1)  Focus the Nation Launches Nationwide Town Hall on a Just and Clean Energy Future.

Your Climate Ride donations helped Focus hire five community organizers who have worked tirelessly since December to organize an unprecedented 103 Town Halls across the nation, covering more than 150 congressional districts! The Town Halls are being held this weekend to engage Congressional representatives, mayors and other elected officials in accelerating America’s transition to a clean energy future.

The majority of the Town Halls will take place on Apr. 18, including one with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. You can find events in your area here. Senator Arlen Specter kicked off the event in Philadelphia on Monday… Learn more

2) Climate Riders Kat Potter and Josh Lasky hit the green jackpot

Since when do “Sun Conditioning” and “Landfill 101″ earn you $10,000? Times are changing and clean and green rules the school. Just last month, Kat and Josh each received $10,000 grants from the The College FilterForGood Eco-Challenge which aims to empower eco-conscious students to create projects that improve the environment on their campuses.

This year, five college students were chosen to receive a generous grant to bring their ideas to life. Proposals were evaluated on creativity, environmental benefit, educational impact and best use of time and budget. Check out the brilliant ideas implemented by Kat and Josh here. That’s Josh going strong in the photo!

3) You know Todd Stern, President Obama’s Special Envoy on Climate Change? Then you will enjoy this fanastic video put together with the help of Climate Rider Jeff Gustafson in which Stern praises Focus the Nation’s efforts and the Town Hall idea. See more videos from Van Jones, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Bob Inglis here.

4)  Featured Climate Ride Partner:  1Sky

Across the country, Climate Precinct Captains (CPCs) are stepping up in their communities, playing a critical role in building one of the strongest and fastest-growing grassroots movements in history. As a CPC, you can organize your local precinct through events and actions, working to turn your Members of Congress into climate leaders…get local here!

Thanks to the incredible sponsors of Brita Climate Ride 2009:

2009 Title Sponsor-Brita. Americans used 50 billion water bottles in 2006 and sent 38 billion water bottles to landfills, the equivalent of 912 million gallons of oil. If laid end to end, that’s enough bottles to travel from the Earth to the Moon and back 10 times. There’s NO plastic bottled water on Brita Climate Ride 2009! Take the pledge to reduce bottled water waste at FilterForGood.com

Presented by the Embassy of Denmark and COP15 the UN Climate Change Conference