places on earth, and the reality is that those places are disappearing,” says Larsen. Outside Magazine named him one of nine “Eco-All-Stars” in 2008.

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