Climate Change Action - Fall 2008

Sept 8, 2008 , 7:30pm, Defund the ICC and Promote Sustainable Land-Use and Transportation discussion at College Park City Hall, 4500 Knox Road, College Park Md Transportation is responsible for 40percent of the greenhouse gas emissions. Discuss a strategic plan to refund the ICC in the next MD legislative session. Co-sponsored by: Anacostia Watershed Society, Community Research, Sierra Club - Prince George's Group

Tue Sept 9, 2008, 7 - 8:30 PM ‘Connecting To Sustainability: Practical Examples of Sustainable Living’ Balt Climate Action Network meeting
Location: Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville, MD 21093 - Will Including a discussion of society’s inter-connectedness through our goals of sustainable living & environmental, financial and social responsibility. Presented by Rex Wright: Chair of the Baltimore Regional Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, recent past Chair of the Baltimore County Commission on Environmental Quality, engineer & expert in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and construction management. Rex has made numerous presentations at professional conventions, has testified before State and Local government as an advocate for energy efficiency & green buildings, and has been featured in numerous print and television media reports. Questions: mail@baltimoreclimate.org or 410-812-1447 See directions here.

Fri, Sept 19 2008, 7:15 pm Catherine Pancake, producer/director of the movie Black Diamonds www.blackdiamondsmovie.com, will host the film in person
LOCATION: Howard County Recreation and Parks Headquarters, 7120 Oakland Mills, Rd., Columbia, Md. This searing 90-minute documentary details the destruction wrought by mountaintop removal coal mines in West Virginia Sponsored by the Howard Co. Sierra Club - info and directions: http://maryland.sierraclub.org/hc/

Tues, Sept 23 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lester Brown author of Plan B. 3.0 and President, Earth Policy Institute in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-369. Part of the Wilson Center on the Hill. Free - reservations required at:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=470938

Sat, Sept 27 - Green Jobs Now - National Day of Action to Build the New Economy www.greenforall.org/ See events here that include:

Washington, DC Green Jobs Now- 09/27

Baltimore, MD Baltimore Green: Green Jobs Now!- 09/27

Silver Spring, MD Ready for Jobs- 09/27

SILVER SPRING, MD "I'M READY"- 09/27

Prince George's County, MD Prince George's Home Energy Efficiency Makeover- 09/27

Washington, DC Green Jobs Now- 09/27

Annapolis, MD

Washington, DC Green Jobs Now- 09/27

Potomac Falls, VA Green Jobs Now- 09/27

Fairfax, VA Green Jobs Now: A Day to Build the New Economy- 09/27

Sept 28 - Oct 1, 2008- Gardens and Grace- Care for the Earth, Care for the City, Care for the Soul - A conference for people who care about environmental, social justice, and spirituality issues At the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Baltimore, Maryland See www.ang-md.org/gardensandgrace/

Oct 4 and 5 - 11am - 5pm 18th Annual Washington DC Solar Tour of Homes- 2 days, over 40 homes! Also new this year, a green home and garden subtour: Takoma Park Green Home Tour (Oct5 only) www.solartour.org/ www.prsea.org/

Sept 16-26 - Smart Growth Listening Sessions - The Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) and the Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development in Maryland are hosting a series of public forums across the State for residents to share their thoughts and ideas on future growth in the state. See details and a location near you at: www.mdp.state.md.us/listeningsessions.htm

9/11 to 10/30 The “Connecting Health and Sustainability” seminar series - Weekly - usually on Weds. 12:15 to 1:30 pm at - Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205. See details and rooms numbers at www.jhsph.edu/clf/events/index.html

CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

The Alliance for Global Warming in Maryland - www.alliancemd.org/

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

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org
www.1sky.org/
www.focusthenation.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