Youth Leaders: Student PIRGs

This December, President Obama will join world leaders in Copenhagen to craft an international treaty to reduce global warming emissions. We know that to get a strong treaty, the U.S. will have to be a strong voice for change and lead the way.

President Obama’s started the ball rolling, but he’ll need a solid team behind him. Already, he’s called for strong action from Congress and world leaders. This past month, his administration also proposed new rules to decrease global warming pollution from cars and the biggest factories and power plants.

Now, we need to help by sending him to Copenhagen with victories that show the U.S. is ready to lead the way and the public support to call for bold international action. That’s why, the week leading up to the October 24 International Day of Action, we will be filming thousands of videos to Make it End in 2010!

Join the Student PIRGs for this week of action by creating your own video for Obama, your Senator, and the EPA.

Check out the sample above: then upload your videos to YouTube and tag them with “MakeItEndin2010”. Then, we’ll send them to Obama, the EPA, and the United States Senate.

Both in the U.S. and abroad, 2010 is the year where we have more opportunities than ever to get significant action on global warming. World leaders will begin to implement the next international treaty to reduce emissions; the Obama administration’s proposals to reduce emissions from vehicles, factories and power plants will all be finalized. In addition, if we don’t get a climate bill this fall, the Senate will vote on a climate bill at the beginning of 2010. We have the solutions to this global problem now, it’s high time we put them to work. So, help us “Make it End in 2010!”

The Student PIRGs (Public Interest Research Groups) are a network of nonpartisan student-directed and student-funded organizations working on over 200 college campuses in 25 states to solve public interest problems and increase civic engagement. We work to increase the youth vote, tackle global warming, make education more affordable, address homelessness and more. Over 10,000 students get involved in our projects every year – visit us at www.studentpirgs.org for more on what we do.