“The music is amazing, but the interpretive dancing is just baffling!”
If you’ve wanted to see Derek Kilmer with a beard,
Here’s your chance . . .
A message from U.S. Representative Kilmer and CoronaVirus resources.
Opinion
Destroyed Habitat Creates the Perfect Conditions
for Coronavirus to Emerge
COVID-19 may be just the beginning of mass pandemics
— Scientific American
Pandemic Response Should Mobilize Around Low-Carbon Solutions
— the Energy Mix
We Need a Green New Deal for Farmland — Yes Magazine
Four stories from EarthDay.org
- Keeping climate education relevant in a pandemic
- 6 lessons coronavirus can teach us about climate change
- To fly or not to fly: Will our anti-flight behavior last?
- On climate change and coronavirus, the science is clear — so why are we so bad at responding?
What are the parallels between climate and COVID? — Yes Magazine
Lessons from the Coronavirus Can Help Us Overcome the Climate Crisis
Friedman: With the coronavirus, it’s again Trump vs. Mother Nature
April 1st, 2020 | by Thomas L. Friedman / The New York Times
Solutions
Week 20: Read about environmental issues on the Co-op Journal
Take part: April 12–18, 2020
How to Act on Climate Change:
A User’s Guide for 2020 and beyond — EarthDay.org
47 Earth Day Tips You can Do
How to Keep Your Zoom Chats Private and Secure
Trolls. Prying bosses. Zoom’s a great video chat platform, but a few simple steps also make it a safe one
— Wired Magazine
Regional Actions
Webinar 1 – Recording
Adam Gagnon and Mike Sawyer
Webinar 2 – Sign-up
The People vs. Climate Inaction
with Richard Overstall, legal counsel for Wet’suwet’en, and Kiran Oommen
TUESDAY APRIL 14 | 4:00 Pacific
National Actions
Tell Congress: NO EPA Polluter Giveaways! — Greenpeace
Demand the House pass the Ban Fracking Act!
Our Callings in the Time of Coronavirus | Eileen Flanagan
A free series of conversations with social justice authors and activists who can help us make sense of this time. They will be Tuesdays at noon Eastern during April on Facebook Live.
Local/Regional News
National/International News
Special Climate Edition:
How We Will All Solve the Climate Crisis
The Battle Against Global Warming Is the New Cold War
Here’s how to mobilize the same federal machinery that gave us Wi-Fi, semiconductors, GPS, and the internet—this time to fight climate change
A couple articles are free.
Print + Digital Access
6 months for $5
Abnormally warm Gulf of Mexico could intensify the upcoming tornado and hurricane seasons — Washington Post
Using Art and Song to Grow Our Movement in Times of Pandemic
(60 min video recording plus transcript):
How can we use collective arts and art making to connect, work together, grow our movement and keep pushing for positive change, while remaining at home and safe?
350.org Arts Organizer David Solnit
The Peace Poets Song Lyrics & Audio file — MovementMusic.org
Strike, divest, and vote to save humanity and our planet.
On April 22-24, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, millions of people around the world are going online for a three-day mobilization to stop the climate emergency.
Join us for three days of action — from teach-ins, musical performances, divestment, and more. All you need is an internet connection.
Join the WORLDWIDE WEB MARATHON
A 24 hour international live stream on April 24
Online Climate Program,
Music,
Talks,
Videos,
Fun.
Join also FFF trainings!
Japan’s climate plan sends ‘wrong signal’
A troubling story for communities of color
Climate in Politics
“And People Stayed Home” | March 2020
Fact v Fiction: “And The People Stayed Home” Viral Poem By Kitty O’Meara (2020), Not Kathleen O’Meara (1869)
350.org crowd-sourced music video project:
Submissions Due Friday
who has farmed superfine merinos near Oatlands since 2000
This is a series I’m writing on climate change for our local monthly newspaper. I wanted to go back to the basics of the science behind climate change.
I’ll post them in coming Yarns.
Cheers, Nan
Category:
Burning Worlds
Olympic Climate Action 