Hands Across The Sand / Land is a global grassroots event that champions clean energy solutions to our filthy fuels problem. On May 17, 2014, people around the world will join hands at noon local time to say NO to offshore drilling and YES to clean energy. The backbone of our movement is local organizers who plan events in their communities and sponsoring organizations who support and amplify our message. Please click on your state to organize an event. We have all the resources you need to make your event a success.
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Participating States & Protectorates
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Join us on May 17th 2014 for our next Hands Across the Sand / Land Global Event! Mark your calendars and start posting your events whenever you want to get started. The US map and globe have been cleared for your use. Review all of our resources for organizing your event so that you will be prepared to get the word out. Resources provide information on how to organize your beaches, rivers, lakes, statehouse steps and parks. See you on May 17th 2014.
Thank you to ALL who joined hands on May 18th, 2013 around the globe for amazing events represented all over the world.
In New Zealand in a town of 3000 people, 500 of them were on a beach joining hands. See those images on our FB page. It is those images that keep us going.
We ask that every event organizer send their pictures to their elected officials. We could not have done it without all of you and of course our event organizers and our sponsors!
Thank you Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Oceana, Defenders of Wildlife and Gulf Restoration Network.
Again we stood together in solidarity and work towards ending our dependance of dirty fuels and say YES to clean energy. The images of thousands of people around the globe joining hands sends a powerful message.
Join Hands to end our dependence on dangerous, dirty fuels. Join Hands to end global warming and climate change.
Join Hands to embrace Clean Energy. ”It’s the most important thing we can do as human beings” Dave Rauschkolb, founder.
Please visit our FB page: Hands Across the Sand and remember to post your pictures to our Flickr page and send them to your elected officials after your event. Thanks All!
Santa Monica Hands Across The Sand June 26, 2010 Photo by JAMES KAO
What is Hands Across The Sand and Hands Across The Land?
Hands Across the Sand/Land is a movement made of people of all walks of life and crosses political affiliations and the borders of the world. This movement is not about politics — it is about the protection of our coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife and fisheries. It’s about preserving our precious drinking water, air and food. The damage that continues to happen in offshore oil drilling accidents, the dangerous process of hydraulic fracturing, the tragedy of the Alberta tar sands mining, mountain top removal mining and the continuing proliferation of coal fired power plants are a threat to all of the above.
Let us share our knowledge, energies and passion for protecting our planet from the devastating effects the burning of dirty fuels present. On May 18, 2013 the people of the world will join hands to champion clean energy solutions to our dirty fuels problem. Embracing a clean energy future now is the path to a sustainable planet. It’s a path to ending global warming and climate change. It’s a path to a future for our children and grandchildren.
The Movement Started In Florida
In Florida on Saturday, February 13, 2010, a statewide gathering against near and offshore oil drilling occurred. 10,000 Floridians representing 60 towns and cities and over 90 beaches joined hands to protest the efforts by the Florida Legislature and the US Congress to lift the ban on oil drilling in the near and off shores of Florida. Florida’s Hands Across The Sand event was the largest gathering in the history of Florida united against expanding oil drilling into Florida’s waters. Events were held from Jacksonville to Miami Beach and Key West to Pensacola Beach.
On June 26, 2010, in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Hands Across the Sand went National and Global. The event was announced and the website went live allowing event organizers sign up only four weeks prior to June 26th. It became the largest gathering of people in the history of the world united against expanding offshore oil drilling and championing clean energy and renewables. Over 1000 events were held worldwide. Events took place in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Events were held in 42 countries outside the U.S. including Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Belize, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Greenland, Greece, Croatia, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, Tanzania, and South Africa.
Mission Statement
To bring together like-minded individuals and organizations with the conviction to organize a Global movement to promote a clean energy future for our earth and end our dependence on dirty fuel sources. These gatherings will bring thousands of American and Global citizens to our beaches and cities and will draw metaphorical and actual lines in the sand; human lines in the sand against the threats Fossil Fuels pose to our present and future planet.
To convince our State Legislators, Governors, Congress and President Obama and World leaders to adopt policies encouraging the growth of clean and renewable energy sources in place of oil and coal.
An Opportunity of National and Global Importance
Now is the time for America and global leaders to join hands and steer our energy policy away from our dependence on fossil fuels and into the light of clean energy and renewables.
