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BREAKTHROUGH!
Major Victory for Indigenous Movement in Ecuador
"The indigenous uprising against austerity measures and new oil and mining extraction is a call for a new model of development, similar to a Green New Deal, that puts Indigenous rights, life plans, and solutions at the forefront, along with other visionary concepts guaranteed by their constitution, including the rights of nature and (buen vivir) which all lay the groundwork for a just transition to a post petroleum economy,"
Swiss Elections See Green ‘Tsunami’ After Climate-Focused Campaign
"Switzerland's two Green parties made historic gains in the country's
parliamentary elections Sunday... Together,
the left-leaning Green Party and the more centrist Green Liberal Party
(GLP) doubled their share of the vote from almost 12 percent in 2015 to
almost 21 percent."
LOCAL REPORT/KINCADE FIRE
California Governor Declares Statewide Emergency as Nearly 200,000 Evacuate
Fueled by Climate Change, California’s Raging Wildfires Are Threatening Vulnerable Communities First (video)
Farmworkers Face Daunting Health Risks in California’s Wildfires
Climate Crisis Stokes Flames in California, Putting Disabled People at Risk
Global Wildfires Are Raging, Leaving Long-Lasting Damage
GMOs, GLYPHOSATE & TOXINS
Toxic Metals Found in 95 Percent of Baby Foods
FOSSIL FUELS
More natural gas isn’t a “middle ground” — it’s a climate disaster
PLASTIC POLLUTION
The Story of Plastic: New Film Exposes the Source of Our Plastic Crisis
We Can’t Solve the Plastics Crisis With Other Disposables
"As the nation moves away from fossil fuels and invests in energy
efficiency and renewable energy, the fossil fuel industry is panicking
and scrambling to find a substitute market... That’s why fossil
fuel executives are building new plants to process ethane, a waste
product of fracking that’s used to make plastic. By the most
conservative predictions, plastics will produce 300 coal plants-worth of
greenhouses gases by 2030, the Center for International Environmental
Law study shows... “Policymakers need to connect the dots between plastics and climate
change, and adopt new laws and regulations that address both problems
before it is too late.”
The UK company turning waste plastic into fuel for hydrogen cars
This is not the solution to the plastic crisis but it's a good idea to be thinking of ways of using plastic waste, especially plastic that can't be recycled.
GREEN NEW DEAL
Publicly Owned Utilities Could Help Fight the Climate Crisis
"The ultimate goal for some activists is to abandon investor-owned
utility corporations altogether and build a more democratic system in
their place. Last year, NYC-DSA launched a Public Power
campaign to make the energy grid publicly owned. Building on this idea,
on October 19, a coalition of grassroots organizations launched Movement for a Green New Deal,
a campaign that will demand utilities be publicly owned as a key part
of this transition. Giving the public control over New York City’s
energy future, activists argue, could lay the groundwork for the just,
rapid decarbonization of the energy sector... Public utilities were also a component of the Green New Deal’s predecessor: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal."
Unfair Food Pricing Is Killing Family Farms and Regenerative Farming
"Voices are rising about the central role that regenerative and organic farming can play in a Green New Deal, a program to mobilize all possible forces to prevent climate disaster."
WAKE UP CALL
Super-rich fuelling growing demand for private jets, report finds
ExxonMobil Is Still Bankrolling Climate Science Deniers
THINK TANK & STRATEGY
Young climate strikers are neither immature nor ill-informed
Can Extinction Rebellion Build a U.S. Climate Movement Big Enough to Save the Earth?
We Need a Just Transition—Because We Should Abandon Coal, Not Coal Workers
'Racism dictates who gets dumped on': how environmental injustice divides the world
"Five luminaries explain the concept of ‘environmental justice’ and
reveal why, alongside the climate crisis, it is one of the most pressing
issues of our time."
Luuk Blum: Planting Seeds and Watering the Garden (audio)
"Luuk Blum, a
member of the climate activist movement Extinction Rebellion, shares his
personal reflection on community leadership in his lightning talk."
DIRECT ACTIONS
How arts workers took on big oil
"A group of arts workers, actors and campaigners jumped on stage before a
BP-sponsored Royal Shakespeare Company production to do a guerrilla Shakespearean performance against the oil industry... Not long after, arts workers picked up the baton, signing an open letter
criticizing the RSC for giving fossil fuel companies ‘a veneer of
respectability’... Last week RSC cancelled their partnership with BP, and the National Theatre, followed suit, dropping its sponsorship with Shell.
This was partly in response to... the schoolchildren’s
strike for climate on 20 September."
Climate change activists defy police ban on London protests
Jane Fonda, Sam Waterston Arrested on Capitol Hill Protesting for Green New Deal
Jane Fonda Arrested During Climate Protest on U.S. Capitol Hill Steps
""Inspired by Greta and the youth climate strikes as well as Reverend Barber's Moral Mondays and Randall Robinson's often daily anti-apartheid protests, I've moved to Washington, DC to be closer to the epicenter of the fight for our climate," she wrote on JaneFonda.com. "Every Friday through January, I will be leading weekly demonstrations on Capitol Hill to demand that action by our political leaders be taken to address the climate emergency we are in. We can't afford to wait."
Semi-naked activists protest against National Portrait Gallery's links with BP
"Onlookers applaud as topless protesters from Extinction Rebellion covered in fake oil."
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SUSTAINABLE LIVING
The Key to Saving Family Farms Is in the Soil
"Regenerative agriculture
is not just about restoring the life of the soil. By making smaller
farms profitable once again, it could bring more people back to the land
and thereby boost the economy in small towns across America."
7 Supplements You Need on a Vegan Diet
A better title would be "nutrients you need" rather than supplements because most of these nutrients can be included in a well-balanced diet. It is important to have a basic understanding of nutrition to be a healthy vegan. Some foods to rely on for high nutrition are: leafy greens, especially collards, black beans, lentils, beets, nuts, especially almonds and walnuts, seeds such as sesame and pumpkin seeds, avocados, raisins and dates, and super foods such as chia, flax, and hemp seeds. Utilize the OSC Shopper's Guide on our website for recommended supplement brands such as MegaFoods which offer good vegan supplement choices from plant sources with stringent testing for purity.
How Changes in Our Diet Can Help Mitigate Climate Change
ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Moss-growing concrete absorbs CO2, insulates and is also a vertical garden
Take Action - Get Involved!
Wednesday, November 6 (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 95472
For more info contact: permacultureskillscenter.org or 707-824-0836Saturday, November 9, 7-11 PM - $15 advance / $20 at the door
Peace & Justice Center 2019 Peacemaker Awards
Peacemaker Awards and dance music by AfroFunk
Experience: www.afrofunkexperience.com.
Redwood Cafe - 8240 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati Please come out to support the PJC at their annual fundraising event!
Monday, November 16, 7-9 PM (Every 3rd Monday - No meeting in December)
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
(website contact preferred)
Wednesday November 18, 7 - 9 PM (Every 3rd Wednesday)
350 Sonoma monthly organizing meeting
Peace and Justice Center - 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa
Saturday, November 30 (the last Saturday every month)
Community Seed ExchangeSt. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Rd., Sebastopol
9-10:30 Optional Work Party
11-12 Free Workshop
Monday, December 9, 7-9 PM
Sonoma County Climate Activist Network
(SoCoCAN!)
Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa 95401
This meeting will be discussing and planning a summit for 2020 to bring together and expand the network
Time will be allocated for all groups to make reports and request help with their campaigns
Facilitator for this meeting: Amanda
Notetaker: Maya
For more info: SonomaC...@gmail.com
or to the SoCoCAN listserv (preferred)
Volunteer
• Make phone calls
from home for 1 hour every other month as follow up to our press releases.
No skill needed other
than a pleasant phone demeanor.
Even once would be helpful.
• Please post flyers for our teach-ins at the bulletin boards where you already shop.
Download
event flyers from our website or pick them up at the Peace & Justice Center Monday-Friday 1-4 PM.
Let us know what bulletin boards you can
cover. Thank you.
• Experienced builder to
help us build raised bed garden boxes.
• Help editing our teach-in videos.
•
We need an email list of bars and restaurants in Sonoma County.
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
