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Frequently, an individual, organization, or company comes along that stands out among the climate change advocacy crowd. Clean Air-Cool Planet applauds the ambitious initiatives of people and institutions that are willing to take extra steps to kindle energy, awareness, and advocacy toward the problem of global warming. Often these activists take time out of their everyday lives to invigorate their communities, workplaces, or homes with fresh attitudes and innovative ideas.
We call them our Climate Champions. We invite you to learn about these folks and share their good deeds with others.
 Climate Champion 2005: A Partner in Deed
The work of our latest Climate Champion has been at the heart of one of CA-CP's most successful partnerships. Check out our look at the accomplishments of Terry Kellogg, in his role as Director of Environmental Affairs with The Timberland Company.
 Climate Champion 2004: A Healthy Climate? No Idle Task
In true grassroots style, Rick Gregg is spreading the word about the health and climate impacts of engine-idling, in his hometown of Lenox and beyond. Meet Rick and learn about the “Idle Free” campaign his efforts have sparked.
 Climate Champion 2004: Talking 'Bout My Generation
According to Billy Parish, founder of the Climate Campaign, developing sustainable U.S. energy policies and attitudes is "an awesome, and a sobering, responsibility for the youth community." One Billy has taken up with gusto.
 Climate Champion 2004: A Little Help for the Planet, Along the Way...
It all started with a top-to-bottom review of every dollar spent on energy, from electricity to natural gas and diesel fuel. Four years later, Kathy Loftus' work at Shaw's Supermarkets has helped raise the bar for energy efficiency and climate stewardship in the regional grocery industry— and business community at large.
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Champion 2003: Going to the Core of Climate Change
Activism
Growing up near the Canadian Rockies, University of New Hampshire Research
Assistant Professor Cameron Wake found himself perpetually drawn to
the dramatic challenge and beauty of those tectonic slopes. When he
considered careers, he sought work that would take him to these and
other mountain landscapes. His choice—glaciology research—led
him directly into the climate change issue.
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Champion 2003: All in a Day's Work
In a world where the “bottom line” is so often the focus, the environment often seems to get short shrift. But where is it written that good business sense and sound ecological principles can’t compliment each other? Businesswoman Betty Anderson’s work at Verizon Communications is helping to create an alternative model of good business for the twenty-first century.
 Climate Champion 2002: Lessons in Life—and the Energy That Drives It
What do articles in the student newspaper, meetings with the college president, and organic grilled-cheese-and-garlic sandwiches have in common? For Connecticut College seniors Sarah Zisa and Kassie Rohrbach, they are all elements of a voluntary year-long, hands-on educational process in subjects like sustainability, energy, economics, politics, and strategic campaigning; a project that culminated in bringing clean, renewable energy to the Connecticut College campus, and providing a leadership model and inspiration for other higher education institutions to do the same.
 Climate Champion 2002: Wind-Wise and Solar Smart
Happy if you grab coffee and your notebook on the way to class every Monday? Or are you thinking of installing a wind turbine on your college campus and raising the money to make it a realistic educational tool for the surrounding community? Seems to be just another project for some students at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont.
 Climate Champion 2002:
Firing Up with Frymax
So eating French fries, fried clams, and other fatty delectables might actually help fight global warming?? Last we heard, the sole purpose of these foods was to wreak havoc on our arteries. But a simple process gaining momentum in New England turns leftover fry-o-later grease into a clean-burning fuel to power diesel engines and furnaces.
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