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'It's spectacular': Climate activists paint stunning mural on two blocks of Montgomery St.-- SFGate Fight severe felony charges against Greenpeace activists! Greenpeace USA climbers form a blockade on the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas shutting down the largest fossil fuel thoroughfare in the United States ahead of the third Democratic primary debate in nearby …
“The Road And The Sky”
While listening to Jackson Brown's album "Late for the Sky" for the ump-teenth time, the words of "The Road and the Sky" suddenly registered with my new climate activism. In 1974, he was singing about climate change and I hadn't noticed. Listening with "new ears", I realized he was telling the story of our time. …
Climate on Tap at FinnRiver Farm & Cidery
Climate on Tap - Monday, October 7th, 6-7:30 p.m. FinnRiver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA 98325 Join us for monthly solutions-oriented sessions on issues related to climate change at FinnRiver Farm and Cidery in Chimacum. Co-sponsored by Local 20/20 Climate Action and Jefferson County Public Health, this is not a lecture series, but a book club and …
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“How dare you?”
Right here, right now is where we draw the line, The world is waking, and change is coming whether you like it or not.Greta Thunberg, speaking before the United Nations, 9/23/2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9KxE4Kv9A8
The terrible truth, in one graph
2050 is a generation too late. That would be unforgivable, and very likely utterly catastrophic. Extinction Rebellion: "The Emergency" If you let this graph sink in, you'll understand why so many are turning out in the streets to demand a halt to business as usual and the most massive turnaround of the world's economy we've …
Kierkegaard’s parable
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world is going to end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke. Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or, …
“Chopping down our fence for fuel”
In 1931, the year he died, Thomas Edison told Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, his retirement neighbors in Florida: "We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using nature's inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind, and tide. I’d put my money on the sun and …
PDN article on Global Climate Strike OP
Kudos to Port Angeles High School
They've made Climate Change their theme for the year. Here's their memo to students and parents: School-wide theme: Educating for Climate Change: Teachers are reporting creative ways that they are incorporating the theme of Educating for Climate Change into their classrooms this year. For example: Ms. Christianson’s French III/IV students found French words/phrases associated with climate change, then …
Plastic Industry’s Planned Expansion Threatens Our Ability to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
“We cannot solve the climate crisis without also addressing the rapidly-growing plastic pollution crisis,” said Judith Enck, Former EPA Regional Administrator and founder of Beyond Plastics CONTACT 518.605.1770, Judith Enck, BeyondPlastics@Bennington.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 2019 BENNINGTON, VERMONT — As students around the world prepare for a series of climate strikes, the petrochemical industry is …
Hot Off the Wire — 09/16/2019
“We Are Striking to Disrupt the System”: An Hour with 16-Year-Old Climate Activist Greta ThunbergSeptember 11, 2019 -- DemocracyNow! Join Climate Strike Week on the Peninsula! Sept. 20-28 Youth leaders of the September 20 Climate Strikes have released their demands. It's critical that parents, grandparents, and families stand with them in support of their bold vision. …
Join Climate Strike Week on the Peninsula! Sept. 20-28
Greta Thunberg explains why we must halt business as usual Beginning September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will mobilize for a week across the world to demand transformative action to address the climate crisis. Millions will take to the streets to demand a right to a …
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Tickets are now available for Antonio Zamora’s launch event
On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Leaven Community Center in Portland, OR. Admission is free for this exciting evening. Please SAVE THE Seattle DATE for For the People’s annual fundraiser Saturday, November 9 5-8pm in Seattle. Tickets are now available online. To help us better plan food and logistics, be sure to …
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Film/Discussion: “The Reluctant Radical” Sept. 21
Port Angeles Public Library, 2210 S Peabody St. Saturday, Sept. 21 -- 7-9 pm -- FREE Ken Ward: "Our only hope is to step outside polite conversation and put ourselves in the way." If a crime is committed in order to prevent a greater crime, is it forgivable? Is it, in fact, necessary? Olympic Climate …
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Orca Recovery Day
Volunteers Needed to Help Plant Conifer Seedlings WHEN: October 19, 2019 (Saturday) from 9:00 to noon WHERE: Lake Aldwell Road (follow it to the end for parking), Port Angeles REGISTRATION: Volunteers must pre-register to ensure we have enough tools and parking. Click on the button or call 360-775-3747, ext. 5. The removal of the lower …
Hot Off the Wire — 9/9/2019
Opinion “It can’t just be young people. It needs to be all of us.” -- Yes! Climate Colonialism: The Picture of Dorian’s Graves -- September 05, 2019 Solutions National Drive Electric Week is a great coast-to-coast celebration -- Sierra ClubYou can RSVP now to an event happening near you from Sept. 14-22 Be a Youth Ally …
September 20th
Leviathans in the Harbor
More and bigger cruise ships are crowding coastal destinations. When is enough, enough? Who gets to decide? by Brian Payton , August 27, 2019, Hakai Magazine 'Knoll Lowney, the lawyer representing the three plaintiffs who claimed they were victims of Carnival’s environmental violations, said, “Time and time again, Carnival has shown its contempt of environmental laws and the …
Olympic Climate Action 