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park guthrie
Aug 31, 2018, 8:58:05 AM8/31/18
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Hi All,
Schools for Climate Action Petition to Educational Leaders
Please consider signing and sharing widely the Schools for Climate Action petition calling on leaders from 3 of the largest educational organizations in the country to pass climate action resolutions just like 23 local school boards have done.
Between them the California State Board of Education, the California School Boards Association, and the National School Boards Association have nearly every school student in the country as their primary or secondary constituent. These leaders have standing to officially call climate change a generational justice issue that Congress has a moral imperative to act on.
Were any of these 3 organizations to pass a climate action resolution, there would likely be hundreds or thousands of the 14,000 local school boards across the country to quickly pass follow-on resolutions. This would generate a massive signal for Congress and help block the logjam on rational national climate policy.
All of these leaders have dedicated much of their professional lives fighting for resources and better conditions for kids. We suspect that they already privately believe that climate change is a generational justice issue and that Congress should act quickly and boldly. By signing and sharing this petition widely, you will help create conditions for these leaders to state publicly and officially what already likely believe privately.
When you sign the petition, please add a comment that lists your school stakeholder status (Ex: 6th grade teacher in Harmony Union School District, 9th grade student at Credo High School school, parent of 2 high school students at Credo High School, grandparent of 3, etc.)
Thanks so much!
Park
On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 10:34 PM <osc_eart...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Emerald <eme...@occupysonomacounty.org>: Aug 30 05:04AM -0700
[image: Occupy Sonoma County]
*EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS*
*Welcome to the people who have joined recently. This is a simple weekly
newsletter. Your participation is encouraged. Please share information
and actions about climate change, climate justice, GMOs, toxic chemicals,
and Earth-related topics.If you wish to reduce email volume switch your
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Twitter <https://twitter.com/OcSoCo> pages to share these articles already
posted there.*
* If you are uncomfortable clicking on links in an email you can cut and
paste the link into your browser.*
*1) Recent Arrests Under New Anti-Protest Law Spotlight Risks That Off-Duty
Cops Pose to Pipeline Opponents*
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/22/recent-arrests-under-new-anti-protest-law-spotlight-risks-that-off-duty-cops-pose-to-pipeline-opponents/
*Will Parrish: "Over the weekend, four opponents of the Bayou Bridge
pipeline and an independent journalist covering their activities were
arrested and charged under Louisiana House Bill 727, which makes
trespassing on “critical infrastructure” facilities — a category that
explicitly includes oil pipelines — a felony punishable by up to five years
in prison, a fine of $1,000, or both. A total of eight people have now been
charged under the law since it took effect on August 1." This proves that
we are being effective!*
*2) Fast-Melting Lakes Could Increase Permafrost Emissions 118 Percent *
https://www.ecowatch.com/thermokarst-permafrost-methane-emissions-2598738136.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=bb31e02dcc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-bb31e02dcc-86095421
*3) Kansas Didn't Tell Residents Their Water Was Contaminated For Years *
https://www.ecowatch.com/kansas-water-contamination-2599534903.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6cc13adfe0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6cc13adfe0-86095421
*4) Hawaii Devastated by Flooding as Lane Rainfall Nears U.S. Record *
https://www.ecowatch.com/hawaii-hurricane-lane-flooding-2599467495.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6cc13adfe0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6cc13adfe0-86095421
*5) Fight Against Glyphosate Could Reignite Push for Agent Orange Justice *
https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-could-reignite-push-for-agent-orange-justice-2599594069.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6cc13adfe0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6cc13adfe0-86095421
*"The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) Chief
of Office and Director of Liaison Lawyers Office Quách Thành Vinh told Viet
Nam News that the recent verdict that Monsanto award former groundskeeper
Dewayne Johnson $289 million in damages could help other victims of toxic
chemicals get justice, including the three million Vietnamese victims of
Agent Orange his organization represents. Viet Nam News also pointed out
that studies by the U.S. and Vietnamese governments have linked dioxin and
Agent Orange exposure to more than 10 diseases. "No matter how difficult
and prolonged this case might be, we won't ever give up on it, for the sake
of the millions of Vietnamese victims," Vinh told Viet Nam News."*
*6) 4 U.S. States With 30+ Percent Wind Power *
https://www.ecowatch.com/wind-power-generation-states-2599843336.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c477bd76f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c477bd76f3-86095421
*Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota.*
*7) French Environment Minister Quits Over Government's Inadequate Green
Policies *
https://www.ecowatch.com/french-environment-minister-quits-2599773159.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c477bd76f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c477bd76f3-86095421
*"He said the government has made inadequate progress in reducing the use
of pesticides, protecting soil health and defending biodiversity... "I
don't want to lie anymore," Hulot said. "I don't want to create the
illusion that my presence in the government means that we are on top of
these issues and therefore I take the decision to quit this government."...
He also had differences with the government's decision to drop its
long-held 2025 target of reducing the share of nuclear energy in its power
mix to 50 percent. He also wanted to ban the herbicide glyphosate but was
overruled by the agriculture ministry, according to the Guardian... The
Greens in the European Parliament lamented Hulot's exit. "Hulot was a hope
for the ecologists but Macron's government doesn't defend the environment,
biodiversity or public health—it listens more to powerful lobbies," the
group tweeted today." *
*8) 5 Ways Communities Are Coping With Climate Anxiety *
https://www.ecowatch.com/communities-are-coping-with-climate-anxiety-2598438336.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=182edca6f4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-182edca6f4-86095421
*YES! Magazine: "Here are five community-based programs that are helping
people confront—and cope with—the mental health consequences of climate
change."*
*9) **19 Global Cities Commit to Make New Buildings Net-Zero By 2030 *
https://www.ecowatch.com/net-zero-emissions-buildings-cities-2598664498.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=182edca6f4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-182edca6f4-86095421
*Copenhagen, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York City,
Newburyport, Paris, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Monica,
Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Tshwane, Vancouver and Washington, DC.*
*10) A Koch-Fueled Attack on Electric Buses Picks Up Speed *
https://www.ecowatch.com/koch-fueled-attack-on-electric-buses-2598163369.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=182edca6f4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-182edca6f4-86095421
*DeSmogBlog: "Many cities are now announcing transitions to electric bus
fleets. New York City announced in April its plans to electrify its fleet
by 2040. Los Angeles is committed to an entirely zero-emissions fleet by
2030. Seattle is purchasing 120 e-buses by 2020 and has committed to
electrifying its entire fleet by 2040. Electric buses are moving toward the
mainstream, despite attacks from oil industry apologists."*
*11) Australian Prime Minister Ousted Over Climate Policy *
https://www.ecowatch.com/australia-prime-minister-climate-policy-2598685521.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=182edca6f4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-182edca6f4-86095421
*"Conservative lawmaker Scott Morrison has forced out Malcolm Turnbull as
Australian prime minister, the third time the country's leader has sunk
over climate policy in the past decade, and the seventh since 1997,
according to Australia's ABC News... Australia is one of the countries most
vulnerable to climate change, with relentless drought, deadly wildfires and
devastating bleaching at the iconic Great Barrier Reef. At the same time,
Australia is one of the world's largest coal exporters, accounting for 37
percent of global exports."*
*12) Standing Rock Veterans Lead Fight to Shut Down Enbridge Line 5
Pipeline *
https://www.ecowatch.com/pipeline-protest-michigan-enbridge-2598173435.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=044354271a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-044354271a-86095421
*"A group of Standing Rock veterans and their allies have set up camp in
Northern Michigan to stop another pipeline: Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline that
passes under the Straits of Mackinac between Lakes Huron and Michigan as it
carries oil from Western Canada to Ontario, Michigan Radio reported Sunday.
"*
*13) Texas Oil Companies Want Federal Dollars to Protect Them From Climate
Change *
https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-companies-climate-change-protection-2598447515.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=044354271a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-044354271a-86095421
*14) World's Largest Shipping Company to Send First Ship Through Melting
Arctic *
https://www.ecowatch.com/shipping-arctic-ice-melting-2598089199.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=dab75a9cb1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-dab75a9cb1-86095421
*"This week, the Guardian reported that the Arctic's thickest and oldest
sea ice—also known as "the last ice area"—is breaking up for the first time
on record. The breakage has opened up waters north of Greenland that are
normally frozen-solid even in the peak of summer, a phenomenon that has
been described as "scary."*
*15) European Union to Ban Halogen Bulbs *
https://www.ecowatch.com/halogen-bulbs-ban-european-union-2598382369.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=044354271a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-044354271a-86095421
*16) Canadian Supreme Court Rejects BC City’s Bid to Stop Trans Mountain
Pipeline*
https://www.ecowatch.com/canadian-supreme-court-trans-mountain-pipeline-2598514607.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=044354271a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-044354271a-86095421
*17) Sea Level Rise Has Already Cost 8 East Coast States More Than $14
Billion in Home Values *
https://www.ecowatch.com/sea-level-rise-home-values-2598716861.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=182edca6f4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-182edca6f4-86095421
*"Sea level rise caused by climate change has already cost the U.S. $14.1
billion dollars in home values across eight East Coast states, according to
new data released Thursday by the First Street Foundation, a Brooklyn-based
non-profit whose stated mission is "to educate citizens and elected
officials on the risks, causes and solutions to sea level rise and
flooding."*
*18) General Mills Faces Lawsuit Over Glyphosate in Cereals *
https://www.ecowatch.com/general-mills-glyphosate-lawsuit-2598400768.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=044354271a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-044354271a-86095421
*"Monsanto's—and now Bayer's—glyphosate problem is also a headache for
General Mills. The Cheerios-maker could face a class action lawsuit
alleging the company failed to warn consumers about traces of the
controversial herbicide in its products... Reuters reported Thursday that
Bayer is facing 8,000 U.S. lawsuits alone, up from the 5,200 it previously
disclosed."*
*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%!
*Take Action - Get Involved!*
*Community Seed Exchange*
*Sat. August 25 (the last Saturday every month)*
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Rd., Sebastopol
For more info: *communitys...@gmail.com
<communitys...@gmail.com>*
9-10:30 Optional Work Party
11-12 Garden Roundtable and Summer Harvest Potluck
9-12 Seed Library
* Saturday, September 8, 10 AMEmbarcadero Plaza, San FranciscoRISE March
for Climate, Jobs, and Justice*
Get on the bus in Sonoma & Marin County: *http://bit.ly/sonmarinrise
<http://bit.ly/sonmarinrise>*
Let's mobilize EVERYONE for this important march!
For more info contact 350Sono...@gmail.com <350Sono...@gmail.com>
*Tuesday, September 11 - Thursday, September 13, 9am-9pm*
*The National Heirloom Expo*
Sonoma County Fairground, Santa Rosa
$30 for 3 days, $15 for 1 day, kids free
The "World's Fair of Pure Food" - exhibits, speakers, vendors, workshops,
food, and fun!
For more info: http://theheirloomexpo.com/ (check the website close to the
event for the schedule)
*(Editor's note: Don't miss this awesome event!)*
Saturday, September 15th, 8:30-11:30 am
Russian River Watershed Clean Up
Numerous locations from Ukiah to Monte Rio
Call Russian Riverkeeper at (707) 433-1958 x103 or email
b...@russianriverkeeper.org
*Monday, September 17, 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
<http://OccupySonomaCounty.org>* or call 707-877-6650.
*September 17, 2018 6-8pm** – Potential Strategies for Zero Waste*
*October 22, 2018 6-8pm** - Draft Zero Waste Plan*
Finley Community Center, Person Senior Wing, Room 1
2060 West College Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
<https://350bayarea.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2F%3Fq%3D2060%2BWest%2BCollege%2BAvenue%2C%2BSanta%2BRosa%2C%2BCA%2B95401%26entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&e=d21a8bea0d9b37142160b7765dc4dd1a&utm_source=350bayarea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=18aug7_sonltr&n=6>
For more info contact 350Sono...@gmail.com
*Wednesday, September 19, 7pm*
*350 Sonoma*
For more info go to Facebook350 Sonoma or webpage 350sonoma.org. Email
350Sono...@gmail.com
<350Sono...@gmail.com>*Community Seed Exchange*
*Sat. September 29 (the last Saturday every month)*
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Rd., Sebastopol
For more info: communitys...@gmail.com
9-10:30 Optional Work Party
11-12 Free Workshop
9-12 Seed Library
<350Sono...@gmail.com>
*December 6*,
*5-8 PM*
*Holiday Networking Party & Awards for Leadership in Post-fire Ecosystem
Regeneration*
Sebastopol Grange
Sonoma County Conservation Council: sc...@sonic.net <sc...@sonic.net>
* Volunteer Opportunities*
• We need a list of Mexican restaurants and taquerias for a mailing about
GMOs in corn products.
* Please help promote and attend the RISE march on September 8:
http://CA.RISEFORCLIMATE.org
for bus info: http://bit.ly/sonmarinrise
*What Earth Actions are you taking?*
707-877-6650
http://OccupySonomaCounty.org
http://OccupySonomaCounty.org/es
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://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
Emerald <Eme...@occupysonomacounty.org>: Aug 30 07:59AM
Join the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
International on September
11th, *the ‘Women's Assembly For Climate Justice: Women Leading Solutions
On The Frontlines Of Climate Change*
<http://wecaninternational.org/pages/sept2018>*’* which will be held in
downtown San Francisco in parallel to the Global Climate Action Submit
(GCAS).
For those not in California, the event will be available livestream video
on the WECAN International Facebook page
<https://www.facebook.com/events/402080546886812/>.
Please RSVP here for the Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-assembly-for-climate-justice-women-leading-solutions-on-the-frontlines-of-climate-change-tickets-46867064652?aff=ebdssbdestsearch>
The ‘Women’s Assembly For Climate Justice’, will be an extraordinary
gathering of policy makers, grassroots, frontline, and Indigenous
women leaders,
joined in solidarity to speak out against environmental and social
injustice, draw attention to root causes of the climate crisis, and present
the diverse array of visions and strategies with which they are working to
shape a healthy and equitable world.
Event topics will include the intersectionality of gender and environment;
Indigenous rights; the just transition; democracy; women and forest
protection and regeneration; fossil fuel resistance efforts; women and
agro-ecology/soils; environmental racism; democracy; and women’s leadership
and calls for action within a climate justice framework.
Speakers to date include:
*Corrina Gould (Ohlone, Co-Founder of Sogorea Te Land Trust, Co-Founder of
Indian People Organizing for Change); Pennie Opal Plant (Yaqui &
undocumented Choctaw & Cherokee, Co-Founder of Idle No More SF Bay,
Co-Founder of Movement Rights, and Signatory on the Indigenous Women of the
Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty); Her Excellency President Hilda C.
Heine (President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands); Honorable Mary
Robinson (President of the Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice, former
President of Ireland); Annie Leonard (Executive Director of Greenpeace
USA); *
*Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca, Ponca Nation Council-Woman, WECAN Advisory
Council Member); *
*Amy Goodman* (Host and Executive Producer of Democracy Now!
);
Jacqueline Patterson (Director of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Environmental and Climate Justice
Program);
Gloria Ushigua (Sápara, President of the Association of Sápara Women,
Ecuador);
Kandi Mossett (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lead Organizer on the Extreme
Energy & Just Transition Campaign with the Indigenous Environmental
Network);
*Eriel Deranger* (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Executive Director and
Co-Founder of Indigenous Climate Action, Canada);
Neema Namadamu (Founder of SAFECO, Women's Earth and Climate Action Network
Regional Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo); Michelle Cook (Diné,
Human rights lawyer, Founder and Co-Director of the Divest, Invest, Protect
campaign);
Antonia Juhasz (Oil and Energy Analyst, Author and Investigative
Journalist): and many more remarkable presenters!
*This event is free and open to the public - and will be presented Tuesday
September 11th from 1:00 to 8:30 pm at The Green Room (second floor), 401
Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, California
<https://maps.google.com/?q=401+Van+Ness+Ave,+San+Francisco,+California&entry=gmail&source=g>
(and online via livestream).*
*Please learn more and share this event via the WECAN International webpage
<https://wecaninternational.org/pages/sept2018> - or Facebook Events
<https://www.facebook.com/events/402080546886812/>*
*Please RSVP here for the Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-assembly-for-climate-justice-women-leading-solutions-on-the-frontlines-of-climate-change-tickets-46867064652?aff=ebdssbdestsearch>*
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
wecaninternational.org
<https://www.facebook.com/Womens-Earth-and-Climate-Action-Network-153704007991524/?ref=tn_tnmn>
I Twitter <https://twitter.com/WECAN_INTL>
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