EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - July 5, 2019

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​EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS  

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BREAKTHROUGH!
"Santa Rosa votes to support a public banking bill as it invests in dirty energy."

Super funds and investors with $34tn urge leaders to speed up climate action
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/26/super-funds-and-investors-with-34tn-urge-leaders-to-speed-up-climate-action?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1561547898

CEO of Major Shale Oil Company “Has Second Thoughts” on Fracking Rush, Wall Street Journal Reports
https://www.desmogblog.com/2019/06/24/wall-street-journal-reports-ceo-major-shale-oil-company-has-second-thoughts-fracking-rush

GMOs, GLYPHOSATE & TOXINS
Governments say glyphosate is safe, but some say 'poison' is being sprayed on northern forests
"First Nations doesn't want any chemical at all. If it kills one little bug, one blade of grass, that's too much," says Raymond Owl, an elder from Sagamok First Nation regarding the aerial spraying of glyphosate on First Nations Land."

Germany to decide on glyphosate exit plan by end of September
https://agrow.agribusinessintelligence.informa.com/AG031489/Germany-to-decide-on-glyphosate-exit-plan-by-end-of-September

Roundup’s Other Problem: Glyphosate is Sourced from Controversial Mines
https://civileats.com/2019/06/24/roundups-other-problem-glyphosate-is-sourced-from-controversial-mines/?utm_term=EnvHealth

EU, Brazil and China have banned way more harmful pesticides than the USA
https://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/eu-brazil-and-china-have-banned-way-more-harmful-pesticides-usa.html

FOSSIL FUELS
Chubb bans coverage for coal, a first for big U.S. insurance firms

PIPELINES
Ruptured Pipeline Spills Oil Into Yellowstone River

PLASTIC POLLUTION
Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret

Single-use plastics a serious climate change hazard, study warns

GREEN NEW DEAL
The Green New Deal is a chance to make clean energy accessible to all
https://www.fastcompany.com/90366185/green-new-deal-100-percent-clean-energy-will-help-economy?partner=rss&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

WAKE UP CALL
Sierra Club, Other Groups Oppose Sf Bay Dredging Plan
https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Sierra-Club-Other-Groups-Oppose-Sf-Bay-Dredging-14049919.php

Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/23/agriculture-department-climate-change-1376413

THINK TANK & STRATEGY
What we can learn from the LGBTQ movement’s 50 years of achievement
"Other movements are starting to re-evaluate their strategy. More American workers were involved in major strikes in 2018 than in any year since 1986. The Sunrise Movement and other climate justice activists are pushing the Green New Deal. They are using the strategic principle that unites gays, Gandhi and military generals: the only way to win is to take the offense."

Activists Still Want a Separate Debate on Climate After It Received Just 7 Minutes in First Debate (video)

Today's Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Already Locks in 1.5°C Warming, Study Warns

Do younger generations care more about global warming?
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/do-younger-generations-care-more-about-global-warming/

DIRECT ACTIONS
Dozens Arrested in Protest Demanding New York Times Improve Climate Reporting

Sunrise Movement Rallies Outside Democratic National Committee Headquarters Over Climate Change Debate Failure

We Should All Ditch Work and Go on Strike for the Climate

Customers Demand Kroger Stop Selling Food Grown with Bee-killing Pesticides
https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2019/06/customers-demand-kroger-stop-selling-food-grown-with-bee-killing-pesticides/

Support for Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/majority-of-americans-think-fossil-fuel-companies-are-responsible-for-the-damages-caused-by-global-warming/

SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Los Angeles seeks record setting solar power price under 2¢/kWh
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2019/06/28/los-angeles-seeks-record-setting-solar-power-price-under-2%C2%A2-kwh/

ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Sebastopol bans Styrofoam food containers amid growing alarm about single-use plastics

Take Action - Get Involved!

 

July 1-31
Plastic Free July
OSC will be participating in this annual global campaign.  Please join millions of people worldwide and add your number to the count by signing up now at http://PlasticFreeJuly.org. 

 

Thursday, July 11, 6:00-7:30 PM, Free

Demystifying Electric Vehicles - All You Need to Know to Go EV!

Lucchesi Community Center: 320 N. McDowell Blvd. Petaluma

For more info go to https://dailyacts.org/events-1/?eid=11750 or call Daily Acts at (707) 789-9664

 

Monday, July 15, 7-9 PM
Occupy Sonoma County Earth Action Campaign Meeting
We will be discussing our plans for Plastic Free July - and other stuff.
Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa
For more information go to http://OccupySonomaCounty.org or call 707-877-6650 (website contact preferred)

 

Monday, July 22, 7-9 PM

Occupy Sonoma County Presents

Fight Climate Change with Zero Waste Strategies
Presented by Portia Sinnott, Zero Waste Action - Sonoma County & Zero Waste USA

Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa

For more information go to http://OccupySonomaCounty.org or call 707-877-6650 (website contact preferred)


Saturday, July 27 (the last Saturday every month)
Community Seed Exchange
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Rd., Sebastopol
9-10:30 Optional Work Party
11-12 Free Workshop

9-12:30 Seed Library
For more info: communityseedexchange@gmail.com


Monday, July 29, 7-9 PM
Sonoma County Climate Activist Network (SoCoCAN!)
Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa 95401
Please submit campaign proposals in writing: SonomaC...@gmail.com or to the SoCoCAN listserv (preferred)
Facilitator for this meeting: June
Notetaker: Eve

Wednesday, July 31, 8 AM - 5 PM

North Bay Zero Waste Symposium

Presentations on how to achieve waste diversion goals, the inner workings of the resource recovery industry, and more
Keynote speakers: Recology CEO Mike Sangiacomo and international zero waste lifestyle extraordinaire Bea Johnson
SOMO Village Events Center, Rohnert Park

Space is limited, register here: https://zerowastenorthbay.org/

Wednesday, August 7 (every first Wednesday) No Dogs
Sonoma County Permaculture Guild Monthly Potluck
Family Friendly & Fun. Swap seeds/plants, & explore the PSC
Permaculture Skills Center, 2185 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol, California 95472
For more info contact: permacultureskillscenter.org or 707-824-0836


Friday, September 20

Global Climate Strike
https://globalclimatestrike.net/


Volunteer

• OSC is putting on teach-ins on July 22 (zero waste), September 23 & 30 (democracy) and in November (effective organizing).  Please adopt the bulletin boards where you already shop.  Download flyers from our website or pick them up at the Peace & Justice Center Monday-Friday 1-4 PM.  Please let us know what bulletin boards you can cover.  Thank you.
• If you are an experienced builder who can help us build raised bed garden boxes please contact us.  We also need help delivering them if you have a truck.  This could be an occasional or ongoing project.

• Help is needed with editing our teach-in videos.  Even just one hour of help would be useful.

• We need an email list of bars and restaurants in Sonoma County for several of our educational campaigns, including one we are planning for Plastic Free July.

Call To Action! 
We urge all groups including schools, neighborhood associations, organizations, clubs and groups of any kind to adopt a Climate Declaration.  Adopt ours or write your own.  Share your Climate Declaration with local governments, the media, write articles, and share information. 
Occupy Sonoma County Climate Declaration

Occupy Sonoma County, along with concerned, forward thinking people all over the world, declares that climate change has reached catastrophic proportions as evidenced by the current level of CO2 in the atmosphere, the melting of polar ice caps, and the continual rising of global temperatures.  This is a global emergency, and we must act immediately.​  We invite all forces of life to join together for our survival.  We stand up for life.

We recognize that the root of climate change is a capitalist system run by money greedy corporations and the governments that they control.  We actively oppose greenhouse gas producers, nuclear power investors, and fossil fuel companies by boycotting their products, developing alternatives, divesting from corporations that endorse them and insisting that governments at all levels take action.  We call on all governments and corporations to adopt life-sustaining practices immediately.

The people must act now to stop this destruction from continuing and reverse the damage this has caused​.  The future is in our hands.  We are the 99%!

What Earth Actions are you taking?


707-877-6650
http://OccupySonomaCounty.org
http://OccupySonomaCounty.org/es ​ (en español)
http://www.facebook.com/OccupySonomaCounty
https://twitter.com/OcSoCo
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmJoCP-ePUTPWNgHZwtBelg


Occupy Sonoma County embraces the egalitarian, deep democracy principles of the Occupy Movement with a regional strategy for effectively organizing countywide social justice campaigns that are globally relevant.

V Jacobi

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Jul 6, 2019, 2:41:32 AM7/6/19
to Veronica Jacobi, Osc_earth Action, Sonoma-county-water Coalition, NIO...@yahoogroups.com, anti-racist-alli...@googlegroups.com, sc...@googlegroups.com, Sierra Club Sonoma Group Climate Protection Friends

Make the World Greta Again is a wonderfully inspiring video.

"You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes.  You are not mature enough to tell it like it is, even that burden you leave to us children."  I love Greta and all of the climate activist children and adults so much.  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!

https://video.vice.com/en_uk/video/vice-make-the-world-greta-again/5ca5f6cbbe40770ec567d7b7

You are very welcome to join me for a brief Extinction Rebellion/The Climate Mobilization/DRAWDOWN Pachamama/Sunrise pre- meeting gathering at 6:30 outside or inside the Peace and Justice Center, followed by the awesome Climate Activist Network meeting.   

Monday, July 29, 7-9 PM
Sonoma County Climate Activist Network (SoCoCAN!)
Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa 95401
Please submit campaign proposals in writing: SonomaC...@gmail.com or to the SoCoCAN listserv (preferred)
Facilitator for this meeting: June
Notetaker: Eve

More awesome inspiration below!   Hugs and huge gratitude!

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Warmly,
Roni

www.OurGreenChallenge.org

"Climate Change is not just another issue in this complicated world of
proliferating issues. It is the issue that, unchecked, will swamp all other issues." 
- Ross Gelbspan in The Heat Is On


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