Entries For: 15 February 2008
EAC Council Meeting Sets the Standard
I totally over-packed for the Energy Action Coalition (EAC) Council meeting. The extra pair of shoes, the just-in-case dress shirt and slacks, and more than 2 pair of draws for a 4-day stay in The Bay with EAC proved that I had very little idea of what exactly I was getting into. Energy Action Coalition is best known to the League for hosting Power Shift 2007 -- the youth summit on climate change that brought 6,000 students from 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico to the University of Maryland to build, chill, rally, and lobby the Feds on climate change. I was there too, actually, and witnessed one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen -- a 3 AM spoken work/ballroom dancing battle in the College Park, MD IHOP parking lot. Needless to say, it's never anything short of ground breaking when EAC is involved. read more...
