As the Climate talks continue in Copenhagen, we begin to notice that our state and national view on climate preceptions are not only underestimated, but far less urgent than those who understand that inaction will have catastrophic impacts.

The Power Shift Crew is back at it to bring you another installment of excitement, education and infrastructure change to Michigan.  Saturday, December 12th we introduce "Awaken the Prez," a day long event that empowers local communities and its residents in conjunction with President Obama's voyage to the Global Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen.  The day will begin with a Basketball Tournament that works within the "Its Game Time Obama" campaign(itsgametimeobama.org), which will have participants across the state of Michigan competing at the highest level, w

Ninety one years ago this coming Wednesday, in the eleventh hour of one of the deadliest conflicts in human history, world leaders gathered to declare an armistice—an end to World War I.

This Wednesday, November 11—as landmark energy and climate legislation is debated in the U.S. Senate, and as world leaders everywhere prepare for the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December—hundreds of Michiganders will gather in downtown Detroit for an Eleventh Hour Rally and March. We will speak with one voice to demand immediate Senate action that ensures clean energy job creation and environmental justice for Michigan, and bold climate protection measures for the world.

The event will begin at 2:30 pm with a rally at the Michigan Labor Legacy Monument at Hart Plaza. Speakers confirmed for the rally include:

• Bill McKibben, noted author, founder of 350.org, and organizer of the historic International Day of Climate Action;
• Ed Leary, member of the United Steelworkers;
• Rev. David Alexander Bullock, president of the Highland Park NAACP.

As sand runs low through the climate hour glass, Michigan and its citizens will unite to make an eleventh hour statement.  This Wednesday, November 11th, in Downtown Detroit, we will rally and march together to alert our senators and the state that it is time for new, progressive, climate policies.

Youth unite for green summit in Lansing

Mark Hicks / The Detroit News

Lansing -- Green jobs, clean energy and a recharged economy are the focus of a three-day summit this weekend expected to draw hundreds of youth from across the state to the Capitol.

Power Shift Michigan 2009 -- an extension of a campaign that brought thousands to Washington, D.C., earlier this year -- kicks off Friday at the Lansing Center downtown. It was organized by the Energy Action Coalition, Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition and other groups.

It is time for people from around the state of Michigan to choose sides in the fight for environmental justice and social equity.  Today we witnessed hundreds of residents from all across the state take the time to leave their daily routine and board buses and be apart of what they believe to be Michigan's energy future.  They leave work, pay for babysitters and hold signs while chanting for a new Michigan identity.  These hundreds of Michiganders believe in and show-up for their cause because they want and campaign for a pro-coal future; a Michigan identity that they support

"Arsenal of Democracy."  Those are the symbolic words of Daniel Okrent of Time Magazine, in his article "Detroit: The Death-And Possible Life-of a Great City (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1925796-1,00.html).

As the dark night began to encompass the Pittsburgh skyline and Joan Jett finished revisiting the glory years of the past, the Michigan Powershift activist bus pulled away from the Steel City. It was an evening filled with music, speakers and hordes of police The G-20 Rally, which precedes the Summit, was one that brought together a diverse range of attendees that allow for an opportunity for individuals to meet and become united in the movement on a more personal level.

With clean energy thoughts and excitement abound, a group of passionate activists loaded onto a bus early this morning and headed east on I -80 to Pittsburgh, PA.  Individuals on the bus were a vibrant collection of age, gender and ethnicity reminding many of us of how we view the clean energy economy; diverse.  With hours of conversation ranging from sustainable techniques to the "beauty" of the Ohio landscape, people were eagerly awaiting their arrival to the G-20 rally.  After writing letters to our senators urging clean energy action, the Michigan Bus arrived in