College students acting in the summer heat to fight global warming

CO: Students from colleges and universities across the USA and Canada converged on the US Congress to wake up legislators and to learn more about how to "Change It"

• Work shops were led by experienced facilitators to turn student passion into action
• Will this make a difference in the future? Yes. Organization is essential to ensure that energy and outrage is channeled effectively into change.
• Participant Jenna K ., New Jersey, pledges to change the world: "By teaching others that our choices will make a difference in environmental and social justice standards for future generations."

College Students Gather to Put Congress in the Hot Seat on Global Warming

Activists Choreograph Event as Part of Weeklong 'Change It' Training Camp

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2007--Two hundred student leaders from 33 states and Canada converged on the West Lawn of the United States Capitol to put Congress in the 'hot seat' on global warming through peaceful protest. The students, standing in fourteen rows with 200 red chairs formed a mass covering 784 square feet and unfurled large banners reading "Congress, You Are on the Hot Seat," and "Act Now: Stop Global Warming."
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Now in its second year, the Change It program is led by the international environmental group Greenpeace and sponsored by Seventh Generation, one of the country's first self-declared "socially responsible" companies, best known for its leading brand of environmentally-friendly household products.

"Last year, we received an overwhelming response from students interested in learning how to be more effective change agents in the world, so we decided to double the number of participants in 2007," said Jeffrey Hollender, president and chief inspired protagonist of Seventh Generation. "I know that when this year's participants return home, they will continue to ignite change in their community, and the world!"

This intensive, all-expenses-paid, week-long training program was facilitated by some of the nation's top environmental leaders and featured speakers on global and social issues, such as Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Representative Henry Waxman, D-Calif. Participants worked one-on-one with Greenpeace leaders who provided personalized training sessions focused on campaign strategy, lobbying, media relations and peaceful demonstrations.

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