Lenny Sharlet's blog

Northern Plains Power Shift '09 is in the books and it is now time to think about next steps, about how we can keep this movement going.

Thank you to everyone who particpated this weekend as well as those who couldn't make it but contributed ideas, time and resources in the weeks leading up to the summit.

Saturday 10/24
  Fargo Theatre 314 Broadway N
  8am-9am Continental Breakfast
  9am-Noon Keynote Speakers
Noon-1pm Nonviolent Direct Action
  March from Fargo Theatre to Civic Center
  Rally at the Civic center for  Green Jobs and Clean Energy 1pm-2pm Lunch (on your own)
  Saturday Workshops 2pm-7pm
  NDSU College of Business  811 2nd Ave North
2pm-3pm
  Room 140 Future of Coal vs the future of Wind 
  Room 272 Tar Sands Round Table Discussion
3:15 -4:15
  Room 262 – Green for All on Leadership Development
  Room 358 – Beehive Collective art, activism, community
  Room 368 - SDS How to Green a University
4:30-5:45 Room 140
  2010 Campaign Cycle how Youth and the Energy Vote can              shape the agenda.
6:00-7pm
  Room 266 Extreme Athletes/Extreme Organizing ;   Snowkiting
  Room 272 Photo Petitioning – high impact organizing tool
7-8pm Dinner on your own
8pm-Midnight Entertainment and social time
8-11pm Live music at The Red Raven 14 Roberts St N
9pm and 10:30pm Free showings of H2Oil documentary

Sunday 10/25
9am-Noon Keynote Speakers at the Fargo Theatre
12pm-1pm Lunch
1pm-4pm Workshops and Panels at NDSU College of Business
1pm-2pm
  Room 140 Health impacts of coal based energy
2:15-3:15 Breakouts
  Room 262 Grand Aspirations ; personal strengths for diverse and inclusive leadership structures
  Room 266 Real Food Challenge : leverage College dining halls to change our food systems
  Room 358 Beehive Collective – Art, activism, community
  Room 368 SDS – Radical social theory and the environment
  Photo Petitioning – A high impact organizing tool

3:30 – 4pm Room 140 Closing Ceremony
  Share your story at an open mic closing ceremony

Tonight over 30 volunteers gathered to prepare for our 350 Day of Action event tomorrow (today now). We are marching out of the Fargo Theatre at noon down Broadway and over to the Civic Center where we will reveal our hand made banner displaying the importance of the number 350. The planet is in the balance and it's time to stand up and LET PEOPLE KNOW.

If you want to see the finished product, join us tomorrow! Noon, Fargo Theatre, BE THERE.

Did I mention Register? We are one week out! No more excuses, no more procrasination, no more waiting. We need to know you are coming and we need you to make that commitment!

Just click on that big shiny Register button on the right -------------- >

This will give you two options:
Pay in Advance           or                    Pay at the Summit

Mayor of Fargo

The current mayor of Fargo is Dennis Walaker.  Voters elected him to a four-year term in June 2006.  This is Mr. Walaker's first term as mayor. Mayor Walaker is a Fargo native who graduated from Leonard High School (Cass County) in 1959 and attended North Dakota State University. 

Check out all our other great speakers here: northernplains.powershift09.org/conference/speakers

Fargo is the host of Northern Plains Power Shift and it happens to be a national leader in greening the local economy!

http://cityoffargo.com/CityInfo/Environmentalprotection/

Men's Health recently ranked Fargo 5th in the country for green driving. This is a reflection of the 1.6 million people who rode public transit last year in Fargo-Moorhead. That's a huge ridership.

We are very excited to be able to offer sliding scale registration to EVERYONE. This means you can sign up RIGHT NOW for as little as $5. We are asking everyone who can afford to pay $10, $15, $20 or more to please do so. This will give us a lot more flexibility in giving out scholarships, travel and housing assistance as well as providing nice perks at the summit like breakfast snacks on Saturday and Sunday.

"So what do I get for registering? Where does this money go?"

I'm glad you asked! Included in your registration are the following: