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[Ben Davis]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE               Contact:  Allen Parleir, 405/524-3977

Friday April 13, 2007                       Timothy Trujillo, 405/521-0848

 

OKLAHOMA CITY GROUP JOINS NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION 

TO URGE CONGRESS TO "STEP IT UP ON GLOBAL WARMING" 

 

"EARTHLY DELIGHTS" LOCAL SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE AT
33RD AND N. SHARTEL FROM 10AM  TO 4PM FOR  A "WORKING" ENVIRONMENTAL EVENT
ON SAT, APRIL 14TH.

 

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City residents concerned about the catastrophic
effects of global warming will join together to urge Congress to cut carbon
emissions 80% by 2050. The event is part of the Step it Up campaign, the
largest day of citizen action focusing on global warming in our nation's
history.   

 

Plans are to begin preparing garden beds and planting at 10 am until 4pm
with neighborhood volunteers, students from the two Harding Charter schools,
Starbucks employees, members of Spring Creek Baptist Church and OU students
participating in their annual "Big Event" volunteer day.  Speakers will
include Sen. Andrew  Rice, Rep. Al McAffrey, Councilman Sam Bowman, Tom
Elmore of North American Transportation Institute, Robert Waldrop from
Oklahoma Food Coop, Jennifer Gooden, Past President, Sustainable OKC and
other community leaders.  Emcee of the event will be Timothy Trujillo,
President of the Central Park Neighborhood Association.  There will be
workshops led by local environmentalists and free seedlings will be
available to all attendees.    Music will be provided by local groups
featuring The Electric Primadonnas, Mary Reynolds, Peggy Johnson and
students from both Harding Charter Schools.

 

Central Park Neighborhood Association is attempting to make the Shartel
medians more pedestrian, bicycle and ecologically friendly and inviting,
turning the medians into a park with a walking trail for the community and
an outdoor classroom for the two Harding Charter Schools. "We were
successful in changing Shartel from a 4 car street to 2 car lanes and 2 bike
lanes", said Allen Parleir, event organizer and officer of Central Park
Neighborhood Association.

 

Step it Up is a nationwide campaign comprised of over 1,300 events in 50
states rallying around the need for substantial and rapid action on the
issue of global warming. The events are being held in major cities, iconic
locations and small towns across America.  Rallies have been organized by
groups from all walks of life who agree on one thing: the time has come for
our elected officials to take bold and immediate steps to combat global
warming.

 

"The groundswell of support for this effort is incredible.  This is truly a
viral grassroots movement, organized mainly through word of mouth, email
outreach among friends, and the online community." said Step it Up
Organizer, Bill McKibben. "The enormous participation in today's movement is
a wake-up call to legislators from across the country.  Their constituents
are urgently demanding that America get on the path towards reducing carbon
emissions before it is too late."  

 

Earthly Delights is coordinated by the Central Park Neighborhood
Association, Harding Fine Arts Center and Community Youth Outreach. Sponsors
include the OU Big Event, Sierra Club Cimarron Group, Sustainable OKC,
Harding Charter Prep, OK Food Coop, The Peace House,  North American
Transportation Institute, OK Organic Gardening Assn, Indian Youth
Empowerment Project, Starbucks Coffee Company, Papa John's Pizza, Blue Moon
on Paseo, the Red Cup and Sauced on Paseo.

 

For more information please visit the Step it Up website:
www.stepitup2007.org <http://www.stepitup2007.org/> 

 

 

Ben Davis

Program Coordinator

Neighborhood Alliance

(405) 528-6322

Working to create safe, attractive and healthy neighborhoods throughout
Central Oklahoma.

 

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