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It is always a need to know when a stage in life is over.  If you insist on remaining in it, more than the necessary time, you lose the happiness and sense of the rest…Be brave.  Take risks.  Nothing can substitute experience…The only way to save our dreams is by being generous to ourselves…If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now.  Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it.  Focus only on the moments when you acheived what you desired, and that strength will help you get what you want…When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it. ~Paulo Coehlo~

Now is the beginning of a new era, a new era in which we all must join hands to save our world.  If we remain in the past, we will lost our chance, our window of opportunity to make the change that needs to happen.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of a 10,000-people-wide effort to not let this chance pass us by, to not let the window close on us, for tomorrow begins POWER SHIFT 2009. 

Power Shift 2009 marks the gathering of 10,000 people in Washington, DC from Friday, February 27th until Monday, March 2nd.  These participants will bring to light energy and climate legislation and rally for Congress and the Administration to support, promote, and pass it.  Here is how they sum up their goal:

Our window of opportunity is short and the first months of the new administration are critical in achieving significant, lasting change.  We must use the time we have to redefine what is politically or financially feasible and achieve what is scientifically and economically necessary to safeguard our future.  Our political moment is now and we must not let it pass us by.

Over the weekend, Power Shift 2009 will seek to do the following:

• Urge Congress to pass key energy and climate legislation
• Hold educational seminars to empower participants with KNOWLEDGE
• Create and pass a strong Global Climate Agreement that will faciliate international involvement and activism
• Build partnerships with like-minded organizations and initiatives

A bundle of really amazing people will be speaking to empower Power Shift.  Some of the keynote speakers include the following role models:

• Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi
• EPA Administrator, Lisa P. Jackson
• Congresswoman Donna Edwards (MD-4)
• Congressman Ed Markey (MA-7)
• Majora Carter, President of the green-collar economic consulting frim, The Majora Carter Group, LLC
• Adam Gardner, Co-Founder of the environmental nonprofit, Reverb (and the singer/guitar player for Guster!!!)

To check out their full agenda, click here.  Power Shift 2009 and all its participants can accomplish all of the things they set out to do, because just like Paulo Coehlo says, “When you want something, the whole world conspires in helping you achieve it.”  

If you live in the Washington, DC area, register today!!!  If you don’t live in the vicinity, but are interested in being involved in Power Shift 2009 and their future efforts, join their shout-outs from the online community!!  Below is a list of all the online venues that you can be a part of!  Good luck!  Here’s to a shift in power for our world!!!

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