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John Seed at UMass and more
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May 04, 2007 08:36 PDT
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TO: Sustainability Friends
FROM: John Gerber
As usual, I'm inviting you to check out my events page for what is
happening locally, here... http://people.umass.edu/jgerber/SustEvents.htm
But I'm also so jazzed about having John Seed on campus, I've posted
this announcement below. One of my TA's from Sustainable Living class
organized this event. He is also speaking in Northampton on Sunday, May
6. Hope to see you at one of these events!
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FROM: Joe Chenelle
/*Hello Sustainable Living Friends!*/
Join us for:
*John Seed on Climate Change, Despair and Empowerment
Thursday, May 10; 12:00noon - 2:00pm
Campus Center Basement Room 168C*
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Just wanted to remind you all that next Thursday John Seed will be giving a talk
about Global Climate Catastrophe and hope for change in the CAMPUS CENTER
BASEMENT room 168c at Noon. For those of you unfamiliar with John Seed, he is an
internationally famed environmental activist who is in lare part responsible for
the conservation of thousands of acres of rainforest throughout the world. He
is founder of the Rainforest Information Centre in his homeland of Australia.
He is currently speaking around the United States about climate change,
grassroots organizing, Deep Ecology, and the negative feelings we all face when
comfronted with the problem of global climate change and how to turn this into
positive action. So yeah, he's pretty much the man! We have arranged for him
to come give an informal lunchtime talk (bring food!) in CAMPUS CENTER BASEMENT
room 168C at Noon.
Cheers
Joe
_And here is a description of John Seed's work_
CLIMATE CHANGE DESPAIR & EMPOWERMENT ROADSHOW
The description and schedule below will be updated at
www.rainforestinfo.org.au/climate
The "Climate Change, Despair and Empowerment" roadshow www.climate.net.au
assumes that most people attending have seen An Inconvenient Truth and are
somewhat aware of current news about the climate issue.
The roadshow aims to:
* catalyse, invigorate and support grassroots climate study/action groups across N America.
* Address the hopeless despair that many people feel and provide tools to
transform despair into empowerment and effective action. This will be based on
the Despair & Empowerment work of Joanna Macy and the "Climate Change, Despair
and Empowerment" talk which John Seed gave in Massachusetts earlier this year
with Pullitzer Prize winning journalist Ross Gelbspan. (The 60-minute film made
from this event is available on DVD for free to anyone who agrees to use it to
educate their family, friends and community.
* unveil the false and "business as usual", solutions being touted by the major
political parties such as nuclear power and so called "clean coal".
* raise awareness and inspire political action towards the real solutions that
we, the people, must insist upon. (eg. end the many billion dollars a year in
subsidies to the fossil fuel industries, support energy efficiency, solar, wind etc.)
* provide resources for the many things that we can all do to turn the situation
around. www.climate.net.au/resources/
* Support a network of Climate Study/Action Groups across N America.
By the time the "Climate Change, Despair and Empowerment" roadshow reaches the
US next month, there will have been over 50 presentations and workshops in
Australia. www.climate.net.au/schedule.htm
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To learn more about Sustainability Events in the region, you are invited
to join my listserve at.... http://lists.topica.com/lists/sustliving
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TO: Sustainability Friends<br>
FROM: John Gerber<br>
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As usual, I'm inviting you to check out my events page for what is
happening locally, here...
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.umass.edu/jgerber/SustEvents.htm">http://people.umass.edu/jgerber/SustEvents.htm</a><br>
<br>
But I'm also so jazzed about having John Seed on campus, I've posted
this announcement below. One of my TA's from Sustainable Living class
organized this event. He is also speaking in Northampton on Sunday,
May 6. Hope to see you at one of these events!<br>
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<pre wrap="">FROM: Joe Chenelle
<i><b>Hello Sustainable Living Friends!</b></i>
Join us for:
<big><b>John Seed on <font color="#009900">Climate Change, Despair and Empowerment</font>
Thursday, May 10; 12:00noon - 2:00pm
Campus Center Basement Room 168C</b></big>
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Just wanted to remind you all that next Thursday John Seed will be giving a talk
about Global Climate Catastrophe and hope for change in the CAMPUS CENTER
BASEMENT room 168c at Noon. For those of you unfamiliar with John Seed, he is an
internationally famed environmental activist who is in lare part responsible for
the conservation of thousands of acres of rainforest throughout the world. He
is founder of the Rainforest Information Centre in his homeland of Australia.
He is currently speaking around the United States about climate change,
grassroots organizing, Deep Ecology, and the negative feelings we all face when
comfronted with the problem of global climate change and how to turn this into
positive action. So yeah, he's pretty much the man! We have arranged for him
to come give an informal lunchtime talk (bring food!) in CAMPUS CENTER BASEMENT
room 168C at Noon.
Cheers
Joe
<u>And here is a description of John Seed's work</u>
CLIMATE CHANGE DESPAIR & EMPOWERMENT ROADSHOW
The description and schedule below will be updated at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/climate">www.rainforestinfo.org.au/climate</a>
The "Climate Change, Despair and Empowerment" roadshow <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.climate.net.au">www.climate.net.au</a>
assumes that most people attending have seen An Inconvenient Truth and are
somewhat aware of current news about the climate issue.
The roadshow aims to:
* catalyse, invigorate and support grassroots climate study/action groups across N America.
* Address the hopeless despair that many people feel and provide tools to
transform despair into empowerment and effective action. This will be based on
the Despair & Empowerment work of Joanna Macy and the "Climate Change, Despair
and Empowerment" talk which John Seed gave in Massachusetts earlier this year
with Pullitzer Prize winning journalist Ross Gelbspan. (The 60-minute film made
from this event is available on DVD for free to anyone who agrees to use it to
educate their family, friends and community.
* unveil the false and "business as usual", solutions being touted by the major
political parties such as nuclear power and so called "clean coal".
* raise awareness and inspire political action towards the real solutions that
we, the people, must insist upon. (eg. end the many billion dollars a year in
subsidies to the fossil fuel industries, support energy efficiency, solar, wind etc.)
* provide resources for the many things that we can all do to turn the situation
around. <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.climate.net.au/resources/">www.climate.net.au/resources/</a>
* Support a network of Climate Study/Action Groups across N America.
By the time the "Climate Change, Despair and Empowerment" roadshow reaches the
US next month, there will have been over 50 presentations and workshops in
Australia. <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.climate.net.au/schedule.htm">www.climate.net.au/schedule.htm</a>
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