The Green Room

Who Are You Going To Call?
by Oliver St John

It is an unfortunate fact that many politicians, from the town level all the way up to federal, only seem to care about environmental cleanup and other "green" issues when they need to look good.

If we're going to make them act, we need them to understand that we as their constituents care a lot about these issues.

I don't expect to see all the government's vehicles converted to run on hydrogen or biofuels any time soon, especially all the while our legislators and the big oil companies are continuing their cosy little arrangements, but we can at least make them see that the people want environmentally friendly options.

We can make a difference by calling, emailing, writing to the offices of our elected officials.

Naturally we cannot provide the contact information for all elected officials worldwide, but here are some helpful links:

http://www.house.gov/writerep/ - contact information for members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm - contact information for members of the U.S. Senate
http://www.writetothem.com - contact Members of the British Parliament
http://canada.gc.ca/directories/direct_e.html - contact members of Canada's Parliament or Senate
http://www.directory.gov.au/ - contact information for officials of the Australian government

This page will remain available in the coming months rather than being archived, and new contact links will be posted as and when they are discovered.