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OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #253, October 20, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett       https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-253-october.html Climate & Capitalism: Two Books on Plastics 350.org on COP 30 “Communicating Climate Change.”   Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Read and Resist! CLIMATE & CAPITALISM  “Ecosocialist Bookshelf,” October 2025.Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future.   Publisher’s description:Plastics, forever chemicals poisoning of the biosphere.POISONING THE WELL:  How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America.  Island Press.PFAS, the ‘forever chemicals’ found in everyday products, from cooking pans to mascara, can now be found in the bodies of just about everyone. The petrochemical knows the danger this poses for […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS #251, OCTOBER 15, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.    https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-251-october.html NO KINGS Demonstration, FAYETTEVILLE, this SATURDAY 18TH, NOON, COURT HOUSE. From Indivisible:  Sat. Oct. 18, 9:30-11:30 am, Rogers.   We’ll meet on the public sidewalks at the intersection of South Promenade Boulevard & Crown Lane, Rogers, AR 72758. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORJoin millions at ‘No Kings’ protest At gatherings big and small; in cities and towns; on street corners, campuses, bridges and town squares; in parks, train stations, city halls and more—AFT members will join with allies nationwide on Oct. 18 for a “No Kings” day of action even bigger than […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #252, October 13, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/10/omni-climate-memo-mondays-252-october.html Inside Climate News Weekly. Protecting Waterways and Wetlands. Climate and Capitalism.Ecological Marxism in the Anthropocene.  INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS WEEKLY (October 11, 2025).   https://insideclimatenews.org/?utm_source=InsideClimate%20News&utm_campaign=9f32789f83- Visit our website for the latest.  Sign up for more newsletters, including our twice-weekly “Today’s Climate” and “Thursday’s Inside Clean Energy.”Follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and Bluesky. Have a tip or story idea? Contact us. PROTECTING WATERWAYS AND WETLANDSWaterkeeper Alliance and Currents (August 2025). Waterkeeper Alliance and partners submitted comments strongly condemning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to reissue its Nationwide Permit program. These proposed changes would allow the destruction of tens of thousands of acres of waterways and wetlands across the United […]

Still Saving Fayetteville trees

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Leslie OelsnerHello friends, I hope you don’t mind sharing this. Please sign and share, if you’re willing. The website explains why this plan for a new school in this location is such a bad idea, including that it involves destroying approximately 4,000 trees in the middle of Fayetteville. And people DO NOT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF FAYETTEVILLE, OR EVEN ARKANSAS, TO SIGN, at this stage of the process. Thank you! Save Our Trees!

Gateway Feeds Folks Helps Out

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Saturday Oct 25 Community Meal Feeds Folks will be helping to serve the Pilgrimage Community Meal and would like your help, Omni friends. We’ll be providing side dishes to go along with chili and cornbread served by a couple of other groups who feed homeless folks. Do you have a favorite picnic dish that would go along with chili? Drop Gladys a text at 479-283-2167 if you can bring something. It’s going to be just a lovely event.

Walk With Us: A Pilgrimage to Call Home

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Oct 23-25 – New Beginnings Northwest Arkansas Community inspiration and fundraiser for a leader in the movement to end homelessness in Northwest Arkansas. Neighbors will lace up their shoes and walk the Northwest Arkansas Razorback Greenway from Bentonville to Fayetteville. Over three days, participants will walk more than 30 miles, sleep along the way, and learn about homelessness in our community—all to raise awareness and funds for The Future of New Beginnings campaign and our next supportive housing neighborhood, Spruce Street Gardens. Join Us for The Last Mile On Saturday, October 25, the community is invited to walk the final […]

Tea & Conversation — Buddhist Conceptions of Love

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Dr. Joanie Connors Tea & Conversation — Buddhist Conceptions of Love Weds Oct 15 – 7:00 pm – Omni Center Buddhist Concepts for Love by Joanie Connors, Ph.D. This presentation will cover the 4 Buddhist concepts for love – lovingkindness (metta), compassion (karuna), appreciative joy (mudita), and equanimity (upeksha), We will also discuss nonviolence and how love of others (and self) provide a path for spiritual liberation. We will end with a discussion of how nonviolence compares to these teachings. Joanie Connors PhD is a local psychologist, therapist and writer who explores trauma, love and relationships from an eco-systems point […]