10/10/10 Work Party idea meeting
On Sunday June 13th a group of us met to brainstorm ideas for a 10/10/10 work party project. Here’s the list: Organize a Tree Planting (preferably edibles) Install solar panels on a public or community-owned building Work day at a community garden or organic farm Mass bike ride Mass bus ride: “fill the bus” day [...]
June 15, 2010
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Tags: 10/10/10, 350.org, climate change, CO2 reduction, project, work party · Posted in: Meeting reports (now under "Pages")
Candlelight Vigil for a Real Deal at Copenhagen
About 50 people showed up to the Unitarian Hall for our candlelight vigil. Here are a few photos!
December 12, 2009
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Tags: 350, avaaz, candlelight vigil, climate change, copenhagen, vigil · Posted in: Event Reports
Why it doesn't matter whether climate change is human-caused or not…
This great quote comes from John Michael Greer at the Archdruid Report: Whether or not the current round of climate instability is entirely the product of anthropogenic CO2 emissions is actually not that important, because it’s even more stupid to dump greenhouse gases into a naturally unstable climate system than it would be to dump [...]
December 10, 2009
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Tags: archdruid report, climate change, climate change denial, greenhouse gases, john michael greer · Posted in: Quotes
TPR at the Hot Summer Nights market
Thanks to Karen’s kindness in offering us a free space, we set up an information table at the Hot Summer Nights market on Thursday July 15. Quite a few people stopped to chat and look at our display. Our display boards (loaned by Wendy Pelton) looked great, with “the problematic present” on the left, showing [...]
July 18, 2009
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Tags: awareness, climate change, display table, film screening, market, peak oil, renewable energy, transition · Posted in: Event Reports
350.org – seting a safe (?) maximum level of atmospheric CO2
350.org is a worldwide effort to get 350ppm set as the target maximum for CO2 in the atmosphere. The day of action on Oct 24th 2009 is intended to set a clear grassroots message for the climate talks in December. See Bill McKibben’s letter to Transition initiatives on the Transition US site
June 18, 2009
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Awareness raising events for Powell River
I went through the Transition Handbook and the Transition US website looking at the kind of events that transition groups have held during the “awareness” phase of getting people up to speed on Peak Oil and Climate Change. Here’s an incomplete list of things we could do here in Powell River: Film Screenings Peak Oil [...]
April 13, 2009
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Tags: alternative energy, an inconvenient truth, books, christmas, climate change, cob building, community event, cordwood building, diet, dvd, fall fair, film screening, garden tour, green day, library, local food, newcomers social, peak oil, permaculture, potluck, powell river, renewable energy, road show, slow food · Posted in: General chat