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climate change

Boston Climate Report Back, with Carl Spector, Viki Bok and Rebecca Park

Event info: Friday 1 October 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

In March 2009, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced the formation of the Boston Climate Action Leadership Committee and Community Advisory Committee. The charge to the committees was to give recommendations to the Mayor on the next set of goals, policies, and programs that Boston should establish for itself as it confronts the risks and opportunities [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, environment, urban sustainability

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The Beehive Collective: The True Cost of Coal: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Our Future

Event info: Wednesday 6 October 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Come view the Beehive Collective’s amazing new portable mural called the “True Cost of Coal” and a discussion. Long-exploited as a resource-extraction colony within the U.S., the Appalachian Mountains are home to a fight for survival whose outcome will determine in part the industrial might of this country. Our insatiable demand for cheap power has [...]

Tagged as: capitalism, climate change, environment

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350.org Day of Action at the J.P. Greenhouse

Event info: Sunday 10 October 2010 – 2:00pm to 8:00pm

Join us for an Open House at the JP Green House, a zero-carbon demonstration home and garden in Jamaica Plain, which also serves as the hub for 350.org in Boston. They will be opening our doors from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM , with a variety of activities and demonstrations, a meal, and an evening [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, environment, urban sustainability

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Buttoning up for Winter: A Weatherization Workshop

Event info: Friday 12 November 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Save on your energy bills, save the climate, and be more comfortable in your home: How’s that for a win-win-win for the winter? This Weatherization Forum will start with the basics of how heat gets lost in your home. Then we’ll look at ways to reduce the energy that gets used intentionally and unintentionally, starting [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, economics, greening, local, urban sustainability

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Climate change, the economy and unending war: A new strategy in a time of crisis

Speakers: Suren Moodliar, Paul Shannon and Weimin Tchen Health care, war, global warming and the economy: These are the greatest problems we’re facing today. The media and our elected officials like to portray them as isolated issues, focusing on blame rather than solutions that are in line with a vast majority of Americans. The Majority [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, economy, social movements, solutions

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The Time Trade Circle: A local, recession-proof economy

Event info: Sunday 21 February 2010 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm

What’s a time bank? A time bank is an organization where members have a bank account of time, and exchange time-based services with other members.  It’s a pool of members, and operates like a circle, not a one-to-one swap or barter.  In  a time  bank, for example, Lara makes a cake for Aldo, Keren gives [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, Potluck

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DIRT! The Movie

Event info: Friday 12 March 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

It’s under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, find out how industrial farming, mining and urban development have led us toward cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. Dirt is a [...]

Tagged as: agriculture, climate change, ecological systems, food, greening

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Reportback from Copenhagen: Next Steps on Climate Change, with reflections from JP-area neighbors

Many people hoped that the December’s United Nation’s Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen would generate a decisive global stance to curb the planet’s warming. With world leaders joining journalists, policy makers, activists, business people, and grassroots stakeholders, the talks were varied and heated. While some walked away claiming victory, others saw the conference as a failure to make critical changes in global climate policy.

A month after Copenhagen’s conclusion, we gather at the Jamaica Plain Forum to talk with two JP residents who attended the conference. Doyle Canning and Kalila Barnett will share their stories, reflections, and photos from both inside the Bella Center, and outside on the streets. For those of us that weren’t at Copenhagen, this JP Forum will be a wonderful way to learn about what happened and what the next step is to challenge climate change.

Tagged as: climate change, copenhagen, grassroots

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Reportback from Copenhagen: Next Steps on Climate Change, with reflections from JP-area neighbors

Event info: Thursday 28 January 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Many people hoped that the December’s United Nation’s Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen would generate a decisive global stance to curb the planet’s warming. With world leaders joining journalists, policy makers, activists, business people, and grassroots stakeholders, the talks were varied and heated. While some walked away claiming victory, others saw the conference as a failure to make critical changes in global climate policy.

A month after Copenhagen’s conclusion, we gather at the Jamaica Plain Forum to talk with two JP residents who attended the conference. Doyle Canning and Kalila Barnett will share their stories, reflections, and photos from both inside the Bella Center, and outside on the streets. For those of us that weren’t at Copenhagen, this JP Forum will be a wonderful way to learn about what happened and what the next step is to challenge climate change.

Tagged as: climate change, copenhagen, grassroots

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