Why the focus on these 10 leaders?

“Put Solar On It” is focusing on 10 world leaders that are:

• Strategic for international climate negotiations.
• High-profile and symbolic.
• Potentially influenced by this kind of campaign.

That said, we’ve also setup a way for you to send your message to any world leader.  Just visit www.PutSolarOn.It/World

Why is 10/10/10 the date we’re asking leaders to install solar panels?

10/10/10 is the “Global Work Party” — a day when communities all over the world will be installing clean energy and celebrating climate solutions.  By keeping the focus on 10/10/10, we can make it clear that communities all over the world are getting to work building the clean energy economy–and we need our political leaders to join us in this effort.

Will this give leaders an easy way out, so they can put solar panels up but not have to take a bold stand on clean energy policy?

No–it will be very difficult for any leader to make this a purely symbolic action that is separate from a major policy initiative for clean energy.  We’re not just asking that they install solar panels on their roof–we demand that leaders “make it possible for everyone in your country to join you in the clean energy future.”  The last sentence of our  call to action may well be the most important: “We need you to act symbolically—and then we need you to act for real.”

Who’s behind this campaign?

PutSolarOn.It is coordinated by the same people behind 350.org–but  it’s a collaboration between many partner organizations. If you’d like to get your organization involved, just email “solar [at] 350.org”