Subject: [big campaign] New Ads: Coal is Too Dirty, Even for College
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:25:30 -0400
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apologies for cross-posting, I know some of you are going to get multiple
copies.

Check out the first in our new series of youth-targeted coal ads at
http://www.2dirty4college.com

on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md0Fdy0dlq8

October 6, 2009

Contact:
Virginia Cramer, 804-225-9113 x 102

               Sierra Club Launches "Too Dirty" Ad Campaign
                 Part of Efforts to Kick Coal Off Campuses

Washington, DC: As part of its Campuses Beyond Coal Campaign, the Sierra
Club today launched a new advertising effort to help kick coal off
campuses. Centered on a series of three videos the campaign will use print
and online advertising to highlight that some things are just too dirty,
even for college.

The ads play off stereotypically “dirty” college behavior, becoming
progressively more “dirty” throughout the series. Though college life
allows for leniency in the socially acceptable, coal still crosses the
line.

 “I think many of us look back in disbelief at some of the things we did in
college,” said Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Campaign.
“We’re seeing that same sense of disbelief from current college students
when they learn that their campuses are still powered by coal.”

The ad campaign targets schools in 11 states which currently rely on coal
power. Watch the first video here: http://www.2dirty4college.com/

“Coal has no place on our campus,” said Lauren Hammond a student at
Binghamton University in New York, who is part of the coal-free campus
campaign. “Binghamton should be a place of higher learning, growth and
forward thinking, not a hideout for last century’s dirty technology.”

The Campuses Beyond Coal Campaign is working nationwide to wean all
campuses off of coal-generated electricity and replace it with clean energy
options. With organizers on the ground in several of the more than 60
campuses with on-site coal plants the Campaign is working to help
universities achieve the zero carbon emissions targets set forth in the
Presidents Climate Commitment. A report released last month, Breaking
Coal’s Grip on Our Future: Moving Campuses Beyond Coal, highlights many of
the problems facing coal dependent schools and the solutions available.

“What students want is a cleaner, healthier future, so they're organizing
on campuses coast-to-coast to make that vision a reality,” said Kim
Teplitzky, National Field Coordinator for the Sierra Student Coalition.

The ad campaign will run through the end of October, with the remaining two
videos to be released in the next few weeks.  Check back here to see the
new releases.

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David Willett
Deputy  Director of Communications
Sierra Club
(202) 675-6698 (w)
(202) 491-6919 (m)
[email-masked]
www.sierraclub.org
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