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Information and Advocacy
The idea here is that we need to be thinking globally, and nationally, and regionally, and stately (haha), and locally. This will allow us to "think globally and act locally."
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1. ISSUE: Global Climate Change
GLOBAL Focus:
Watch Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and get more information at http://www.climatecrisis.net/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
World Resources Institute
NATIONAL Focus:
The League of Conservation Voters
Natural Resources Defense Council
Union of Concerned Scientists
REGIONAL Focus:
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
STATE Focus:
Legacy: Partners in Environmental Education
LOCAL Focus:
Local student chapter of the Alabama Environmental Council
The University of Alabama Campus Master Plan
2. ISSUE: Human Rights
GLOBAL: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
3. ISSUE: Health Care
GLOBAL Focus:
The United Nations: The World Health Organization
NATIONAL Focus:
Basic Information on Health in the US: National Center for Health Statistics
Think Tanks and Organizations: Center for American Progress, Brookings Institution, Physicians for a National Health Program, AFL-CIO Health Care, and also google Paul Krugman's columns for an effective critique of the personal savings account approach advocated by the Bush Administration
Presidential Campaigns: go to http://www.barackobama.com and download booklet "Blueprint for Change"
Compare with earlier campaigns: John Edwards Campaign, , Hillary Clinton Campaign, Dennis Kucinich Campaign, Bill Richardson Campaign, Joe Biden Campaign, Chris Dodd Campaign,
STATE Focus:
Alabama AFL-CIO Health Care Initiative
LOCAL Focus:
New Wellness Program at the University of Alabama
4. ISSUE: Public Transportation
NATIONAL Focus:
Senate Bill 294, (The "Amtrak Revival Bill") just passed (Nov. 2007) with Senator Shelby voting in favor, and Senator Sessions failing to vote.
5. ISSUE: American Foreign Policy
CSIS Report on "Smart Power"
6. ISSUE: Energy Policy
GLOBAL Focus:
NATIONAL Focus:
Union of Concerned Scientists: analysis of Energy Bill (12/7/07)
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