Climate

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global WarmingUnlock Your Inner Climate Superhero! Here’s the Superhero roadmap! The Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based strategy for accelerating climate solutions. It points to which climate actions governments, businesses, investors, philanthropists, community organizations, and others should prioritize to make the most of our efforts to stop climate change. Here’s a TED Talk by Project Drawdown CEO Johnathan Foley from last March. He lays out Project Drawdown’s master plan – their Roadmap for Drawdown that they feel confident could effectively let us come to terms with the climate disaster we face.Drawdown TED […]

What’s happening around the world about climate? Selected moments from the collection of Reevaluation Counseling leader Russ Vernon-Jones and shared by local Omni member Dorothy Marcy #221 Chinese courts backed to help with emissions reduction One of China’s top courts has encouraged judges to hear climate-related cases and weigh up carbon impacts to help the country achieve its emission reduction goals. Climate litigation has been difficult in China because, unlike many other countries, it does not have specific legislation to combat climate change. But the judiciary has signaled a willingness to engage with the issue. This new document gives courts across […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2023 Contact: Peter Nierengarten  Environmental Director  Sustainability and Resilience  479-575-8272  pnierengarten@fayetteville-ar.gov City of Fayetteville seeks input for new Climate Action Plan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The City of Fayetteville is embarking on a new, comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and it will host several in-person events this spring to gather input and feedback from Fayetteville residents.  The Climate Action Plan aims to continue the commitment of reducing greenhouse gas emissions laid out in the City’s Energy Action Plan adopted in 2018, adding a new focus on nature-based solutions to help reduce the impacts of climate change. The […]

Saturday April 22 – 1:00-4:00 pm – Omni Center You’re invited to Omni’s climate potluck, 3274 N. Lee Ave for a lunch potluck and climate discussion. You don’t have to be vegan to attend, but please bring vegan just for the fun of it so everyone can share and partake. The Omni potluck will be organized by Chip Balew, dedicated vegan advocate. We’ll try posting some vegan suggestions on the Facebook event very soon. A link for the event page will come out asap. If you’re not vegan it could be a delicious new experience as well as a climate […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sunday Feb 6 – 1:30 pm on ZoomCity Alderman Teresa Turk will give us the first-hand low-down on her proposal to set up a climate resilience fund.She presented it in December but could not get enough suppport. She’ll talk about the potential of the fund and what it could mean for the city.