Here's an action spotlight from Boise, ID organizer Greg Otero.  He and the rest of the Boise crew took some time away from organizing the final details of their action to write us a solid blogpost.  Thanks to Greg and the team, and good luck on Saturday!

Boise Steps It Up with Concert for Climate Action

With a great turnout of some incredible volunteers and a fantastic outpouring of financial support from local businesses, we have organized a "Concert for Climate Action,â€? and it looks like it’s going to be a huge success!

We have reserved the Gene Harris Band Shell at a downtown park right near our beloved Greenbelt which runs along the Boise River.  We are encouraging attendees to bring a picnic and walk, bike, bus or carpool to the event.  Boise’s Mayor (a signatory of the Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement) will be speaking at the event, along with one of our State Legislators and others.  Five local bands have volunteered to play for free, and we have many green businesses exhibiting as well, showing their products and services that help to cut carbon emissions.  One solar company will even have a solar powered car for visitors to enjoy.

We have raised close to $5,000 from the community to help us pay for the event.  And we are really happy and proud that our local CBS station agreed to sponsor us and is using our event to launch their two-year commitment to focus on climate change in their news broadcasting!  They have been running promotional spots about the Concert often and at very good times, and as a result, we are anticipating a very sizable crowd!

The outpouring of citizens to help with this event has been staggering.  People want to know what they can do as individuals to have a voice and do something about global warming.  These are not your typical "tree-hugging" volunteers - well, not all of them anyway.  They are young mothers, high school students, business men and woman, and elderly people.  Idaho may be considered a "Red" state, but this has become less political and more of a moral issue than anything else.  There’s so much more to say, but I gotta get back to planning this thing!   Good luck all!