 How many years does it take to ban an energy wasting lightbulb?
July 7, 2007 (7.7.07) will see millions of people gather for Al Gore's Live Earth climate change concerts all over the world. It could be the biggest international awareness-raising event ever. But you're getting this email today because you understand climate change already, and because we need your help!
Join our new 7 step campaign</> for the energy [r]evolution -- Greenpeace's response to the climate emergency.  <<< Click to sign up and join! We're starting with the most outrageously wasteful of electrical household items: the incandescent light bulb. Consider this: A simple switch to energy saving bulbs in the European Union alone would save 20 million tonnes of CO2, equal to shutting down 25 medium-size dirty power plants; and this is before we consider the efficiency of other household products, or even cars! Joining the campaign means you will get an email every week for seven weeks from us. Steps one, two and three are about changing your own lightbulbs and raising awareness about the campaign. Steps four, five and six are about demanding change from retailers, manufacturers and governments. Finally, step seven is a special surprise -- all we can say is "action!" Are you still reading this? Please hurry, click here to sign up!
Whales safe for another year at International Whaling Commission
Thanks to the work and effort we've all done together, today we can say the whales won at the recent International Whaling Commission meeting! One of the decisive points for this triumph was that, with your help, we had a majority of countries voting FOR whales and AGAINST whaling. The momentum of last year's one-vote victory for the whale-hunters was reversed. This victory was thanks to the work of Greenpeace staff and volunteers around the world together with I-GO Campaigns and events that all of you created, like: the "Saint Valentine's at the Japanese Embassies" campaign, the "Ecuador say no to hunting" campaign and finally the "Big Blue March for whales," which began as one supporters' suggestion and became an event in 50 countries. Thousands of people from around the world mobilized to defend whales. We've shown once again that together we can obtain real goals in our mission to defend the environment ! 
You are already part of this ! But the more numerous we are, the more we can do. That is why you should invite your friends, colleagues, and everyone you know to join Greenpeace's worldwide community of online activists NOW! Forward this email to your friends and ask them to join in. This year alone, we've stopped efforts to renew commercial whaling and we've convinced Apple to make their products greener with a phase out of dangerous chemicals: and these are but two of many, many victories we've all achieved together over the years. Next year the IWC meeting will be in Santiago, Chile. There is much to do before then, and a ways to go to secure a long-term victory for the whales. We must continue strengthening our numbers. Please do what you can to help: the whales need you ! We want to know... You can help us with your opinions: we've put together 15 questions to get a sense of what you, our active supporters, think about climate change and Greenpeace's role in fighting it. A few minutes of your time answering these 15 questions could help a lot ! ----------------------------------
Whoops! We included a wonderful image of three sperm whales in our mailing of 15 May which we failed to credit to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. We apologise for this error.
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