EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - August 1, 2019

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Aug 1, 2019, 6:38:38 AM8/1/19
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EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS  

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There will be no Earth Action meeting or any OSC meetings or events in August.


OSC is on summer break in August.  

We will continue the weekly newsletter.

BREAKTHROUGH!

Chile's Coquimbo region nears 100% renewables share in H1 2019

BHP commits to emissions reduction, declares: 'Global warming indisputable.'
"BHP's chief executive Andrew Mackenzie on Tuesday delivered a bombshell in London, declaring carbon emissions must be reduced, otherwise: "the planet will survive. Many species may not."

BAYER/MONSANTO
Monsanto fails bid to banish experts from St. Louis Roundup cancer trial - U.S. Right to Know
GMOs & GLYPHOSATE
Global Women’s Health Federation FIGO Calls for Phasing Out of Glyphosate Herbicides

FOSSIL FUELS
U.S. Oil Companies Find Energy Independence Isn’t So Profitable

While the planet overheats, Ohio's coal industry gets a bailout

As Risky Finances Alienate Investors, Fracking Companies Look to Retirement Funds for Cash

Fracking: At what cost?

Colombian Communities are Battling UK Coal Giants to Save La Guajira
"The Cerrejón Coal Company, a subsidiary of three UK-based mining giants, has diverted the Bruno River in La Guajira, Colombia, to extract 35 million tonnes of coal destined for Europe, North America and Asia. This is both illegal, as it contravenes a Constitutional Court ruling ordering a stop to the diversion, and wrong."

Can this pretty pink flower stop the Arroyo Grande Oil Field expansion?

POLLUTION
Plastic Free July: What we learnt over the month (and what we couldn't live without)
230 million people participated in Plastic Free July!!  If you participated but didn't join on their website, add yourself to the count.

Bay Area air regulators drag feet on refinery pollution protections

GREEN NEW DEAL
Democrats Propose a ‘Climate Emergency’ Resolution, Calling for ‘Massive-Scale Mobilization’
The title implies that the DNC is taking a stand but the article names a small number of people within the Democratic Party.

WAKE UP CALL
Arctic wildfires: What's caused huge swathes of flames to spread?

Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months
"Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that to keep the rise in global temperatures below 1.5C this century, emissions of carbon dioxide would have to be cut by 45% by 2030.
But today, observers recognise that the decisive, political steps to enable the cuts in carbon to take place will have to happen before the end of next year."

World Hunger Rises with Climate Shocks, Conflict and Economic Slumps
"A UN report shows an estimated 2 billion people now face moderate or severe food insecurity as the planet warms."

Climate crisis already causing deaths and childhood stunting, report reveals

THINK TANK & STRATEGY

Climate change: Scientists test radical ways to fix Earth's climate

EIB plans to cut all funding for fossil fuel projects by 2020
"The European Investment Bank has vowed to end its multibillion euro financing for fossil fuel projects by the end of next year in order to align its strategy with climate targets."

England region plans world-first for climate change teaching
"A region of northern England plans to become the first place in the world to have a UN-accredited climate change teacher in every state primary and secondary school."

Experts call for ban on glass skyscrapers to save energy in climate crisis

Scientists urge the U.N. to make environmental destruction a war crime

Automakers, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule, Strike a Deal With California

DIRECT ACTIONS
Lawsuit: Trump Is Failing to Protect Emperor Penguins From Climate Crisis

I don't know what to do about climate change...but I'll find out

Extinction Rebellion hold Richmond 'funeral procession' for extinct species

SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Train travel is a gem waiting for rediscovery

ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Scotland planted over 22 million trees last year, smashing goals

Take Action - Get Involved!


Monday, August 5, 6:30-8:30 pm, $12 suggested donation, No one turned away
Safe Ag Safe Schools (SASS) presents authors Mitchel Cohen and Robin Falk Esser on pesticides, herbicides, and toxins in our community
Sebastopol Grange. 6000 Sebastopol Ave. (Route 12), Sebastopol
To register: https://dailyacts.org/events-1/?eid=11836


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


Wednesday, Aug. 21, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
350 Sonoma monthly organizing meeting every third Wednesday
Peace and Justice Center - 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa


Sunday, August 25, 12-4:00 PM Free
Indivisible Petaluma Presents the 22nd Annual Progressive Festival
Family Friendly event with a kid zone!
Bring reusable plates, etc. to get $1 off your food purchases
Walnut Park, Petaluma

Saturday, August 31 (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


Wednesday, September 4, 7:30-9:00 PM Free
DRAWDOWN Workshop with Crystal Chissell from Project Drawdown
Teachers, Students, Parents, Public.... Copies of the Drawdown book for sale
Sebastopol Grange, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Hwy 12, Sebastopol
Sponsored by The Rahus Institute and Sebastopol Grange
For more info: 707-829-3154 or carboncon...@rahus.org


Monday, September 16, 7-9 PM (There is NO Earth Action meeting in August)
Occupy Sonoma County Earth Action Campaign Meeting

OSC will be discussing our Earth Action campaigns and event plans for next year.  Bring your ideas and proposals to this 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)


Friday, September 20 noon
Climate Strike & Rally
Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa
For more info: Sonoma County Sunrise Hub on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SunriseSoCo/

Sept. 20-27

Millions of school strikers have shown us they’re serious about climate action. Adults, will you join our youth?
https://globalclimatestrike.net/


Monday, October 7, 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: Woody
Notetaker: Jenny

For more info: SonomaC...@gmail.com or to the SoCoCAN listserv (preferred)


Volunteer

• Please adopt 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 delivering them if you have a truck.

• Help editing our teach-in videos.

• We need an email list of bars and restaurants in Sonoma County.
• Make phone calls from home for 1-2 hours every other month. 

   No skill needed other than a pleasant phone demeanor.

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
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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.

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