Yearly Archives: 2022

Stormwater Runoff Workshop

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The Living Landscape SeriesStormwater Runoff WorkshopSat April 16 – 1:00 pm – Put his on your calendarOmni Center, 3274 N. Lee Ave, Fayetteville Jane Maginot, the stormwater educator for the University of Arkansas’ county extension office, will be giving a presentation on Low-Impact Development and stormwater management. We’ll learn various techniques for using storm water to enhance landscaping, reduce pollution of rivers and streams, and recharge our aquifer. After Jane’s presentation, participants will access the Omni grounds and brainstorm ways to use good stormwater practices in the development of our living landscape project. We will limit the number of participants to 20. Rain or […]

RUSSIA/UKRAINE NEWSLETTER/ANTHOLOGY, #14,  March 19, 2022

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OMNI RUSSIA/UKRAINE NEWSLETTER/ANTHOLOGY, #14, March 19, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/03/omni-russiaukraine-newsletteranthology.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ WHAT MOTIVATED RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON UKRAINE?  In What Ways and to what Extent Was It Provoked by the US and the West?  What are the consequences of US bigotry against Russia and Putin? What is the right wing in Ukraine?  Nazis?  What did the US contribute to the rise of right wing in Ukraine? Should there be a no-fly zone?  Describe the expansion of NATO and Russia’s response.   Many other questions are raised and answered by the following critics. CONTENTS […]

RUSSIA/UKRAINE NEWSLETTER #13, March 12, 2022

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OMNI RUSSIA/UKRAINE NEWSLETTER #13,March 12, 2022 Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/ PitytheNationPitythenationwhosepeoplearesheepAndwhoseshepherdsmisleadthem…– Lawrence Ferlinghetti THE BIASES BY US LEADERS, MEDIA, AND PUBLIC AGAINST RUSSIA AND ITS LEADER PUTIN HAD BECOME SO EXTREME BY FEBRUARY 2022 THAT WE MIGHT FORGIVE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN FOR THINKING THEY KNEW THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.  Here are some questions and corrections:WHAT MOTIVATED RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON UKRAINE?  In What Ways and to what Extent Was It Provoked by the US and the West?  What are the consequences of US bigotry against Russia and Putin? […]

Homebuyer Trainings from Partners for Better Housing

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We just wanted to make you aware of some vaouable homebuyer preparedness trainings taking place this year! If interested, register here and or share with those who may be interested. Food will be provided at each. 1.   Homebuyer 101 (sorry this one happened already): Saturday, February 26th, 2022 from 12 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. at 115 S. Willow Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72701 2.   Down payment & Closing cost assistance (ADFA Homebuyer programs): Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 from 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Webinar & in person/Location TBD) 3.   Habitat for Humanity orientation and other homeownership programs and resources: Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 30th, 2022 @ 10 […]

IPCC report underscores Urgent need to ramp up Drawdown Solutions

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IPCC report underscores Urgent need to ramp up Drawdown Solutions https://drawdown.org/solutionsEarlier this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a sobering report sharing the latest knowledge on climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. In the report’s own words, “The science is clear. Any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future.”  With severe impacts already underway, it’s critical we work NOW to minimize future harm and avoid change that exceeds our ability to adapt. What to do? Take a look at Project Drawdown’s 80-plus climate solutions; identify which you can […]

RUSSIA NEWSLETTER #12, March 5, 2022

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OMNI RUSSIA NEWSLETTER #12,March 5, 2022 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/03/russia-ukraine-newsletteranthology-12.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology Omnicenter.org/donate/    No one has asked why equal time is not given to official US history and positions, perhaps because the explanation is obvious.  The US possesses, as part of its military power (greater than the next six countries combined), probably the most powerful propaganda system in all history.  A single citizen who reports contrary opinions might be guilty of whistling in the dark but is not guilty of violating the protocols of news reporting under the First Amendment of the […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #63, March 2, 2022

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 OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #63, March 2, 2022 Glenn Petersen.  War and the Arc of Human ExperienceTodd Miller, Build Bridges, Not Walls https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/03/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-63-march-2.html GLENN PETERSEN. War and the Arc of Human Experience. Rowman and Littlefield, 2021. Glenn Petersen flew seventy combat missions in Vietnam when he was nineteen, launching from an aircraft carrier in the Tonkin Gulf. He’d sought out the weighty responsibilities and hazardous work. But why? What did the cultural architecture of the society he grew up in have to do with the way he went to war? In this book he looks at the war from an […]

Join us in demanding NO NEW PRISONS

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Does Arkansas need more prison beds?Join us in demanding NO NEW PRISONSPlease sign this petition to Governor Hutchinson!https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?promo_id=15723   Governor Hutchinson announced an expansion of 498 beds to the Calico Rock North Central unit as a response to the backup of state sentenced Arkansans being housed in county jails across the state. The project is slated to cost between $60 and $100 million and is made possible by the state’s billion-dollar surplus pending approval from the legislature   There’s more at the link. Here’s a hint of what could happen instead of more prisoners: Arkansas’ punitive approach ignores data-backed solutions that […]