Climate Change Action - March/April 08

Support the Global Warming Solutions Act in Maryland

Contact MD legislators now - their info here
Support SB 309 with NO amendments

MDLCV info, CCAN info, Alliance for Global Warming Solutions

Sun, March 30 - 4:30-6:30 PM BALTIMORE GREEN FORUM AT TOWSON
Where: MD Presbyterian Church, 1105 Providence Road, Towson. Directions.
TOPIC:: Supporting Local, Organic, and Sustainable Food Sources;
25 minute film: “The Organic Opportunity: Small Farms and Economic Development” tells the story of the first county in the U.S. to promote local organic agriculture as economic development. In 2005, Woodbury County, Iowa, started offering tax rebates to farmers who transitioned to organic agriculture. In 2006, the county became the first in the nation to mandate the purchase of locally grown organic food by county institutions. Produced by The Center for Economic Security. Speakers: Brett Bixler, local roaster of fair trade sustainable coffee, and Renee Brooks Catacalos, publisher and editor of the quarterly magazine Edible Chesapeake: Celebrating the Abundance of Local Food. Discussion to follow.

April 11-24 EcoRes Forum Online E-Conference - www.eco-res.org Register & log-on from your own home computer to a online conference of academics and activists, scientists and social critics, researchers, journalists, and concerned citizens from around the world. This online forum examines the roots of environmental & climate injustice and searches solutions. International panel bios here. Discussions are led through a progressive framework of questions and focus points by the moderating team. Subject timelines are provided, and discussion archives are maintained for participant reference. FREE.

Sat, April 12 9am-5:30pm - Living in the Time of the Great Turning
This event in Arlington VA. combines the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium with additional material, exercises and guided meditations from the work of Joanna Macy, an activist and pioneer in the deep ecology movement. This workshop gives us the opportunity to look at our anger, despair, or overwhelm so that we can free up our full energy to be part of the solution. Our natural joy at being alive is reawakened and our hearts feel stronger to face the challenges and opportunities that lie before us. Info here.

Sun, April 13, 6:30 pm SMEI Sunday Sunday Forum
"Food for Life" www.simplicity-matters.org/

April 16: 7:30 pm LesterR. Brown , "Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization"
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, 310 Tulip Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912
www.earth-policy.org/Lectures/index.htm

Tues, April 22 - EARTH DAY
Find events at www.earthday.net

Tues, April 22, 7pm - Earth Day Rally Extraordinaire
Attend this benefit for CCAN the evening of April 22nd with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman and Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners. Hear these two prominent national progressive leaders speak about the climate emergency and the movement to address it. Also speaking will be Betsy Taylor, founder of the 1Sky campaign, and Ted Glick and Mike Tidwell. The event will be held at GW Lisner Auditorium beginning at 7 pm. For tickets - $15, $10 for students, click here.
Directions to Lisner Aud, 21st & H Sts, NW, DC here.

Sun April 27, 4:30 to 6:30 pm Addressing Climate Change through Lifestyle, Technology & Advocacy at the Local & Personal Level at the Baltimore Green Forum,
MD Presbyterian Church, 1105 Providence Road,Towson, 21286
David O'Leary, Smart Energy Solutions Chair, and Cool Cities Campaign Chair for The Sierra Club MD, and a leading authority in this area, will discuss how local governments are beginning to address climate change in Baltimore County, Baltimore City and elsewhere, and how citizens impact this process. Beth Strommen, manager of Baltimore City's new Office of Sustainability, will summarize the new sustainability program and legislation, and how public policy interacts with action by businesses and individuals.. To co-sponsor or ask questions, contact Diane at 410-965-7740 or baltimoregreenforum@gmail.com

April 28 to May 2, 2008 - Baltimore Green Week

Thurs, May 1, 3 pm to 6 pm Showcase of organizations providing job training and careers in the green economy, part of Baltimore Green Week Futures for the Sustainable Workforce, Morgan State University. Showcase of organizations providing job training and careers in the green economy. Hosted by Civic Works, Parks and People, and Morgan State University’s Career Development Center. FREE and open to the general public and students from Morgan State. Information at www.baltimoregreenweek.org

Thurs, May 1, 6:30pm to 8:00pm - Van Jones at Morgan State University FREE
Hear one of today’s leading voices in helping to create jobs for low income and inner city communities through the Green Industrial Revolution. Van Jones is the founder and president of the Green for All Foundation, which focuses on environmental justice and jobs, and his new Green For All campaign. www.greenforall.org. Hosted by Marc Steiner!
At Morgan State University, 5200 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, Md in the Main Aud. Rm 241, Schaeffer Bldg, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Sch of Engineering. Flyer here.

Tues, May 20, 7:30 pm One Sky: Creating Our Green Future Together
Majora Carter, K.C. Golden and Betsy Taylor with host Eugene Sutton
Washington National Cathedral - directions here Info and registration here.
Come hear Majora Carter, Sustainable South Bronx founder and MacArthur genius grant recipient's powerful vision of "green for all" along with the visionary voices and pragmatic activism of K.C. Golden, a Seattle-based climate policy expert, and Betsy Taylor, chair of the 1-Sky Campaign, hosted by the Cathedral's canon pastor the Rev. Eugene Sutton. Proceeds will benefit Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light and the GreenCathedral initiatives.

See the amazing short video - "The Story of Stuff" at www.storyofstuff.com.
This fast-paced 20 min video shows how the "materials economy" is killing the climate and what we can do to change. The story of stuff is about finding new values that support life on this planet! Watch online, download and/or order CD. And share the message!

CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

The Alliance for Global Warming in Maryland - www.alliancemd.org/
See list of partners here. NSP Maryland has signed up and should be reflected soon.

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

Local Climate Action/Climate Change groups:
Baltimore - www.baltimoreclimate.org
Greenbelt - www.greenbeltclimateaction.com/
Howard County - www.hococlimatechange.org

www.focusthenation.org
www.1sky.org/

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

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/
9pm ON TV - "The Green" on Sundance - Info: http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen#/homePage