Monthly Archives: February 2023

You are your city’s best source of climate data

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Yes Magazine Nov 2022 https://yesmagazine.cmail20.com/t/d-e-zeujiy-tllhqntj-q/ On very hot days, Victor Sanchez makes sure to leave his home in the afternoon. “The sun just pours in,” he said of his top-floor, west-facing apartment in Harlem, where he has two fans but no air conditioner. Sanchez usually finds a shaded bench in nearby Morningside Park, sees a film, or rides his bike to the beach, returning home after the relentless sun has begun to set. “It’s just dangerous to stay inside,” he said. In 2016, Sanchez, who is 67 and works in public media, helped scientists quantify just how dangerous it is […]

Putting Out the Planetary Fire

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And how to make an impact! New (free) book on Climate Change and Advocacy Mark Dunlea’ via People vs Fossil Fuels <build-back-fossil-free@googlegroups.com> http://gelfny.org/putting-out-the-planetary-fire/ Green Education and Legal Fund – www.gelfny.org – January 1, 2023 Dear Climate Activists and friends: As we welcome a new year, time is rapidly running out for the world to avoid climate collapse. I have compiled a new climate book – Putting Out the Planetary Fire: An Introduction to Climate Change and Advocacy – which you can read for free on the Green Education and Legal Fund’s website. The link is to the index and chapter outline; each chapter is also […]

Be an Advocate for the Birds during Arkansas’s 94th General Assembly

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Arkansas is getting ready to do some things that are dangerous for birds and other creatures. They need your help. Please contact Glenn Hooks to find out how you can help the birds. How can you help during this year’s legislative session? VOLUNTEER FOR THE BIRDS Submit Volunteer Form Glenn Hook says: The Arkansas state legislative session just started, during which 135 senators and representatives will begin attending to the people’s business. We welcome them to Little Rock and look forward to a productive session over the next few months. As always, Audubon will be present and active at the Capitol […]

Open Mic for Peace

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Sun March 4 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Welcome spring with our great local musicians! Always fun. Always beautiful. For many Open Mic is like a sweet spiritual experience. Thank you to Kelly and Donna Mulhollan for creating this warm and open space for creative musicians and poets to try out their work. Bring your instrument or whatever and share. Or just join those of us who listen and enjoy.

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAY, #113, FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/02/omni-war-watch-wednesday-113-february.html End the War Ron Jacobs.  “We Need an International Antiwar Movement.” Kathy Kelly and Nick Mottern.  War Crimes.  Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal.   Ben Norton. Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism.  “World at dangerous crossroads, only two paths forward: anti-imperialist socialism or fascist barbarism.”   Multipolarista.  END THE WAR RON JACOBS.  “We Need an International Antiwar Movement, Not a Cheerleading Squad for the Arms Industry.”  Counterpunch.  May 3, 2022.   FacebookTwitterRedditEmail  Painting: Paths Of Glory by Christopher R. W. Nevinson (1917) A ceasefire between the warring parties, a Russian withdrawal, a halt to arms shipments, a negotiated peace and an end to […]

CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #113, FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/02/climate-memo-mondays-113-february-6-2023.html Rewildng Half the EarthGreenpeace PrioritiesPassover DivestmentSocial Media and Encyclopedia Scholarship  Half-Earth Socialism and the Path Beyond Capital Brian M. Napoletano.  Monthly Review  (February 3, 2023) The Half-Earth movement calls for rewildng half the earth as a means of combating the planetary crisis. Brian Napoletano explores the implications of the Half-Earth approach as outlined in Vettese and Pendergrass’s Half-Earth Socialism. | more… GREENPEACE Letting you in on our latest meeting            Ebony Twilley Martin, Greenpeace via uark.onmicrosoft.com 1-24-23 ) James –  I just got out of an important meeting about Greenpeace’s 2023 priorities. 2023 Strategy Planning — 01/20/2023 — Major priorities in the new year:Win international agreements to […]

Monthly Time Exchange Potluck

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Weds Feb 8 – 6:00 pm – Omni January got iced out, and there was no internet to inform you. But we’re pretty sure you couldn’t have made it there anyway. Just one of those things about living with climate change. This month’s potluck is coming up soon. Next Wednesday Feb 8. It’s a new time of the month. The Exchange Advisory Corps starts the new year with a shift in the schedule. We’re hoping Wednesday will work for you. Please bring a dish to share and enjoy re-connecting with old and new friends. If it would be fun for […]

Open Mic for February is different

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Open Mic February Sunday Feb 5 – 7:00 pm – Omni Maybe this is a covid thing. February is usually a Black History Month, or a Valentine Hearts thing. This year the idea that comes to the mind of Donna Mulhollan (that major source of cultural inspiration around here) is about death, or “crossing over”. There’ve been several of those in Omni already this year I sorry to say. In the wake of covid we need some new thinking about that, and art, music and culture have things to say that can nurture new understanding and deeper care about such […]