Climate Change Action, Winter 2010

Sun, January 17, 3:00 PM, The Earth Forum of Howard County, presents Water for Life with water use authorities, Renee Vogelsang of the Food and Water Watch ( www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ ) Washington, DC, and Ned Tillman, author of The Chesapeake Watershed: A Sense of Place and a Call to Action. Will water, a vital resource for living, will be safe and available in the future - your future? How can you help insure water will be available for life? Come to the Earth Forum at First Presbyterian of Howard County, 9325 Presbyterian Circle, Columbia, Maryland.

Sat Jan 23, 2010 Gather at 10:30 and jump at 11 - Annual POLAR BEAR PLUNGE - for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network: CCAN Join hundreds of climate activists as we jump into the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis - raising money and awareness and making clear our continuing call for Congress and our nation to Keep Winter Cold! Fight Global Warming!

Location: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis

10:30--gather, music, refreshments

11:00--short program

11:15--into the water

At: Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Phillip Merrill Environmental Center, Herndon Ave Annapolis, MD www.keepwintercold.org or www.keepwintercold.org/about/time-and-location.html

Tues, Jan. 26, 2010, 16th Annual Environmental Summit, 5 pm–8 pm, Key Auditorium, St. John’s College, Annapolis - Hear from top legislative leaders and advocates about the 2010 environmental legislation. Join us and lobby for good environmental policy. More information here. Please car pool, park in the Navy Stadium lot and take the shuttle to the State House. St. John’s is one block from the State House on College Avenue. Map of St. John's here.

Tues Feb 2, 2010, 7 pm 'Your Planet is Hot' - A Story of Global Warming and Passion.

One hour multi-media event combining story-telling, music, film, and humor as Mr. Tidwell (journalist, author, host of Earthbeat Radio and Director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network) leads the audience on a fresh journey of discovery, honesty, hope, and action. Then discuss the program with its co-creators Mike Tidwell and Jay Tomlinson of CCAN. The Episcopal Center (The Cathedral of the Incarnation), In Guilford / Charles Village on the NE corner of University Parkway and N. Charles St. (Across the street from Johns Hopkins Homewood campus). 4 E. University Parkway Baltimore, 21218. Free of charge, and free parking