This is our second guest blog from Ben Wessel, a 19-year old college student at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT, and 1Sky intern. -- Luis

If my name sounds vaguely familiar, it might be because I wrote a blog entry on the Skywriter blog earlier this summer detailing a trip to the Arctic that I went on with the Voyage for the Future. Since then, I’ve been working hard to help the burgeoning climate movement achieve its goals of strong, bold domestic and international action on climate change. One way I’ve been doing that is by helping out here at 1Sky, with some of the most dedicated climate warriors!

This is a guest blog from Ben Wessel, a 19-year old college student at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT. -- Luis

Recently, I had the good fortune to visit the most amazing and pristine wilderness on the planet – the Arctic. Accompanied by 17 other young people from nine different countries, I was lucky enough to travel to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard as a part of a program entitled the Voyage for the Future.

This video from EnviroTV does a really great job of highlighting the connections between climate change and public health issues. Climate change isn’t just about polar bears and rising sea levels: It affects people’s everyday lives and well being, too. For example, rising temperatures will increase risks of certain diseases, cause more dangerous heat waves, and trigger asthma due to increased air pollution. (For more on the consequences of climate change for public health, check out Nami's recent post.)

The following is a guest blog from KC Golden, policy director at Climate Solutions in Seattle. You can read more of KC's writings, including a more detailed version of this post, at the CS Journal blog.
-- Luis

The following is a guest blog from Leah Gourlie and Kelsey Stone, who will be biking across the country this summer to raise awareness about climate change, as well as donations for 1Sky. Here’s a great article about their trip from the Concord Journal. -- Luis

Hello! We’re Kelsey and Leah, two college students from the East Coast, and we're spending this summer biking across the USA. Both of us are very active people -- outdoors as well as for the environment.

If you're wondering why the blog's been so quiet for the past few days, it's because 1Sky allies and staff were off at a retreat in Virginia for an intense few days of campaign strategy and planning.

Our group was a diverse bunch -- everyone from Methodist preachers, leaders from the business community, young people, mothers, fathers, environmentalists, members of the health and humanitarian sectors -- hailing from every region in the country.

This just in from Yarden Dankner's mother's day event in Kona, Hawaii! Mother's Day weekend is here, so find or start an event near you!

The following is a guest blog from Wood Turner, Project Director of Climate Counts. Climate Counts, a 1Sky ally, rates corporations on their efforts to mitigate climate change.

Only 4 days left until Mother's Day weekend! Today's guest blog is from Anjali Kochar of Mothers Acting Up, a mother of two with some inspiring thoughts on our responsibility to our children this Mother's Day. Click here to start or join a 1Sky's Mother's Day gathering near you if you haven't yet!

The following is an open note from Colin Beavan (aka No Impact Man) on the occasion of Mother's Day, 2008. Colin joins hundreds of others in asking for strong action on global warming this Mother's Day. Sign up to join No Impact Man by starting or joining a Mother's Day event near you next weekend: http://www.1sky.org/mothersday