EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - January 11, 2019
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EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OCCUPY SONOMA COUNTY!
MAY
2019 BE THE YEAR THAT ALL OF HUMANITY WAKES UP TO THE URGENCY OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND JOINS TOGETHER TO LOVE AND HEAL OUR PRECIOUS MOTHER
EARTH.
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U.S. Offshore Wind Auction Breaks Record With $405 Million in New Leases
https://www.ecowatch.com/offshore-wind-leases-us-2623731308.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=858b8d4629-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-858b8d4629-86095421
https://www.ecowatch.com/exxon-investors-emissions-reduction-2623647679.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=858b8d4629-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-858b8d4629-86095421
https://www.ecowatch.com/fossil-fuel-divestment-institutions-2623328911.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=8359602284-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-8359602284-86095421
https://truthout.org/articles/theres-a-toxic-weed-killer-on-the-menu-in-k-12-schools-across-the-us/
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alexandra-adams/house-members-call-ban-new-offshore-drilling
https://www.ecowatch.com/alaska-oil-gas-lease-sale-2623304775.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=8359602284-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-8359602284-86095421
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/13/top-climate-scientist-james-hansen-attacks-uk-fracking-plans?CMP=share_btn_tw
Louisiana Sheriff Ordered to Releases Records on Visit to Standing Rock
https://truthout.org/articles/louisiana-sheriff-ordered-to-releases-records-on-visit-to-standing-rock/
https://www.ecowatch.com/atlantic-coast-pipeline-permits-trees-2623387334.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=8359602284-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-8359602284-86095421
https://www.ecowatch.com/line-5-pipeline-2623216308.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=d77a237993-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-d77a237993-86095421
5 years after Sonoma County ban, new era of plastic bags poses a growing waste problem
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9134734-181/5-years-after-sonoma-county?utm_source=boomtrain&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pd_daily&bt_ee=0gyLmKSv7t6xHEhVX9jblMuTZvxsPaPOy93FuaO8d2liRIrlQDDsiSvbVzytXnPZ&bt_ts=1546788003441&utm_source=boomtrain&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pd_daily&utm_term=ZW1lcmFsZEBvY2N1cHlzb25vbWFjb3VudHkub3Jn%0A&utm_content&bt_ee=9IUbjKwQBT%2BaKzJzXhtvZ4Rw22BMJeOGQrYTehMscaSU6PEilm50Xf4ZdGp1078F&bt_ts=1546788003384&sba=AAS
https://www.ecowatch.com/east-antarctic-glaciers-melting-2623175539.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=ad8befbf3d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-ad8befbf3d-86095421
https://www.ecowatch.com/map-of-mining-amazon-2623200925.html?utm_source=EcoWatch%2BList&utm_campaign=d77a237993-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-d77a237993-86095421
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24122018/climate-change-evidence-reports-2018-year-review-ipcc-arctic-emissions-gap-national-assessment?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/12/drought-caused-extra-carbon-emissions-hydropower/
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-poll-americans-2623293334.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=8359602284-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-8359602284-86095421
THINK TANK & STRATEGY
https://www.ecowatch.com/green-new-deal-farm-food-2624402917.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=eb2530b35a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-eb2530b35a-86095421
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/9134846-181/krugman-heres-hoping-for-a?bt_alias=eyJ1c2VySWQiOiAiZGY4NDcwY2ItYzQ4NC00MzYxLTk3MDUtNGUyYTIxYmFmOGQyIn0%3D&bt_ts=1546727402722&bt_ee=XQUXaumyxqjlypdR1oLKL90KHRXhkdh%2FbMGUkqG5soyHnDVPRW5HKBMduGv4pR%2Ba&utm_content=&utm_campaign=pd_daily&utm_source=boomtrain&utm_term=ZW1lcmFsZEBvY2N1cHlzb25vbWFjb3VudHkub3Jn%0A&utm_medium=email
https://www.ecowatch.com/cop24-paris-agreement-2623636645.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=cf8046cfea-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-cf8046cfea-86095421
https://www.ecowatch.com/standing-rock-public-banks-2625030609.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1546535295&fbclid=IwAR3vvjnaXYqb59XR-G9SwMt8_fEI3FzA8qmgmCd2MjA0Vlf1KNpHeqCdM2Y
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/06/uk-renewable-energy-capacity-surpasses-fossil-fuels-for-first-time?CMP=share_btn_tw
https://www.ecowatch.com/greta-thunberg-climate-strike-2623294546.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=8359602284-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-8359602284-86095421
Saturday, January
12, 1:30 - 4:30 PM
Sonoma Solidarity With Standing Rock meeting
Peace and Justice Center - 467 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa
1:30 to 3:00 PM - Public Banking meeting
3:00 to 4:30 PM - Sonoma Solidarity with Standing Rock admin/divestment meeting
For more info, visit: www.sonomasolidarity.org
Monday, January 14
Our event that we planned for this date has been canceled
Wednesday, January 16, 7pm
350 Sonoma Meeting
For more info go to
Facebook: 350 Sonoma or webpage 350sonoma.org.
Email 350Sono...@gmail.com
Monday, January 21, 7-9 PM
Occupy Sonoma County Earth Action
Campaign Meeting
Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa
For more information go to http://OccupySonomaCounty.org or
call 707-877-6650
Saturday, Jan 26, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop - Free
HARMONY FARM SUPPLY, 3244 Gravenstein Hwy North, Sebastopol, Ca 95472
Register here: http://harmonyfarmsupply.com/calendar-of-events/?action=evregister&event_id=163
Saturday, January 26 (the last Saturday every
month)
Community
Seed Exchange
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Rd., Sebastopol
For more info: communitys...@gmail.com
9-10:30 Optional Work Party
12-1 Free Workshop
9-12 Seed Library
Monday,
February 4, 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: Anne Jacopetti
Notetaker: Jory Adamson
Volunteer Opportunities
• OSC puts on six events
every year. Can you agree to post our event flyers to the bulletin boards
where you already shop? Please let us know what bulletin boards you can
cover. Flyers can always be downloaded from our website or we can get
them to you.
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.