Monthly Archives: June 2025

UN WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, JUNE 5

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-un-world-environment-day-june-5.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology, June 5, 2025 What’s at Stake:  In 1974, the UN urged the world to celebrate World Environment Day with the slogan “Only One Earth”; in 2021 the theme was “Ecosystem Restoration.”   These are the large contexts within which the UN seeks to preserve our planet and its civilizations. CONTENTS UN World Environment Day June 5, 2025, Slogan, “Beat Plastic Pollution.” The Shalom Report.  “From Sap Rising Up, To People Rising Up.” George Monbiot.  “ Protection Racket.”  TEXTS World Environment Day 2025 is […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #232, JUNE 4 , 2025

 in WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS

Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-232-june-4.html US Right Wing Militarism Post WWIIScientists Call for Ban on Nuclear Weapons Testing. Jacqueline E. Sharkey.  Under Fire: U.S. Military Restrictions on the Media from Grenada to the Persian Gulf.Peace&Planet News.  Veterans for Peace.  [VfP recognizes three existential threats: wars, warming, fascism.Laleh Khalili.   Silicon Valley knows that war is good for business.Jimmy Tobias.  “The Nuclear Age, Reborn.”  June 3, 1957.   Linus Pauling and 2,000 other scientists join call for ban on nuclear weapons testing.  Eisenhower rejects plea.  Source: Peace Calendar 2025, Syracuse Cultural Workers. Jacqueline E. Sharkey.  Under Fire: U.S.Military Restrictions on the Media from […]

Beautiful Pride Activities about to Explode All Around Us

 in Pride

Pride Parade June 28 – 5:00 pm step-off Ride with Omni in our Pride Truck. Email omni@omnicenter.org to volunteer or get more info. If you have a really pretty truck you’d like to drive in the parade please let us know. This parade is ALWAYS so much fun. If you’ve never participated before this is the time to experience it. The LGBTQIA community is under so much attack it’s a good time to stand behind them by showing up for Pride. Support Pride & Community – Sponsor Our Raffle for NWA Equality! Patrick Mahoney Hey there! My name is Patrick Mahoney, […]

HOMELESS SOLUTIONS TOMORROW CONFRONTS A CRISIS

 in Current Events

Thursday June 5 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center One of the biggest homeless encampments in town is facing a sweep from the University next Monday. Where can 150 people go for safety? It’s a conundrum we’ve been ignoring for way too long. There needs to be real solutions offered now. Join Homeless Solutions members tomorrow at Omni to learn more and grapple with the very real crisis faced by so many people.

Tibetan Healing Ceremonies coming up

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Healing and Longevity Ceremony Sat June 7 – 2:00 pm – Omni Center Tibetan Healing and Longevity Ceremony Saturday June 7 at Omni Center 2:00 pm. The ceremony is for individual, collective and global healing on all levels. Our world is full of regrets, loss, sorrows, fear, and global horrors. This expansive level of healing is needed right now more than ever. If there is any illness, sorrow or negativity in your world – of course there is – bring some small item that represents it, or that belonged to someone who has passed on. This should be something you can discard or destroy […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #233, JUNE 2, 2025

 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/06/omni-climate-memo-mondays-233-june-2.html GreenPeace Debunks FF Industry Lies.  2025.Debra J. Rosenthal, editor.  Teaching the Literature of Climate Change. 2024.Karen G. Lloyd and Martin Crook.  CAPITALISM, COLONISATION AND THE ECOCIDE-GENOCIDE NEXUS.  2023. GREENPEACE DEBUNKS LIES BY THE FF INDUSTRY.  5-26-25. https://engage.us.greenpeace.org/a/250507_mwemailCLM_makepolluterspay_ext_inc?contactdata=&am=100&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ea&utm_campaign=inc__250526_mw_clm07appl_lpd8zzzzzzzzzcz&sourceid=1021686&emci=5977586f-1938-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&emdi=a453cef8-4b3a-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&ceid=4201130 Debra J. Rosenthal, editor.  Teaching the Literature of Climate Change.  MLA, 2024.  344.  Publisher’s description:Options for Teaching.    “[A]n indispensable sourcebook for instructors and a valuable companion for anyone seeking to comprehend the climate emergency. . . . It is an excellent reference for instructors who want to engage their students with climate literature and the climate change […]