My Earth Guardian crew and I gathered to rally and protest in downtown Boulder against signing another 20 year contract with Xcel, which would mean another 20 years of Coal. We knew what a bad impact that would have on our future if we were to let that happen. As my 7 year old brother put it to the Council "were going to be here to clean up the mess when your gone, and that job will be much easier if you helps us now by not signing the contract with Xcel" Their were a lot of people and organizations who came out to say that they are ready for their City to be powered by renewable energy.
Their was a lot of exciting energy at the Rally as we chanted things like "No more Coal, its got to go". Channel 7 news covered the story and a press conference that featured some real inspiring leaders in our community. After the Press Conference over 200 people gathered in the Council chamber for the Xcel hearing. Seven of us Earth Guardians spoke out in front of the Council for our future. I told the Council that "our generation will be most effected by the decisions that are made tonight regarding the contract with Xcel". We asked the Council to have courage and think of the positive impact they could have if they didn't sign the contract, like leaving our generation a better world or being a leader of a clean energy to power our City for the rest of the world to follow.
We were excited when we saw the headlines of the Paper the next morning - "Boulder voters won't decide on renewed contract with Xcel franchise". AnotherWin!!! thanks to the hard work and the united effort of the people of Boulder.
Read more: Boulder voters won't decide on renewed Xcel franchise - Boulder Daily Camera http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_15669124?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com#ixzz0vtUDLsVg
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