Governor Schwarzenegger gets pumped up and calls for action from citizens everywhere at Hopenhagen
Goodmorning East Coast readers. I don’t have access to the COP conference site today, so I am wondering around the city at a number of different parallel events. I have also asked a few friends from other organizations who got passes to submit short ‘guest blog entries’ so may be able to post these later in the day. Aside from more protests, the big news on local Danish stations this morning while I was eating breakfast was that the Governator was at a local gymn getting pumped up for the Copenhagen Climate talks.
The City of Copenhagen is running a number of events in the city square under the 
rubric of ‘Hopenhagen’. At the City hall this morning Governor Schwarzenegger spoke at a meeting of mayors, with mayors from around the world, and said ‘It is wrong to think the solutions have to come from the federal government. No great movement was ever top down; it happened at the grassroots level. We need action from everyday citizens.’ Along with some of the mayors present, he highlighted the great work happening in States like California and in major cities like Hong Kong. When it comes down to it, addressing climate change is up to all of us. The actions of individuals to minimize the energy we use, the waste we create and the resources we consume will make a difference.
Janelle Knox-Hayes
Georgia Tech Climate Policy 
Am I the only one who finds it strange that another “former” actor can draw such attention in the political arena. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Governator has some good ideas about the environment and has definitely been a leader in this area (even to the point of being critical of the Bush administration’s stance). What strikes me as pathetic is that his background is not in politics or science and yet he is making more sense and getting more attention than the leaders and other politicians who are supposed to be on the inside track here. I am just saying…
My hope is that President Obama shows up and really knocks it out of the park. It is way past time for a US President to finally take a proactive position on climate change issues!
You are doing a great job keeping us informed. Thank you for all your efforts. Hope you are enjoying your time in Copenhagen and can get some relaxing in while you are there!
Great work. Thanks for all you are doing!