Compiled by Dick Bennett
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/12/omni-climate-memo-mondays-207-december.html
Efforts to Save Our Planet
UN-USA, COP 29
UUA Green Sanctuary
Book, Beautiful Solutions
More Books from Ecosocialist Bookshelf
COP 29, UNA-USA, UNA TODAY, NOVEMBER 2024
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) has concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan. Global leaders, ministers, and representatives from over 30 countries have come together to build on the momentum of last year’s historic Global Cooling Pledge. With climate change fueling extreme heat waves, the demand for sustainable cooling solutions has reached a critical point.
The United Nations Environment Programme’s article delves into the significant progress made at COP29, highlighting key takeaways from the Ministerial Roundtable and the global coalition’s united efforts to confront one of the most pressing challenges of the climate crisis: sustainable cooling.
UUA Green Sanctuary 2030 Orientation
November 6 at 7pm ET / 4pm PTThis event is over…but there’s more coming up!
Get to know the new Green Sanctuary! Join the monthly orientation session to get a better understanding of the program and learn how your congregation can engage in ongoing climate action.
Green Sanctuary 2030: Mobilizing for Climate Justice can transform your congregation through climate justice! Orientation meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at 4PT – 5MT – 6CT – 7ET. Unitarian Universalist Climate Project.
Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for Liberation by
ELANDRIA WILLIAMS, RACHEL PLATTUS, ELI FEGHALI and NATHAN SCHNEIDER. 2024.
“Capitalism can’t get us out of this crisis. If you’re wondering what can, take a look at Beautiful Solutions.” —Naomi Klein
“Shows us that we are not starting from scratch and we are not alone in imagining an economy that allows us to love each other!” —adrienne maree brown, author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
“A loving and thoughtful gathering of our stories…a celebration of our collective genius…takes on the revolutionary question of how we create worlds where we all thrive.” —Makani Themba, author and movement strategist
OR BOOKS, 2024. 349 pages
Read also: The Art of Activism: Your All-Purpose Guide to Making the Impossible Possible by STEVE DUNCOMBE and STEVE LAMBERT. –Dick
MORE BOOKS FROM “Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2024.”
Jordan B. Kinder. PETROTURFING: Refining Canadian Oil through Social Media. University of Minnesota P.
Since the early 2010s, an increasingly influential network of pro-oil groups, organizations, and campaigns has harnessed social media to undermine resistance to the fossil fuel industry. Kinder exposes the deep divide between Canada’s environmentally progressive reputation and the actual actions of its governments and corporate polluters.
M.V. Ramana. NUCLEAR IS NOT THE SOLUTION: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change. Verso
The climate crisis has propelled nuclear energy back into fashion. Its proponents argue that the technology only needs perfection and deployment. Ramana replies that such thinking is both naïve but dangerous. In addition to exposing nuclear power’s high costs and technical limitations, he unmasks the powerful groups that are greenwashing a spectacularly dirty industry.
Corey Ross. LIQUID EMPIRE: Water and Power in the Colonial World. Princeton UP.
Ross tells the story of how the waters of the colonial world shaped the history of imperialism, and how the imperial past still haunts us today. An important historical perspective on the crises engulfing the world’s waters, particularly in the Global South, where billions of people face water shortages, floods, and the depletion of sea life.