# International Blog Action Day

*Published:* 2007-10-15
*Author:* Sheryl Canter

*The author of today’s post, Sheryl Canter, is an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense.*

[Annie Petsonk](http://environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagID=957), International Counsel for Environmental Defense, keeps an eye on happenings around the world. It was from her that I found out that the European Union’s Commissioner for Environment, [Stavros Dimas](http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/dimas/index_en.htm), has dedicated today as [International Blog Action Day](http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/dimas/international-blog-action-day-2/) on the environment.

Commissioner Dimas asks everyone with a blog to post a climate-related message today, and he held an online chat on his blog from 8 am to 11 am U.S. Eastern Time. I took a quick look, and people were weighing in from all over the world. I couldn’t read the comments in Greek, but the English ones made some interesting points, and the Commissioner was active in responding.