Ecology

Drawdown Conference Earth Care Gathering

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Drawdown Conference Earth Care Gathering Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Second Presbyterian Church 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock $15 Registration Register Online Here: www.arkansasipl.com Or send a check to Ark. IPL at PO Box 2441, Little Rock, AR 72203 Scholarships for College Students. Contact us at arkansasipl@gmail.com Lunch, Gifts, Door Prizes KEYNOTE SPEKEAR: Katharine Wilkinson, D.Phil., is Senior Writer at Project Drawdown, working to bring Drawdown to life and to the world and translating research into message. She brings with her an interdisciplinary background that cuts across sustainability, strategy, and thought leadership. Previously, Katharine was Director […]

Mighty Earth Calls on Tyson’s!

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Change For The Better! Mighty Earth Calls on Tyson’s! Thursday Feb 8 – 10:30 am Was 11:00 – but we want Shareholders to SEE US so we’re showin’ up early! 318 Emma Street in Springdale Mighty Earth Thurs Feb 8 – 10:30 am UPDATE: START TIME IS NOW 10:30 (not 11) Join Mighty Earth on Thurs February 8 to call on Tyson Foods to cut out their most destructive practices. Tyson’s actions are imperiling our environment and our way of life. We don’t need to choose between nourishing ourselves and sustaining our environment. And we want to see Tyson take […]

Climate Change Book Forum

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Sun Feb 4 – 1:30 pm – Fay Public Library Hi, Everyone Interested in Climate Change and our Forum at F’ville Library, The book title for February is Community Resilience Reader, edited by Daniel Lerch and inspired by Richard Heinberg, presenter Lolly Tindol. A couple of interesting highlights From the Community Resilience Reader: The sustainability challenges of yesterday have become today’s resilience crises. National and global efforts have failed to stop climate change, transition from fossil fuels, and reduce inequality. We must now confront these and other increasingly complex problems by building resilience at the community level. But what does […]

Plastic Pollution – There Are Solutions

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January 25, Program 6:00-7:00 Exhibit opens 5:30 – Fayetteville Public Library Walker Room Speakers: Blue Brasher-Rues — 15 year old activist and environmentalist Ann Hickman – spent 2 months helping birth sea turtles in Maui. Taylor Bridges – TedX Fayetteville speaker will share policy solutions Plastic pollution doesn’t start or end in the ocean. Our highways and woods are littered with plastic bags, bottles, etc. Join us to hear 3 young women talk about plastic pollution, offering personal and policy solutions to this growing problem.

Clean It Up, Tyson – 2018 kickoff

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Clean It Up, Tyson – 2018 kickoff Concerned about water pollution and climate change? Come to Mighty Earth’s “Clean It Up, Tyson” 2018 kickoff. Wednesday, January 24, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Farrell’s Lounge, 311 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville Complimentary tickets here The meat industry is the leading source of water pollution and poses an enormous threat to our climate. As the largest meat company, Tyson has played a central role in bringing about many of our most dire environmental problems. We’re working to change this. The meat industry’s biggest impact comes from the corn and soy fed to the farm […]

JANUARY READING for Climate Change Book Forum

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JANUARY READING for Climate Change Book Forum Conversation on Climate and Agriculture Sun Jan 7 – 1:30 pm – Fayetteville Library Board Room Hi All, For January 7th we are reading The ELEPHANT IN THE CORNFIELD by Chris Clayton. The Elephant in the Cornfield Apparently it is only available on Kindle, and is only $5.99, but also samples of the book can be downloaded for free on your Kindle or iPad.

Kent Bonar’s book signing of “An Arkansas Florilegium”

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Kent Bonar’s book signing of “An Arkansas Florilegium” Dec. 14 – 7:00-9:00 pm – Botanical Gardens, Hiway 265 Illustrator Bonar himself will be at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville (Hiway 265) on Dec. 14 (Thursday) from 7-9pm to sign his book. He’s one-of-a-kind, perhaps as close to Thoreau as any of us will ever come, and a walking miracle (literally). I knew him back in the days we lived in Nail in Newton County 32 yrs ago. Kent walks all over the Ozark mountains, has no car, lives with about 20 dogs in a very small house, has one […]

An Arkansas Florilegium

Rally for Clean Water!

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Mighty Earth Monday Nov 30 – 10:00 am Tyson’s Headquarters Springdale Rally for Clean Water! Come show your support for how much good food can do! Interested in coming? Let us know! RSVP to our Facebook event to stay up to date on additional parking information, speaker announcements, and more! http://bit.ly/TysonRally https://www.facebook.com/events/186787121885145/ After almost 3 months of grassroots organizing in Northwest Arkansas and in six other cities around the country, we are making real progress on our campaign! Across the country we have collected tens of thousands of petitions, made hundreds of calls to Tyson’s headquarters, and have gotten over […]