Bringing Together Cultural and Scientific Knowledge of the Stars This workshop builds on combined decades of experience in what we come to call “duallearning” – the weaving together of cultural and scientific knowledge, stories, and hands-on activities in an environment where neither is dominant over the other and resonance between the two is easily found. …
“The 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life”
By Karen Armstrong The Compassion Campaign of Clallam County is co-sponsoring this 2019 Compassion Winter Read As a scholar of world religions, Armstrong extends an invitation to explore the particular place of compassion in religious and ethical teachings. She specifically focuses on the Golden Rule as expressed in each one, which served as common ground …
Conservation International Presents
Nature is Speaking Featuring short films personifying Nature, narrated by folks we know well. JOAN CHEN is SkyPENELOPE CRUZ is WaterHARRISON FORD is OceanLIAM NEESON is IceEDWARD NORTON is SoilLUPITA NYONG´O is FlowerLEE PACE is MountainROBERT REDFORD is RedwoodJULIA ROBERTS is Mother NatureIAN SOMERHALDER is Coral ReefREESE WITHERSPOON is HomeSHAILENE WOODLEY is Forest
Moving the Country Towards Emergency Climate Mobilization, Together
Dear Olympic Climate Action, thank you so much for supporting The Climate Mobilization! We are a small but fierce organization that advocates the strongest, fastest, sanest approach to the climate crisis. Because of your support, we are moving the country toward mobilization. A few highlights: April 16, 2016 Bernie Sanders calls for WWII scale climate …
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Hot Off the Wire – December 29, 2018
Take action Regional Action Join the webinar of the Governor's Southern Resident Orca Task Force – via Puget Sound Partnership Time for BPA to act on LSR dams: Opinion – via The Spokesman-Review, Spokane Say to REI: Break Up with US Bank! – via Fossil Free California Washington deserves to know the real risks of …
Investigate Ryan Zinke
Thanks for taking action on our petition: Tell House Democrats: Investigate Ryan Zinke. Here are some ways you can spread the word: Email your friends or forward the message below. If you are on Facebook, click here to post the petition to your Timeline. If you have a Twitter account, click here to automatically tweet: …
Jan. 10 webinar to provide update on Governor’s proposed budget and policy for Orca Task Force recommendations
From the co-chairs of the Governor's Southern Resident Orca Task Force: Please join us on Thursday, January 10, from 10 to 11 a.m., for a Governor’s Office budget and policy update webinar to address questions from members of the Governor's Southern Resident Orca Task Force. The following panelists will participate in the discussion: Jim Cahill, …
BREACH THE SNAKE RIVER DAMS THIS YEAR!
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The Madhouse Effect
Publisher's Book Description The award winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have fought at the frontlines of climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect …
Here’s a way to fight climate change: Empower women
This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “Gender and climate are inextricably linked,” said environmentalist and author Katharine Wilkinson on stage at TEDWomen last week, a gathering of women thought leaders and activists in Palm Desert, California. Women, she says, are disproportionately affected by climate change. …
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Books We Love Best in 2018
Sightline staff shares their most memorable reads of the year, including fiction, sci-fi, poetry, and more. Author: Anne Christnovich (@anne_c_1234) on December 14, 2018 at 5:37 am If you or someone you know is the kind of person who calls winter “reading season,” this list is for you. If you or someone you know is …
Hot Off the Wire – December 18, 2018
COP24, the speech of 15-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg – via Lifegate Take action Regional Action Ask for your free, limited edition bumper sticker: Make America Green Again – via Sierra Club Take action for a healthier environment for all Washingtonians: Legislative Session Activist Sign up – via WA Environmental Council & Washington Conservation Voters …
Gov. Inslee calls for Climate Plan
Story in CrosscutState Democrats are confident they'll pass the $268 million clean energy plan.He suggested more efficient hydroelectric dams and grids, a lot more electric cars, and four electric-hybrid ferries. A decade or more from now, he said, there should be a high-speed rail line from Vancouver, B.C., to Seattle to Portland. There was more, …
Greta Thunberg’s speech
You should watch Greta Thunberg's speech to the UN plenary session at COP24 if you haven't seen it yet. Or if you have, watch it again. It is that powerful.
Shell Oil Executive Boasts that His Company Influenced the Paris Agreement.
Kate Aronoff with one of the most important pieces you will read this year. https://theintercept.com/2018/12/08/shell-oil-executive-boasts-that-his-company-influenced-the-paris-agreement/
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