I’ve been corresponding with a local environmental, who sent me this information about upcoming events:
Saturday, May 5, 350.org’s world-wide Climate Impacts Action Day: Connect the Dots– Stop Climate Change! No Tar Sands Pipeline!
Every day between Monday April 30 and Saturday May 5, during rush-hour from 8 to 9am and 5 to 6pm, groups of 10 or more people will stand on the sidewalk of the Coolidge Bridge between Hadley and Northampton.
We’ll hold large signs calling for President Obama and Congress to stop climate change by rejecting the Keystone Tar Sands pipeline, oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic, and continued reliance on coal and nuclear energy; and by supporting much larger investment in renewable energy sources and energy conservation and efficiency.
To ensure safety, children under 12 along with their parents will be asked to not stand on the bridge’s narrow sidewalk, but to hold signs and stand on or walk along the sidewalk off the bridge, which is still very visible to passing motorists.
“Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights . . . to a safe climate and clean energy future!”
“Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight . . . for your kids, grandkids, and all life, we must act now!!”
OCCUP-OETRY
{& Prose, Song, HipHop, etc}
for Earth Day & May Day
{and the 1st anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster,
and 2nd anniversary of the Gulf Oil spill}
SLAMMIN’ the STATUS QUO (the 1%)
&
SAVIN’ the ECONOMY, the PEOPLE, (the 99%)
and the PLANET
Friday May 4 Northampton Friends Meeting House, 43 Center St.
Wednesday May 9 Greenfield Arts Block, 289 Main Street
Friday May 18 Amherst Food for Thought Books, 106 N. Pleasant St.
(all from 6:30 to 9pm)
* Poetry, prose, and song about war and peace, economic and social justice, environmental protection, racism, women’s/LGBT/human rights, and immigration. Spoken word that speaks truth to power, and empowers and inspires us.
* Authors welcome to submit work by Friday April 27 (maximum of 10 minutes) for consideration by a panel of local poets for the Northampton event. Deadline is Friday May 4 for Greenfield event; Friday May 11 for Amherst event. And please share this invite with others who might like to participate or attend.
* 2 periods when audience can respond to what they’ve heard.
* Poems and lyrics will be available on paper (with poets’ permission) for audience to read along if they wish, and take home
Sponsored by: Pioneer Valley Climate Action; GreenNorthampton; Grow Food Northampton; River Valley Market; Peace and Justice Committees of First Churches, Northampton, and Haydenville Congregational Church; Greenfield Community College’s Peace, Justice, and Environmental Studies Program; Safe and Green Campaign;Center for Environmental Civics; 20/20 Action; Arise for Social Justice; MoveOn Councils of western MA; Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign
More info: John Berkowitz, PVCA Director and Poet,
413-625-6374 johnpberk@gmail.com www.pioneervalleyclimateaction.org
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What’s with the Weird Weather?
Climate Change Teach-in
Thursday, May 17 6:30-9pm,
Unitarian Universalist Society 220 Main Street, Northampton
The following climate scientists and energy experts in the Pioneer Valley will discuss the latest science and increasing extreme weather events, and call for more urgent federal and state clean energy policies:
* Asst. Prof. Michael Rawlins, UMass Geosciences Dept.;
Manager, UMass Climate System Research Center
* Prof. James Lowenthal, Smith College Astronomy Dept.
* Prof. Michael Klare, Hampshire College and 5-College Sustainability Program, author of “The Race for What’s Left: the Scramble for the World’s Last Resources”
* Prof. Jan Dizard, Amherst College Sociology Dept.
* Prof. Alan Werner, Mt. Holyoke College Geology Dept.
–Cash Prizes of $50, $25, and $15 to those who invite and bring along the most other
people –relatives, friends, neighbors, fellow workers or students, members of your faith community or local organization—especially those who are not yet convinced of the
urgency to stop climate change.
–Co-sponsors: Grow Food Northampton; GreenNorthampton; River Valley Market; Peace and Justice Committees of First Churches, Northampton, and Haydenville Congregational Church; Traprock Center for Peace and Justice; Safe and Green Campaign; Greenfield Community College’s Peace, Justice, and Environmental Studies Program; Center for Environmental Civics; 20/20 Action; Arise for Social Justice; MoveOn Councils of western MA; Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign
–More Info: Pioneer Valley Climate Action 413-625-6374 pioneervalleyclimateaction.org
and on Facebook
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