A week ago I sent an email to the president of WISPIRG asking him to see if his organization would be interested in collaborating for a debate. He responded that they had too much going on. I responded that it was too bad that they did not want to be involved in this discussion, and that it would be taking place on Dec. 7th if they wished to join let me know. No response.

I got to thinking… did any of the other PIRGs know about the challenge? I had a plan for how to inform them- crash their meeting.

So, with a few of my fellow students holding signs and a video camera, we challenged the PIRGs to a debate at their meeting, to be held Monday Dec 7th.

I was surprised at how interested in the prospect of a debate the PIRGs were; I fielded questions about format, topics, and time and place.

The debate is scheduled to coincide with the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, and will cover topics such as anthropogenic climate change, efficacy of legislation,