A Brighter Planet newsletter

#earthtweeting

Brighter Planet members have offset an estimated 91,614,745 lbs. of CO₂.
That's like taking 2,763,585 cars off the road for a day.

Earthtweet Twitter campaign

What are you doing to help celebrate Earth Day? Brighter Planet just launched the #earthtweet campaign for everyone to share conservation tips, environmental news, and Earth Day plans on Twitter. Treehugger, 350.org, The Climate Project, and others are joining in. You can win prizes from Gaiam, Clif Bar, Patagonia, Seventh Generation, and other environmentally-conscious companies. If you're on Twitter, tweet about what you're doing *today* for the planet. Tag it with #earthtweet so it lands on earthtweet.com and grab a badge or #earthtweet customizeable avatar. Your earthtweets will inspire others to get involved for Earth Day and beyond.

Spring events

March started off with a bang down in D.C. at Power Shift '09, followed by the consumer trade show Go Green Expo in Philly. Now it's off to Boston at Down2Earth, San Fran for the Ceres conference, and New York at another Go Green Expo . Hope to see you at one of these events (get your green shoelaces!) and that you find them as inspiring in our transition to a low carbon economy as we do.

How do we move away from fossil fuels?

Planet Forward asks this question of experts, policymakers, and citizens. Debuting on the web and then on television, Emmy Award-winning CNN veteran Frank Sesno hosts the dialogue on energy issues. Brighter Planet submitted a video: Three Things You Can Do. Please join the discussion and submit videos, written essays, podcasts, or songs. Some contributors and content will be featured on Planet Forward's April 15th PBS special.

—the team at Brighter Planet