Energy Action Coalition
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| Founded | 2004 Washington, D.C., United States |
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| Type | 501(c)3 |
| Focus | Environmentalism, Global Warming, Renewable Energy |
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| Method | Direct action, lobbying, petition, demonstration |
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Key people
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Lydia Avila, Executive Director Billy Parish, co-founder |
| Website | energyactioncoalition.org |
Power Shift Network is a North American non-profit organization made up of a network of youth-led social and environmental justice organizations working together to build the youth clean energy and climate movement. It runs campaigns in the United States and Canada to build grassroots power and advocate for tangible changes on climate change and social justice at local, state, national and international levels in North America. The organization changed its name from Energy Action Coalition in July 2016 in order to reflect its new leadership and it shift from a coalition to a network structure. The Power Shift Network's members, which include other non-profit organizations and student groups focused on environmental justice, social justice, and climate change, focus their organizing and campaigns on campuses, communities, corporate practices, and politics. The Power Shift Network is part of the Global Youth Climate Movement.
The Power Shift Network was founded (as Energy Action Coalition) in June 2004 at a meeting of representatives from almost 20 environmental groups in Washington, D.C. The founding of the organization was a result of the coordination of many local and national environmental networks in a day of action on April 1, 2004 called Fossil Fools Day which advocated for reducing dependence for energy on fossil fuels, with more than 125 registered actions around the U.S.
The Power Shift Network defines its vision as the following:
The Power Shift Network is a growing network of student and youth environmental and advocacy partner organizations. The network has full-time staff and an office in Washington, DC.
The following organizations are members of the network:
The first Fossil Fools Day on April 1, 2004 was not a project of the Energy Action Coalition, but with over 125 actions coordinated by numerous organizations, it precipitated the formation of the coalition the following June. The day of action featured demonstrations promoting renewable energy and protesting President George W. Bush’s energy plan.
The second Fossil Fools Day on April 1, 2005, promoted in the United States and Canada by the Energy Action Coalition included more than 300 actions in Canada and the U.S., and actions in England, Nigeria and Panama. One example of the a student organized event was as a bike ride organized by Middlebury College students and included students from Green Mountain College and the University of Vermont from Burlington, VT to Montpelier, VT the state capital to lobby lawmakers.
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