Earth Hour

At 8:30 pm TONIGHT the world's largest unified recognition of the global environmental crisis will arrive on west coast of America. Earth Hour, sponsored by the WWF and others is a global recognition of the international cooperation necessary to solve climate change and numerous other environmental issues.

Join the Green Teens and thousands around the world in recognizing Earth Hour by shutting off your lights and electronics 8:30pm to 9:30pm. When the hour is done go to www.earthhour.org to find out how to go beyond just the hour.

MOVING PLANET: A Climate Action Fest

SATURDAY Sept. 24th at the Portland Memorial Coliseum 11:45 - 3:oo pm. Speakers, Exhibits, and Information Stations on global climate change. Plenty of ways to take action. THE place to be if you care about the planet. Ride a bike, bus or train. Sponsored by 350.org. Go to www.350Oregon.org.

SOLV Beach Cleanup

Thanks to everyone who participated in the great SOLV beach cleanup. Over 3400 Oregonians came together to make a difference for our beaches!! Check out other SOLV opportunities at www.solv.org.

Powershift Space

Going to Powershift 2011? It's going to be an awesome time! If you haven't already sign up to attend TODAY!

Beyond Our Bubble is sending a number of representatives to the conference, and has some extra room space available. If you are attending the conference and need a place to stay, contact us at beyondourbubble@yahoo.com or check out the Powershift website for more information.

VIllage to Village

Just finished passing out the last return packet for the Village to Village Community Connections. Everyone has been so excited to hear back from their Connection on the other side of the world. Now it's time to initiate the new connections. If you or someone you know would be interested in being involved, please email us at beyondourbubble@yahoo.com.

Carbon Nation

Hey Everyone! The new movie Carbon Nation is coming to Portland this next Friday March 4th at the Regal Fox Tower Cinema. It is an absolutely awesome movie that really talks about the solutions to climate change. The cool thing is, it really doesn't care if you believe in Climate Change or not - it's AWESOME! Check it out at Carbon Nation the Movie

See you all there!

Powershift

Big News from Washington DC! Powershift 2011 is here. Join thousands of environmental activists from throughout the nation in urging our government to take the lead in cutting greenhouse gasses. Sign ups are open and the deadline for early submission ($50) is Sunday the 13th so sign up now! Powershift will be April 15th through 18th at the Washington DC conference center