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Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social · 13d

🌿 Help make a difference by joining Third Act!

👀 We’re seeking a Campaigns Director to join our growing team here at Third Act. This role sits at the intersection of policy, organizing, and communications.

📅 Applications due October 10.

🔗 Learn more at thirdact.org/campaigns-director

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Sun Day @sundayofaction.bsky.social · 13d

The power of clean energy hit the news across the U.S. last weekend as 500 events kicked off to celebrate Sun Day 🗞☀️ Thank you to local organizers for sharing the story of Sun Day and showing the HUGE support for solar and wind that continues to grow despite the challenges we face.

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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 13d

A preview of the Sun Day Wool tapestry with photos taken during the Sun Day Festival in Albany on 9/21.

Tomorrow, the tapestry returns to the Adirondacks, where it will be on display at Watts & Wheels at The Wild Center.

Photos: J. Seakwood

More on Watts & Wheels:

thirdact.org/upstate-ny/e...

Three women wearing Sun Day t-shirts stand in front of the tapestry.

Three women talking with the tapestry to the right and the exhibit hall to the left.

Three women, two wearing Sun Day t-shirts, pose in front of the tapestry.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 14d

"Now, more than ever, his body of work should inspire and motivate us all."

Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Brian Ettling @bgreenettling.bsky.social · 16d

For our #democracy and #ORClimateAction, more photos from when my wife and I marched in the @thirdactorg.bsky.social Sun Day Rally for #Climate Action in Portland OR last Sunday. #ClimateAction #DemocracyInAction #Solar #SolarEnergy #SunDay

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Save Ohio Parks @saveohioparks.bsky.social · 15d

Ohioans learned about cheap, reliable solar power at @thirdactorg.bsky.social Sun Day events all across Ohio.

Solar is cheaper & reliable; there's no need to frack Ohio state parks and public lands for gas and oil!

@kentksmith.bsky.social @berniemoreno.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · 17d

Love these ladies wearing homemade #solarpanels at Sun Day Portland today: #solarenergy #SunDay @thirdactorg.bsky.social

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Third Act Maryland @thirdactmd.bsky.social · 16d

Sun Day in Baltimore was a huge success and lots of fun! Music, art, food, and everything you ever wanted to know about solar energy, the best way to power the world. A big thank you to our partners Civic Works and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

@thirdactorg.bsky.social #SolarEnergy

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Third Act SoCal @thirdactsocal.bsky.social · 16d

Saturday's Sun Day event in Whittier was a smash, offering the public displays of a fully electrified home, test drives of a wide selection of EVs, including trikes, scooter and motorcycles, art projects, games and lots of fun!

@thirdactorg.bsky.social #thirdactsocal @sundayofaction.bsky.social

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18d

Gus Speth, one of America's greatest environmental heroes (founder NRDC, head of the UN Dev Program, Jimmy Carter's chair of the Council on Enviro Quality), out for Sun Day on the bridge across the Connecticut River at Hanover NH

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18d

Big big crowd jammed into Friends Meeting House in Manhattan to mark Sun Day. Thanks to @bradlander.bsky.social Brad Lander for heady!

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18d

From today’s Boston Globe magazine. SunDay!

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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 17d

Discussing food and climate and climate education in the exhibit hall of the Sun Day Festival in Albany.

#SunDayofAction

Two people stand near a climate education poster

Two men discuss the foods and drinks on the food and climate display table.

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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 18d

Upstate Third Actors Mike and Marjorie having some fun at the arts table at Sun Day Festival in Albany.

#SunDayofAction

Woman wearing a ball cap seated at a table while coloring a flower design with markers.

Woman in a ball cap with an Old & Bold pin with her back to the camera. A man in a Sun Day t-shirt faces the camera. Both are seated at a table with coloring supplies.

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MakePoemsNotHate🥔 @mimiplevinfoust.bsky.social · 18d

We're celebrating #SunDay2025 in CLE on this solstice because #solarpower is the fastest growing, cheapest energy source worldwide. U.S. federal solar power rebates continue through December 31st for homeowners, but last longer for communities, businesses and nonprofits. @thirdactorg.bsky.social

Two women at an outdoor table with Solar Power and Third Act banners.

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Jen Gennari @jengennari.bsky.social · 18d

SUN day in Burlington VT! ☀️Day of action ! More solar for more people 💪🏻 #renewableEnergy @thirdactorg.bsky.social

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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 19d

The Sun Day Wool Relay has begun!

The relay starting point: Paul Smith's College boat launch on Lower St. Regis Lake

The suns made their way across the lake in canoe and were loaded onto a bicycle basket to continue their journey.

Next stop: Saranac Lake!

#SunDayofAction

People paddle a canoe across a sun-dappled lake.

A line of people pass wool suns from the shore of a lake to a bicycle, where they are loaded into the bicycle basket.

A woman wearing a Sun Day t-shirt places a blue and yellow wool sun on top of the pile in the basket.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 19d

Amazing coverage as Sun Day weekend starts!

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/c...

Here Comes the Sun Day

www.nytimes.com

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Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social · 21d

📆 Save the date: Thursday, September 25, is our next All-In Call with clean energy pioneer @jigarshahdc.bsky.social

Sun Day is just the beginning. We’re keeping the momentum going ☀

RSVP here: thirdact.org/events/all-i...

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Third Act Maine @thirdactmaine.bsky.social · 21d

One of the best parts of Third Act Maine's Annual Meeting on Sept. 4 was when 9 of us took turns reading an excerpt from Bill McKibben's new book that is giving us all hope. Get your hands on a copy of "Here Comes the Sun" stat! #ClimateAction #inspiration @thirdactorg.bsky.social

Nine members of Third Act Maine are sitting together on a long church bench listening raptly as one of them reads from Bill McKibben's new book "Here Comes the Sun". The group was taking turns reading from the book.

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Brian Ettling @bgreenettling.bsky.social · 21d

For #ORClimateAction and our #democracy, I saw author, founder of @350.org and co-founder @thirdactorg.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social speak about his new book “Here Comes the Sun” @powells.bsky.social this evening. #ActOnClimate #climate #ClimateAction #solar #SolarEnergy #CleanEnergy

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 21d

What will your sign for @sundayofaction.bsky.social say?
Here's mine:

Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant,
one of its many superpowers!
Release the Epstein Files

As a member of @thirdactorg.bsky.social which works to safeguard our climate & democracy, it seems appropriate

@billmckibben.bsky.social