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Elders working together for a fair and stable planet. Join a working group by location or affinity.
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Blue Oleta
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There are these data centers that use minimal amounts of electricity and don't need millions of gallons of water, to cool them. They're called libraries.
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This Friday, May 1, 2026, workers, students, and families across the country will rally, march, and take action to demand a nation that puts the working class over billionaires, with many refusing business as usual: No School. No Work. No Shopping. Find an event near you!
www.mobilize.us/mayday/
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Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · May Day Strong on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with May Day Strong.
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/
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"Utah already passed comparable legislation by a huge bipartisan majority, and a dozen other states are close to enacting such laws, according to Third Act"
www.startribune.com/portable-hom...
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Opinion | The solar power revolution is in our grasp
The Legislature will soon take up a bill to make new plug-in solar panels, which are inexpensive and accessible, available to Minnesotans, the authors write.
https://www.startribune.com/portable-home-balcony-solar-panels-safety-electricity/601761265?utm_source=copy
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Happy
#EarthDay
🌎 Today is a reminder that this movement started with everyday people demanding action -- and it’s still powered by people showing up, organizing, and pushing for real change every single day.
apnews.com/article/eart...
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Earth Day started as a US 'teach-in' 56 years ago. Now it's a global event
Millions of people around the world will pause, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. The annual event is Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/earth-day-explained-environment-a027792357624ee3e88aea43f14d3ba0
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Upstate Third Actors and friends participating in today's Climate Communications Through the Arts: A Workshop for Citizen Scientists, Artists, and the Public in Lake Placid. Information about each photo is included in the alt text. Photos by L. Evans.
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Hear from Third Act Lawyers, Public Citizen, and Food & Water Watch on how to campaign locally to halt the rapid expansion of AI-driven data centers.
thirdact.org/events/stop-...
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Stop the Madness: A Call for Data Center Moratoria – Third Act
https://thirdact.org/events/stop-the-madness-a-call-for-data-center-moratoria/
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Energy-hungry data centers and the use of unregulated AI are spiking electricity costs, guzzling water unsustainably, driving more fossil fuel pollution, and worsening the climate crisis. Tell your members of Congress: No New Data Centers! Pass the AI Data Center Moratorium Act.
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Congress: Sponsor the AI Data Center Moratorium Act!
Energy-hungry data centers and the use of unregulated AI are spiking electricity costs, guzzling water unsustainably, driving more fossil fuel pollution, and worsening the climate crisis. We need to ...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/congress-sponsor-the-ai-data-center-moratorium-act/
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Alex Patterson,
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: “New York can’t afford to keep gambling our energy system on private sector profits...”
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Clean energy projects in NY on hold as battle over costs escalates
State regulators have so far rejected a push from clean energy developers to get more money for wind and solar farms they say are impacted by Trump tariffs.
https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/trump-hochul-admin-threaten-set-clean-power-back-22195219.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGltZXN1bmlvbi5jb20vY2FwaXRvbC9hcnRpY2xlL3RydW1wLWhvY2h1bC1hZG1pbi10aHJlYXRlbi1zZXQtY2xlYW4tcG93ZXItYmFjay0yMjE5NTIxOS5waHA%3D&time=MTc3NjE2NDQwMDQzNw%3D%3D&rid=YmY5OWViYWUtNmI0MC00Y2EwLThiYWQtMzhiOWFiZmRhNjAz&sharecount=MA%3D%3D
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Bill McKibben
about 2 months ago
The
#GreatOhioClimateMarch
sounds like lots and lots of fun, and a source of real power!
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Two big calls from our Working Groups tonight! ✨ At 6pm ET, Third Act Educators is hosting Dr. Ron Berger to discuss how to work locally to expose the growing roots of fascism and help nurture and heal our blighted democracy. Register here:
thirdact.org/educators/20...
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Unions and the Fight for Democracy
Join Third Act Union and guest speaker Bill Fletcher on November 12th at 7pm ET as we get back together, share our resistance work, and discuss labor’s role in the...
https://thirdact.org/union/events/unions-and-the-fight-for-democracy/
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Bill McKibben
7 months ago
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead. He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
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As it turns out, America prefers
#democracy
Congrats to everyone who helped make this moment possible! 🌎💚
7 months ago
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7 months ago
“'Climate and quality of life are not two separate concerns,' Mamdani told The Nation magazine in April. 'They are, in fact, one and the same.'”
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What Zohran Mamdani’s Win Means for New York's Climate Politics
The mayor-elect’s approach reflects a view that is going mainstream: To succeed, climate policies may need to lose the label.
https://nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/zohran-mamdani-climate-change-cost-of-living-free-buses-hochul
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Some scenes from last weekend’s No Kings protest with Third Actors & friends!
7 months ago
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7 months ago
"The Simplify Solar campaign launched by
@thirdactorg.bsky.social
is calling on volunteers throughout the U.S. to crowdsource information about solar policies in hundreds of towns across the country."
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Simplify Solar volunteer campaign launches across the U.S.
A volunteer-based initiative is collecting data on how towns handle residential solar permits with the hope of pushing local officials to cut red tape, reduce costs and speed clean energy installation...
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/10/23/simplify-solar-volunteer-campaign-launches-across-the-u-s/
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Bill McKibben
7 months ago
What if you powered data centers by installing heat pumps in homes? And a thousand other good ideas
billmckibben.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
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Beyond the solar panel
Finding all the clever paths forward!
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/beyond-the-solar-panel?publication_id=438146
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Third Act Maine
8 months ago
Third Act Mainers across the state participated in their local NO KINGS rallies as organizers, tablers and protestors. Pictures here from Waterville and Portland. More to come!
#NoKings
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Bill McKibben
8 months ago
Just to say, so many beautiful older faces out there for
#NoKings
day Many thanks to all my fellow Third Actors!
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👑🚫 No crowns! No clowns! 🚫🤡 Join us for
#NoKings
this Saturday, October 18. This country doesn’t belong to strongmen. It belongs to the people. ✊ Find a Third Act event near you:
thirdact.org/wgevents
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Third Act Maryland
8 months ago
No Kings. No Billionaires. No Pedophiles. No Fascists. No ICE. Photos from
#TeslaTakedown
last Saturday, 1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. We'll be at
#NoKingsDay
events next Saturday but return to Rockville Tesla 10/25 at 11 a.m. Photos by Margaret Loomis.
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Join us tonight!
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8 months ago
Please enjoy this short video from about our Sun Day event in Portland, Maine on September 21 by youth activist Alexandra DeMarco 💕#SunDayofAction
#ClimateAction
@thirdactorg.bsky.social
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Sun Day 2025 | Third Act Maine
YouTube video by Alexandra DeMarco
https://youtu.be/2wRnV96C1XI?si=sGx9T4F45JkHO2ns
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Third Act Maryland
8 months ago
We Have Friends Everywhere Families fight to survive while billionaires get richer. Dictators take, people protect. WE decide, not dictators. Oct 18:
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=t...
#NoKings
#NoKingsBaltimore
#NoKingsDC
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🌿 Help make a difference by joining Third Act! 👀 We’re seeking a Campaigns Director to join our growing team here at Third Act. This role sits at the intersection of policy, organizing, and communications. 📅 Applications due October 10. 🔗 Learn more at
thirdact.org/campaigns-director
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Sun Day
8 months ago
The power of clean energy hit the news across the U.S. last weekend as 500 events kicked off to celebrate Sun Day 🗞☀️ Thank you to local organizers for sharing the story of Sun Day and showing the HUGE support for solar and wind that continues to grow despite the challenges we face.
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Third Act Upstate New York
8 months ago
A preview of the Sun Day Wool tapestry with photos taken during the Sun Day Festival in Albany on 9/21. Tomorrow, the tapestry returns to the Adirondacks, where it will be on display at Watts & Wheels at The Wild Center. Photos: J. Seakwood More on Watts & Wheels:
thirdact.org/upstate-ny/e...
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Rolling Stone
8 months ago
"Now, more than ever, his body of work should inspire and motivate us all." Commentary:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Brian Ettling
8 months ago
For our
#democracy
and
#ORClimateAction
, more photos from when my wife and I marched in the
@thirdactorg.bsky.social
Sun Day Rally for
#Climate
Action in Portland OR last Sunday.
#ClimateAction
#DemocracyInAction
#Solar
#SolarEnergy
#SunDay
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Save Ohio Parks
8 months ago
Ohioans learned about cheap, reliable solar power at
@thirdactorg.bsky.social
Sun Day events all across Ohio. Solar is cheaper & reliable; there's no need to frack Ohio state parks and public lands for gas and oil!
@kentksmith.bsky.social
@berniemoreno.bsky.social
@peopleoverpetro.bsky.social
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Lisa Cohn
8 months ago
Love these ladies wearing homemade
#solarpanels
at Sun Day Portland today:
#solarenergy
#SunDay
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Third Act Maryland
8 months ago
Sun Day in Baltimore was a huge success and lots of fun! Music, art, food, and everything you ever wanted to know about solar energy, the best way to power the world. A big thank you to our partners Civic Works and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.
@thirdactorg.bsky.social
#SolarEnergy
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Third Act SoCal
8 months ago
Saturday's Sun Day event in Whittier was a smash, offering the public displays of a fully electrified home, test drives of a wide selection of EVs, including trikes, scooter and motorcycles, art projects, games and lots of fun!
@thirdactorg.bsky.social
#thirdactsocal
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Bill McKibben
8 months ago
Gus Speth, one of America's greatest environmental heroes (founder NRDC, head of the UN Dev Program, Jimmy Carter's chair of the Council on Enviro Quality), out for Sun Day on the bridge across the Connecticut River at Hanover NH
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Bill McKibben
8 months ago
Big big crowd jammed into Friends Meeting House in Manhattan to mark Sun Day. Thanks to
@bradlander.bsky.social
Brad Lander for heady!
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Bill McKibben
8 months ago
From today’s Boston Globe magazine. SunDay!
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Third Act Upstate New York
8 months ago
Discussing food and climate and climate education in the exhibit hall of the Sun Day Festival in Albany.
#SunDayofAction
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Third Act Upstate New York
8 months ago
Upstate Third Actors Mike and Marjorie having some fun at the arts table at Sun Day Festival in Albany.
#SunDayofAction
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MakePoemsNotHate🥔
8 months ago
We're celebrating
#SunDay2025
in CLE on this solstice because
#solarpower
is the fastest growing, cheapest energy source worldwide. U.S. federal solar power rebates continue through December 31st for homeowners, but last longer for communities, businesses and nonprofits.
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Jen Gennari
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SUN day in Burlington VT! ☀️Day of action ! More solar for more people 💪🏻
#renewableEnergy
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Third Act Upstate New York
8 months ago
The Sun Day Wool Relay has begun! The relay starting point: Paul Smith's College boat launch on Lower St. Regis Lake The suns made their way across the lake in canoe and were loaded onto a bicycle basket to continue their journey. Next stop: Saranac Lake!
#SunDayofAction
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Bill McKibben
8 months ago
Amazing coverage as Sun Day weekend starts!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/c...
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Here Comes the Sun Day
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/climate/solar-power-sun-day.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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📆 Save the date: Thursday, September 25, is our next All-In Call with clean energy pioneer
@jigarshahdc.bsky.social
Sun Day is just the beginning. We’re keeping the momentum going ☀ RSVP here:
thirdact.org/events/all-i...
9 months ago
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Third Act Maine
9 months ago
One of the best parts of Third Act Maine's Annual Meeting on Sept. 4 was when 9 of us took turns reading an excerpt from Bill McKibben's new book that is giving us all hope. Get your hands on a copy of "Here Comes the Sun" stat!
#ClimateAction
#inspiration
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Brian Ettling
9 months ago
For
#ORClimateAction
and our
#democracy
, I saw author, founder of
@350.org
and co-founder
@thirdactorg.bsky.social
@billmckibben.bsky.social
speak about his new book “Here Comes the Sun”
@powells.bsky.social
this evening.
#ActOnClimate
#climate
#ClimateAction
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#SolarEnergy
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Bill Kitchen
9 months ago
What will your sign for
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
say? Here's mine: Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant, one of its many superpowers! Release the Epstein Files As a member of
@thirdactorg.bsky.social
which works to safeguard our climate & democracy, it seems appropriate
@billmckibben.bsky.social
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Third Act Maryland
9 months ago
sunday.earth
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‘Sun day’: US climate activists to rally for clean energy amid Trump attacks
Some 200 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiency
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/sun-day-national-rally-clean-energy
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We’re soaking up the sunshine with these beautiful quilts from Kit in Nevada ☀️🧵
#SunDay2025
#ThirdAct
#EldersInAction
#SolarPower
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Third Act Maine
9 months ago
Just heard Bill McKibben on Maine Calling - what an inspiring hour of talk radio! Who's fired up for Sun Day? 🌞🌞🌞
#sundayofaction
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@sundayofaction.bsky.social
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Bill McKibben
Environmental activist Bill McKibben discusses his new book about how rapid adoption of solar and green energy worldwide gives him hope in the face of climage change
https://www.mainepublic.org/show/maine-calling/2025-09-13/bill-mckibben
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Third Act Maryland
9 months ago
We’ve Got Solar Flair! Who knew solar energy could be so hip and stylish? Or that you can take advantage of the cheapest energy on Earth even if you rent or have a shady roof? Find out more:
tinyurl.com/sundaybmore
@thirdactorg.bsky.social
#SunDayOfAction
#SolarEnergy
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