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| JOIN EARTH ON EMPTY |
| Affiliate your
college or high school environmental groups with Earth on Empty, or
start your own chapter of Earth on Empty! Become part of an expansive
network dedicated to improving everyone’s quality of life. Earth
on Empty strives to raise awareness of the SUV epidemic in non-violent
manners. How to Start a Group Build a Membership Base Spread the word about the organization by word of mouth, writing in to your school’s newspaper, leaflets, and posters. By sending a letter to the editor of the school newspaper you can also advertise the organizations first meeting location and time. Become Recognized Becoming a recognized organization can have many benefits, including funding and usage of valuable resources. To obtain recognition you may have to meet certain guidelines. The Student Activities office or even your student government is a great place to go for help and advice. Develop Literature Create brochures, flyers, and fact sheets for your organization that highlights and describes your goals and mission. Soon, you will be able to download flyers and brochures from the EarthOnEmpty.com website. |
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to do? After the organization has been established what should it
to? 1. Public Education and Awareness The group should try to consistently raise public and community awareness by leafletting, creating displays, and writing letters to the editors and authoring featured news articles. 2. Special events These events can either be seasonal or reactionary. Examples are bike to work week, earth day events, added publicity during major traffic weekends such as Thanksgiving day weekend, Memorial day weekend, Labor day weekend, and Fourth of July weekend. Picketing outside car dealerships or organizing ticketing events are examples of events the organization could take part in. 3.Long-term campaigns The organization can write to the auto industry, local congressional representatives, local politicians, the EPA, and even to the White House itself demanding higher fuel efficiency standards, formal inquiries into reckless SUVs, and the elimination of the light-truck loophole. |
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