CLIMATE CHANGE and other ACTIVISM

The Green Festival in DC - October 6 & 7, 2007
& a Mini-Conference there - "What's the Economy For, Anyway?" Oct 5-7 (admission includes the Green Festival) - Mini Conference Co-Sponsored by the Simplicity Forum, Co-op America, Take Back Your Time, Center for a New American Dream, Forum on Social Wealth, and MomsRising.org. See: http://www.simplicityforum.org/events.html Register here

Mon Oct 8, 7-9 pm The Alliance for Global Warming Solutions PLANNING MGT
At: 1000 Friends of Maryland, 1209 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202 (410.385.2910). A coalition of Maryland environmental groups is meeting to plan a new wave of Town Hall. Meetings to be held late October/early November in Catonsville, Baltimore City and Towson (dates/locations TBD)

Sun Oct. 14, 1:45pm to 5pm - Stepping Up to the Challenge: How Your Congregation can be a Part of the Climate Solution, GWIPL's first annual summit
St. Columba's, 42 01 Albemarle St. NW, Washington, DC 20016
See - http://www.gwipl.org/summit2007.asp rsvp requested

Sunday, October 14, 6:30-8:30 PM SMEI 2nd Sun. Forum in Bethesda
Tools for Cultural Change - A presentation by Bob Morris, writer, environmental and social justice activist, Sierra Club leader www.simplicity-matters.org

Sun-Tues Oct 21 -23 - No War No Warming - www.nowarnowarming.org/
FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, NOT WARS FOR OIL! - DC mobilization

Sat Oct 27, 9:30- 4 - Gather the Women -Creating Sustainable Communities Unitarian Universalist Church at 10309 New Hamphsire Ave, Silver Spring, Maryland

Oct 27 9-1 pm Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry in Md At: UUCC Columbia Md, Owen Brown Interfaith Center, 7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045 Info here

Sunday, October 28, 4:30-6:30 PM - Balt Green Forum in Towson
The Power of Community, How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, Video and Discussion
www.simplicity-matters.org

Nov 3, 2007 National Day of Climate Action- Step It Up 2 and 1SkyCampaign
In Columbia Md 1-3 pm at Howard County Recreation and Parks, 7120 Oakland Mills Rd, Columbia MD 21046 - Elizabeth Bobo (MD Delegate) and Joshua Feldmark (Howard County Commission on the Environment) and MORE!

Alliance for Global Warming Solutions Town Hall Meetings Across MD

College Park Call to Action!
11/3/2007
College Park City Hall, Council Chambers

Catonsville Call to Action!
11/6/2007
Catonsville Public Library

Greenbelt Call-to-Action
11/7/2007
Greenbelt Elementary School

Towson Call to Action!
11/12/2007
Merrick Lecture Hall, Goucher College

St. Mary's County Call to Action
11/12/2007
St. Mary's College of Maryland

1/17/2008, 11 am - 1 pm Flood Annapolis Lobby Event!
Maryland State House, Annapolis, MD
Join the Alliance for Global Warming Solutions and hundreds of activists as we descend on the streets of Annapolis to demand that our elected officials find solutions to global warming.

HEATH CARE
Health Care for Howard County residents - There will be 3 town hall style meetings to explain the new Healthy Howard Plan for those without health care.

• Nov.6 (6-8pm) at Linden Hall, 4765 Dorsey Hall Dr., Ellicott City;
• Nov. 13 (6-8pm) Glenwood COmmunjity Ctr., 2400 Rt. 97, Cooksville;
• Nov. 14th (6-8pm) Savage Vol. Fire Station, 8925 Lincoln St., Savage.

Howard County Interfaith Coalition for Compassion
Sun 11/11 4-6 pm Interfaith Coalition for Compassion in Howard County
AT: Beth Shalom Synagogue, 8070 Harriet Tubman Rd, Columbia
http://www.beth-shalom.net/

People Acting Together in Howard (PATH)
Sun 11/17 Oakland Mills Meeting House (Interfaith Center - room 100)
public meeting addressing affordable housing, transportation and youth programs in Howard County http://www.path-iaf.org/


EVERY TUES - Radio and TV on Climate Change 10 to 11 AM - Earthbeat with Mike Tidewell & Daphne Wisham WFMW 89.3 FM DC www.earthbeatradio.org - listen online at www.wpfw.org/

Chesapeake Climate Action Network site -see this site for cutting edge local climate activism and climate activism news at www.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/.

Simplicity Matters Earth Institute (SMEI) calendar is here . SMEI offers discussion and action circles in the MD from Balti to Frederick to Annapolis and DC on voluntary simplicity, globalization, etc, and a new popular 4 week discussion circle on global warming. Info at: SimplicityGrpsMD@aol.com . Also Bethesda and Baltimore Sunday night Forums

Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - www.gwipl.org/ has many great climate change resources and a local calendar here.