All photos courtesy of www.stepitup2007.org
In honor of the very first National Day of Climate Action on Saturday, April 14, several Cape towns held rallies to inform the community and push for Congressional action toward reducing carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. More than 1,400 rallies were held across the country yesterday; Centerville, Falmouth, Hyannis, Truro, and Wellfleet represented the Cape’s support for this greener, cleaner air. The website, stepitup2007.org, is the hub for pushing for Congressional action to stop global warming and the creator of the new environmental day.
More than 80 supportive community members came out to the Pamet Harbor Yacht and Tennis Club in Truro to listen to various guest speakers. People rallying in Wellfleet marched down Uncle Tim’s bridge and crossed Duck Creek waving their eco-flags in the breeze. They sang a marching song targeted towards the government: “step it up, one step at a time...organize, one step at a time...."
The rally in Falmouth started at Surf Drive Beach with demonstrations of new water levels that will creep up the shore and rise about three feet as a result of global warming. Then participants walked, biked, and skated to the Village Green where the Solutions Fair was held. There were many speakers and organizations with tables set up, ranging from Brownie Troop 1048 that gave out free tree seedlings and Boy Scout Troop 38 that distributed free fluorescent light bulbs, to the Town Energy Committee, Clean Power Now, and the Coastal Resources Working Group and several others.
The day was certainly a success for the community members. But now all we need is the government to step it up and start lowering carbon emissions.
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