National Day of Climate Action--April 14th, 2007. On this one spring day, there will be hundreds and hundreds of rallies all across the country. We hope to have gatherings in every state, and in many of America's most iconic places: on the levees in New Orleans, on top of the melting glaciers on Mt. Rainier, even underwater on the endangered coral reefs off Key West.

We also need rallies outside churches, along the tide lines in our coastal cities, in cornfields and forests and on statehouse steps. Every group will be saying the same thing: "Step it up, Congress! Cut Carbon 80% by 2050." As people gather, we'll link pictures of the protests together electronically via the web--before the weekend is out, we'll have the largest protest the country has ever seen, not in numbers but in extent. From every corner of the nation we'll start to shake things up.

Click here for more info on Step It Up 2007.

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A Few Of My Favorite Things. . .'06 Style

Favorite Cds of '06:

1. Glen Phillips Mr. Lemons 2. Jenny Lewis w/ The Watson Twins Rabbit Fur Coat 3. Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings The Flood 4. Josh Ritter Animal Years 5. M. Ward Post War 6. Gomez How We Operate 7. Peter Bradley Adams Gather Up 8. Garrison Starr The Sound of You and Me 9. The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America 10. Glen Phillips Unlucky 7 (ep)

Honorable Mention: Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere Rhett Miller The Believer

Best Books: (5 books that left an impression in '06)

Dave Eggers What is the What Claire Messud The Emperor's Children Richard Dawkins The God Delusion Jincy Willet Jenny and the Jaws of Life Sarah Vowell Assination Vacation

Movie Magic:

Volver The Queen Little Miss Sunshine The Last King of Scotland An Inconvenient Truth

Highlights:

*Finding out that I am about to be an aunt *Our trip to Amsterdam *A small sampling of excellent concerts: Glen Phillips, Garrison Starr, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Elvis Costello, Peter Bradley Adams, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright. X. Jenny Lewis w/ The Watson Twins, Henry Rollins, Sufjan Stevens, Ben Lee. . . *Seeing some amazing friends and family get married. . .

I hope everyone had a great '06, and here's to an even better year in '07! Sláinte

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lemontwist says:

Glen Phillips. :) Was lucky enough to catch a TTWS concert this past August on my trip to California.

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