Declare Your Right to Choose Your Power!

In 2006, 3EStrategies launched Energy Independence Day and held a series of events to empower citizens to move down the path toward energy independence.  We created a Declaration of Energy Independence.  Interest was very high and we have now through a collaborative effort expanded to bring you Energy Independence Month.

Energy Independence Month is designed to bring real change in the way we think about and utilize our precious energy resources.  It is the first project of the Central Oregon Climate Alliance, a consortium of organizations banding together in a shared mission of reducing dependence on out-of-state coal and foreign oil and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through measures that improve health and strengthen the local economy.  Comprising the Alliance are; 3EStrategies, the Central Oregon Environmental Center, Commute Options for Central Oregon, reSource, the Oregon Paleo Lands Institute, and the Central Oregon branch of OSPIRG.

To aid our efforts, the state of Oregon and the city of Bend have officially declared the month of July to be Energy Independence Month!

We are implementing strategies that promote and lead to:

  • Energy conservation

  • Renewable energy utilization and generation

  • Progressive public transportation options

  • Green building design and construction

  • Smart growth

  • Local food production and consumption

  • A sustainable future through better understanding of our past

Energy Independence Month will empower people to:

  • Learn about the energy independent choices citizens and businesses can make right now that will make a difference.

  • Pledge to make real change in their daily utilization of energy and send their message to the government and to the nation!

  • Understand how local solutions can succeed in addressing this global problem.

  • Take action and declare their right to choose their power!

Energy Independence Month is all about real action.  To that end, we are asking people and businesses to fill out pledge forms committing to taking actions toward energy independence.  We are calculating the greenhouse gas reductions that result from these actions. Click here to fill out the action pledge form.

It is the intent of the organizations implementing Energy Independence Month that our efforts will be taken up by communities in other parts of the state and country. For moreinformation: www.energyindependencemonth.org.