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Dear MoveOn member,

This Saturday, 7/7/07, two billion people around the world will rally for a solution to the climate crisis. They’ll gather at concerts on seven continents and at over 6,000 parties from Alabama to Zimbabwe. And there’s a party right near you in Georgetown.

You don’t want to miss it! Al Gore put the entire night together, and he’ll be front and center. You’ll be barbequeing and pot-lucking with progressive friends and neighbors, and all eight Democratic presidential candidates will join us to share their visions for a climate-crisis-free, clean-energy world.

It’s going to be one amazing night. Can you join the world’s biggest party this Saturday in Georgetown?

Host: Don G.—fellow MoveOn member
Where: 18th and S. Main (in Georgetown—sign up for the full address)
When: Saturday, Jul 7 2007, 6:00 PM

Click here to sign up:

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=39072&id=10692-3623938-.9PfPQ&t=2

You’ve gotta come—there’s never been an event quite like this one.

The night will kick off with a backyard barbeque or potluck. Then, we’ll watch the highlights of the first presidential candidate forum dedicated to the climate crisis—with questions posed on video by MoveOn members. (This part of the program is just for MoveOn members and friends at over 1300 parties coast-to-coast.)

Finally, we’ll tune into the 7/7/07 Live Earth concerts with millions of other people around the world. The Police are playing at the New York show, Madonna’s in London, Macy Gray’s in Brazil, Joss Stone’s in South Africa—but you get them all at your party!

But Saturday’s just the beginning. That night, we’ll discuss how we can all work together on next steps for a clean energy future. We’re holding this event with our friends at Campaign for America’s Future, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in order to bring you all the best information and ideas about solutions.

And, we’ll start to make change the next day with our online vote on the presidential candidate with the best climate plan. Tens of thousands of MoveOn members will speak at once about what our country needs to deal with the climate crisis!

Al Gore sounded a great rally cry with his OpEd in yesterday’s New York Times :

WE—the human species—have arrived at a moment of decision. It is unprecedented and even laughable for us to imagine that we could actually make a conscious choice as a species, but that is nevertheless the challenge that is before us.¹

Don’t miss this opportunity. Join a Party for the Planet and MoveOn Virtual Town Hall Meeting on Climate Saturday evening, July 7th at 7 p.m. Click here to sign up:

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=39072&id=10692-3623938-.9PfPQ&t=3

7/7/07 is about coming together, working on solutions to one of the biggest issues of our time, and being a part of history. We hope you’ll join us.

Thank you for all you do.

–Ilyse, Daniel, Jennifer, Anna, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Monday, July 2nd, 2007

P.S. Can’t make this event? Here are a few other parties near you:

Party for the Planet
6408 Cerro Cove, austin in NW Hills, Austin at 7:00 PM—RSVP

Party for the Planet
Near Highland Mall, Austin at 7:00 PM— RSVP

For more info and to find more parties, click here.

4115 Avenue H in Hyde Park The Texas Solar Energy Society held its 11th annual Cool House Tour on Sunday. Eight area homes, from affordable cottages to custom luxury homes, opened their doors to the public.

Each home had installed solar panels and/or water heating systems, green building materials, rainwater collection systems and/or landscaping with native plants. The city of Austin’s Green Garden has tons of information on eco-friendly landscaping.

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, was at one Hyde Park home to talk about a new solar energy tax credit he hopes will be signed into law this year. It would offset 30 percent of the cost of any installation for solar panels as an incentive to switch to renewable energy.

“Whether it’s plug-in hybrids, wind power or today, the focus on solar power, there’s so much that we can do in conservation, in renewable energy sources, to reduce our dependence on energy from lands that are troubled,” he said.

Austin Energy offers solar rebates to its electric customers to install solar panels or water heater at homes or businesses. Last week, the Department of Energy named Austin as one of the 13 Solar America Cities in the country, recognizing the city’s commitment to adopting solar technology.