<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear friends:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you want to get a look at some very enlightening words on why the pipeline at Standing Rock ( and all pipelines) hear his words as he connects all the dots on this process and what’s at stake</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Cut and paste this website:<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CollectiveEvolutionPage/videos/10154695434748908/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/CollectiveEvolutionPage/videos/10154695434748908/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In addition, here’s what we did yesterday….</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yesterday in Boulder Dianne and I took direct actions with several hundred protectors to : </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1) Stand with about 300 other cities that were asking the Army Corp of Engineers Not to grant the pipeline easement to go under the Missouri River at SR. Waiting for a decision in next few days.</div><div class="">2) Others in our ecodharma group protested at Wells Fargo bank to bring awareness to the banks investment in the pipe line.</div><div class="">3) Simultaneously, the Boulder County Commissioners were taking professional testimony and resident testimony on the issue of lifting the moratorium on fracking in Boulder County. Several hundred people were there and some gave testimony. Salvatore gave his .</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our advice is to get involved at any level in your community’s on local environmental issues. The faster we can get thru the transition to alternative energy sources the healthier we and the planet will be.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What we’ve witnessed at Standing Rock after 3 visits and daily contact is the militarization of the state in support of the energy companies against peaceful water protectors. This is a portent of what is to come across the country as fracking and oil extraction continues unabated with state/governmental support. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Remedies: </div><div class="">•non violent direct action at the sites</div><div class="">• dis- investing in Banks that invest in these activities</div><div class="">• class action suits/</div><div class="">• promoting alternative non fossil energy sources locally</div><div class="">• big time reduction in fossil fuel usage in our personal lives ( conservation). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Stay safe. Be alert and resilient,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dianne & Salvatore</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>