Climate Change Awareness Education Survey

WHAT: The Green Team is initiating an effort to increase the Congregation's awareness of the various aspects of Climate Change thru various forms of education.

WHY: We think this is very critical to do at this point in time in order to understand how to put our faith into action by understanding the impacts to current and future generations and to bring healing to all of creation.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VRQ97NP

Rise With Standing Rock and Native Nations

Rise With Standing Rock and Native Nations

More than 100 UCC folks from 26 states joined together in Washington DC to march in solidarity with Standing Rock and Native Nations in support of indigenous rights and environmental justice. The march started at the Army Corps of Engineers office building, paused at the Trump International Hotel, and ended at Lafayette park in front of the White House.  Pam Arifian, Director of the Northeast Regional Environmental Justice Center at Silver Lake, reports that it was: "An incredible day of unity, hope, love and respect." See more photos

A Big City Voice on Climate Change

Mayor Hidalgo of Paris on cars, pollution and the impact of women.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/us/a-voice-from-paris-on-climate-change.html

Anne Hidalgo, the Paris mayor, said she was “convinced that together, cities, businesses and citizens will save the planet. Their alliance is critical.”

Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, is also chairwoman of C40, a network of the world’s biggest cities committed to addressing climate change. As mayor, despite strong opposition, she has closed parts of the city — including along the bank of the Seine River — to traffic. Recently, I asked Ms. Hidalgo about her interest in environmental issues and why women are important to the solutions. Her answers have been edited and condensed.

Women’s Crucial Role in Combating Climate Change

The link between climate change and women’s rights may seem baffling to some.

But for Zandile Gumede, the first female mayor of Durban, South Africa, they are inextricably woven together. She was elected last year in part on a promise to address environmental problems in the region, and engaging more women in the effort is crucial to finding solutions, she said.

Read more at: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/us/womens-crucial-role-in-combating-climate-change.html

People's Climate Movement Week of Action

https://peoplesclimate.org/week-of-action/

Opportunities 

Live Climate Monday 4/24

1:00pm — Earth Week Climate Education Teach-InJoin ACE for a livestream teach-in on climate science and solutions. We’ll be playing trivia, watching videos from Our Climate Our Future, and taking Q&A with renowned climate scientist Scott Denning of Colorado State University and youth climate leader Maxine Jimenez of UC Santa Cruz. Click here to sign up

Wed 4/26

8:00pm — Chernobyl +31: From Nuclear Disaster to Renewable Energy Revolution
(This is a telebriefing event.) April 26 is the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster — one of the worst environmental catastrophes in world history, and one that is not and will not be over for many generations to come. But Chernobyl’s legacy is not only one of tragedy. The impact of Chernobyl convinced millions of the need to power the world with renewable energy, inspiring Germany’s Energy Transition, the foundation for the clean energy revolution we are building toward today. Join us for this live national briefing, to learn about Chernobyl, its legacy, and its relevance to the climate justice movement. Call: 712-770-4160. Passcode: 723281#. Click here to learn more

May Day 5/1

• May Day New Haven: General Strike, Solidarity and ResistanceMay 01, 2017 • 12:00 PMNew Haven GreenTemple StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
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Eco-Justice Notes: Science, not Silence

http://www.eco-justice.org/E-170421.asp

Good read on March for Science and the issues.

Principles and Goals:

https://www.marchforscience.com/mission-and-vision/

How the Active Many Can Overcome the Ruthless Few | The Nation

How the Active Many Can Overcome the Ruthless Few- the key to saving the earth in the 21st century

Nonviolent direct action was the 20th century’s greatest invention—and it is the key to saving the earth in the 21st century.

By Bill McKibbenTwitter

https://www.thenation.com/article/how-the-active-many-can-overcome-the-ruthless-few/

42 tips on leading a zero-waste lifestyle.

YES! Magazine

April 7 at 9:00pm · 

Taking what he learned from his experiment, No Impact Man Colin Beavan offers 42 tips to move toward a zero-waste lifestyle.

http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/42-ways-to-not-make-trash

http://noimpactproject.org/

42 Ways to Not Make Trash

Here are some tips and tricks.

YESMAGAZINE.ORG

The religious case for caring about climate change

A great interview with Rev. Brooks Berndt, UCC Environmental Justice Minister, on the religious case for caring about climate change.

Brooks Berndt

April 19 at 10:00pm · 

Vox Media

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So glad to have been interviewed by Vox about the contributions and roles faith communities can play in addressing climate change.
http://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/4/19/15271166/climate-change-religious-arguments

The religious case for caring about climate change

Talk about values, not just data: how this minister wants to inspire people to take action on protecting the environment.

VOX.COM

UCC Environmental Justice Center at SLCC

UCC Environmental Justice Center at SLCC

Environmental justice is the movement against environmental racism, which places our most polluting industries and sites disproportionately in low income and communities of color. This page serves as a way to activate and bear witness, to keep updated on all of the initiatives and happenings at Silver Lake as part of our efforts to be a model of sustainable living, and to educate about and advocate for major environmental issues and solutions. The CTUCC Environmental Ministries Team is hard at work on these issues, and we will be using this page to post updates and meeting notices too. We want YOU to be a witness too, and offer this page as a way to support your work as a responsible citizen of this earth! Thanks for all that you do!

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