Expand the circle of moms who care about our Earth and ourenvironment! Ask your friends to join us athttp://www.coolmom.org/join.html and bring one to your next neighborhood CoolMom meeting.

Transportation accounts for nearly half of greenhouse gases in Washington. What can moms do? Choose car free days!

AUGUST ECO TIP: Make every Sunday a Car Free Day! Make the Sunday drive a thing of the past. Get to know your neighborsinstead. Need to go somewhere? These tools can help: http://www.seattlecan.org/resources/transportation/trans_online_tools.html

EXTRA CREDIT TIP, for extra cool moms: Have THREE Car Free Days every week.

ADVOCATE: Sign this petition and urge candidates to make climate a priority: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5168/t/1616/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=74

SEATTLE CAR FREE DAYS: Join us when three Seattle streets are opened up to pedestrians and cyclists as part of the Mayor's campaign to combat global warming http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/carfreedays.htm. What else can Moms do? Answers here: http://coolmom.org/takeaction.html

COOLMOM QUIZ QUESTION: Why is it warming faster in the Arctic? Answer: Because water is darker than snow. Full answer here:http://coolmom.org/index.php?id=54#faq11Find more answers to your climate questions here:http://coolmom.org/learnmore.html

CoolMom Groups are leading the way to stopping climate change in their communities – join one! There are now 7 CoolMom groups, with 4 more starting this fall. Find your neighborhood here: http://coolmom.org/index.php?id=101. No local group? Contact Kirsten McCaa to start one, at Kirsten@CoolMom.org.

The Bag is bagged! CoolMom extends a big 'Thank You!' for showing up at City Hall in support of the green fee on disposable bags, effective Jan 1, 2009!

CoolMom has partnered with Big Tent, a great service to manage our membership and online forum. Login to the new forum and also find your neighborhood sub-group: http://coolmom.org/forum.html.

Missed your neighborhood meeting? Looking for a CoolMom meeting or local event? Log in to our forum, at http://coolmom.org/forum.html, and see what the CoolMoms are up to.

See more events featured by our partner, SeattleCAN.org: http://www.seattlecan.org/calendar.html