Climate Change Action, Winter 2010

Sun, Feb 21, 3:00 - 5:30 PM, The Earth Forum of Howard County, Green Building and Beyond: Creating a more Sustainable Future with Stan Sersen, founder of the Green Building Institute. At First Presbyterian of Howard County, 9325 Presbyterian Circle, Columbia, Maryland. Flyer here.

Mon, March 8, 5-6:30 pm "The Looming Threat of Factory Farms" at .Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. Discussion and Book Signing by David Kirby. http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/events/

Tues, March 9 - MD Smart, Green & Growing Bill Hearing: Sustainable Communities Act. Joint hearing of the House Environmental Matters and Ways & Means committees on HB475. The meeting will start at 12:00 p.m. in the Joint Hearing Room in the Legislative Services Building. If you have any questions or need assistance, please visit MDP's Sustainable Communities website http://planning.maryland.gov/YourPart/SustainableCommunities.shtml

Wed, March 1o, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm - Great Energy Efficiency Day sponsored by the Alliance to Save Energy on Capitol Hill in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-50. (Room G-50 is nearest to the corner of 1st and C Streets, NE.) Launched in 2004, the Great Energy Efficiency Day has quickly become a “must attend” discussion on the need for, and benefits of, energy efficiency, drawing more than 400 stakeholders from business, industry, government, academia, the media and the public interest sector. The event features the leading energy voices in energy efficiency addressing timely issues and provides insight from Capitol Hill with keynote addresses from congressional members. Detailed agenda here. Register here.

Wed, March 10 7pm, Baltimore Climate Action Network planning meeting in Pikevsille Md. Details: http://environment.meetup.com/280/calendar/12773781/

Sun, March 14 5pm "The Story of Stuff" author talk and book signing at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008. One of Time magazine’s 2008 Heroes of the Environment, Annie Leonard has visited some 40 countries to investigate patterns of consumption and disposal. An expert on environmental health issues and sustainability, she identifies the systemic nature of the ecological threat posed by current ways of living and offers an agenda for practical action. http://www.politics-prose.com/node/9691 See also the Story of Stuff webpage www.storyofstuff.com/ and the Story of Cap and Trade at www.storyofstuff.com/capandtrade/

Tue March 16, 2010, 7pm Film showing in DC of "Tapped" from Food and Water Watch. Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature, Tapped, is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. Free at American University Mary Graydon Center Wechsler Theater, 3rd Floor 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, DC Info here.

Wed March 17 6:30pm, Say No to Dumping Coal Ash in Landfill near the Baltimore Harbor, Speak out at Public Hearing - Location: Curtis Bay Recreation Center, 1630 Filbert St.Baltimore, MD 21226 Details here http://chesapeakeclimate.org/getinvolved/event_detail.cfm?id=1096

Fri, March 19 7pm Repower@Home House Party - Repower@Home house parties are a great opportunity to learn about saving energy and money. The house party will break down energy conservation for you, highlighting the most effective strategies, tools, and local resources. These informal events are a fun way to get started improving your home. Location: home in Silver Spring, Md. Reservation required. See http://CCAN-Takoma-Park.groups.local.1sky.org/en/calendar.event.view/id/12753/uid/12753/

Fri, April 2, 7-9 pm - "No Impact Man" movie showing at the
Washington Ethical Society, 16th & Kalmia Rd NW Washington, DC Description-A Fifth Avenue family goes very green when writer Colin Beavan leads his wife and their baby daughter on a yearlong crusade to make no net impact on the environment in this engaging documentary. Among their activities: eating only locally grown organic food, generating no trash except for compost and using no carbon-fueled transportation. If our current way of life and the "no impact" lifestyle are the extremes, how can we find a way to live sustainably somewhere in the middle? Sponsored by the Washington Ethical Society's Earth Ethics Committee.

Thurs, April 15 7:30 pm Artists for the Climate at Foundary Methodist Church Join authors Bill McKibben, Jeff Biggers and Mike Tidwell (author and founder of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network) for an evening of inspiration and action. Info and tickets here. Directions here.

April 19 to 22, 2010 - World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, Cochabamba, Bolivia - View webcast online at http://envivo.cmpcc.org.bo/

Thurs, April 22 - 40th Anniversary of Earth Day Worldwide -www.earthday.net/earthday2010

Fri, April 23 at 2-3:30pm Clean Energy Town Hall with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Benjamin Banneker Room, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland. Directions here.

Sat April 24 Noon to 3 - Save the Planet Day at the Columbia Lakefront - sponsored by Columbia Association Teen and Middle School Advisory Committee, Columbia MD
http://www.columbiaassociation.com/files/whats_new/id_124.pdf

Sun April 25 11-7 - Earthday Climate Rally on the Mall www.earthday.net/washington
www.earthday.org/climaterally - Notable speakers and live music from Sting, John Legend, The Roots, Jimmy Cliff, Passion Pit, Bob Weir, Willie Colón, Joss Stone, Robert Randolph, Patrick Stump, Mavis Staples, Booker T, Honor Society and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger.

Tues May 4, 2010 - Wendell Berry - In a rare public appearance, literary legend, essayist, poet and Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry visits Arlington Public Library to discuss his life's work and vision of people honoring and reconnecting with the soil. It was Berry who declared "eating is an agricultural act," inspiring today's movement toward safer, healthier, locally produced meals and sustainable living Location: Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy St City/Town: Arlington, Va http://vmccaffrey@arlingtonva.us 703-228-632

May 4-6, 2010 - Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference in DC - www.greenjobsconference.org/

ONGOING:

Plan Maryland Public Forums - http://plan.maryland.gov/getinvolved/PublicForums.shtml Calendar - www.mdp.state.md.us/YourPart/vcalendar.shtml - PlanMaryland is a new planning process designed to create a better and more sustainable future for Maryland.MDP will facilitate innovative activities and small table discussions at each forum that will engage residents and other stakeholders in helping to cast a better vision for Maryland's future.

Select Weds at 3pm National Climate Seminar teleconferences
04/07 - The Yes Men: Pranksterism for a Dead Serious Message
04/14 - Denis Hayes, Bullitt Foundation: Earth Day 2050
05/05 - Elysa Hammond, Clif Bar: Transforming Corporations Around Climate
05/19 - Ross Gelbspan, Journalist: Democracy and Climate Solutions
1-712-432-3100; Conference Code: 25338 - www.bard.edu/cep/ncs/