Friday, September 18, 2009

Climate Change Action, Fall 2009

Sat - Sept 19 -10-1 - Eco-Living Fair - Mt Pleasant Solar Coop in DC www.mtpleasantsolarcoop.org/

Mon - 9/21 7:30 pm - The Age of Stupid - in theatres for one night only www.ageofstupid.net/

Thurs-Sat - Sept 30 to Oct 3, 2009 - Webcast of The Governors' Global Climate Summit 2: On the Road to Copenhagen - http://climatesummit.greenstreetscene.com/channel/conferences/globalclimatesummit2/welcome

Fri Oct 2 - 5:30pm - Les Brown on Plan B 4.0, Mobilizing to Save Civilization at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW , 2nd floor, Washington Dc www.earth-policy.org/index.php?/events/

Oct 10-11 - Green Festival in DC - www.greenfestivals.org/washington-dc/

Oct 9-13 and 15-18 Solar Decathlon on the Mall in DC - www.solardecathlon.org/

Wed Oct 14 - 7-9pm Program on Agenda for a New Economy - David Korten's work on sustainable economies - Greenbelt Climate Action Network meeting - Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd Greenbelt, MD

Sun Oct 18 - Earth Forum in Columbia MD 3pm - Mike Tidwell of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network with a multimedia presentation "Hot Planet Love: A Story of Global Warming, Passion, and Doing the Right Thing" at First Presbyterian of Howard County, 9325 Presbyterian Circle, Columbia, MD 21045

Sat -Oct 24 - International Day of Climate Action - www.350.org . See DC event info. at http://www.350.org/dc - noon to 5 pm at Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park, 16th and Euclid Streets NW followed by a march to Lafayette Park in front of the White House.
Columbia MD 350.org Concert at 7pm - www.350.org/node/5560

Sun Oct 25 - 7pm - Faith Response To Environmental Conservation and Justice - Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - at Beth Shalom, 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane, Columbia Md 21044


CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

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

Transition Towns DC area group - http://ecolocity.ning.com/

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org

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

Transitions Towns - www.transitiontowns.org/ & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns

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

Simplicity Matters Earth Institute (SMEI) calendar is here . Also Bethesda and Baltimore Sunday night Forums

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