[Oe List ...] GREETINGS FROM WASHINGTON, DC!; Fwd: TODAY People's Climate March live More . . .

Sat Apr 29 16:43:37 PDT 2017

Thank you, Ellie, for being there on our behalf.

I talked to my congressman's office this week. (Devin Nunes himself). as well as offices of Senators Boxer and Harriis.

Have a meditation group coming this afternoon to pray and meditate on behalf of our Mother Earth.

Eighty-two degrees here today.

I watched the movie, "In the Light of Reverence" last night, a documentary about sacred sites of Lakota (Devil's Tower in the Lakota Black Hills), Mt. Shasta in the Winnemem Wintu tribal area, and the Four Corners of the Hopi in northern Arizona. Peabody Coal Co. has had a pipeline from there taking coal slurry to Los Angeles since before 2001, when the movie was made. The desecration shown in the movie and "resource" extraction are done deals. The last words of the commentator were, "Technology is going to destroy humanity."

Blessings,

Jann McGuire

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Subject: [Oe List ...] GREETINGS FROM WASHINGTON, DC!; Fwd: TODAY People's Climate March live More . . .

Hi Folks,

Greetings from Washington, DC,  where shortly, we will be participating in the People' Climate March.  If you are not able to join a local msrch, Democracy Now is live streaming the event--see link below.

We arrived last week to participate in Ecumenical Advocacy Days, this year's theme based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech on Vietnam that focused on the triplets of racism, militarism, and materialism.  We also participated in the DC March for Science--about 120,000 in the rain, but it was a good event.  Monday was Lobby Day--visiting congressional offices.

While here we gave a presentation on The Doctrine of Discovery at the Oblates Residence with their Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Committee.  Also doing PC (USA) Earth Care presentations at Potomac PC and Westminster PC, Marie Sharp's church.  

Off to the march--hopefully connecting with Dick Alton and Sally Yost who will also be there.

Ellie Stock ☺
elliestock at aol.com

See below for live streaming of march...

Opportunity to watch The People's Climate March life today; a selection of informative articles, some disturbing/some encouraging; practical things we can do.

TODAY Watch the People's Climate March       Live

Saturday, April 29, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.             ET

Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman and team will provide             special live coverage of the People’s Climate March in Washington,             D.C. 

Watch                   LIVE tomorrow starting at 10 a.m. ET                   at  democracynow.org.

Or                   tune in live on:

FSTV                   (Dish Network 9415 & DirecTV Ch. 348)
Link                   TV (Dish Network 9410 & DirecTV Ch. 375)
WHUT-TV (Ch.                   32.1 & 32.2 in Washington D.C.)
Check                   your local Democracy Now! station for                   listings.

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/04/27/100-clean-energy-bill-launched-senators-and-movement-leaders
100% Clean Energy Bill Launched by Senators and Movement Leaders
Legislation comes ahead of Peoples Climate March on April 29th
27 April 2017

http://www.ecowatch.com/salt-lake-city-makes-historic-commitment-to-100-percent-renewables-by--1921872817.html
Salt Lake City Makes Historic Commitment to 100% Renewables by 2032
14 July 2016

http://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/3/27/14922516/trump-executive-order-climate
Trump’s big new executive order to tear up Obama’s climate policies, explained
27 March 2017

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176269/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_do_african_famines_presage_global_climate-change_catastrophe/#more
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Do African Famines Presage Global Climate-Change Catastrophe?
20 April 2017

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/20/dapl-developer-spills-drilling-fluids-wetlands-while-constructing-another-pipeline
DAPL Developer Spills Drilling Fluids Into Wetlands While Constructing Another Pipeline
The latest incident is just another ding on Energy Transfer Partners' spotty record
20 April 2017

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/20/trumps-buy-american-order-looks-weak-dapl-company-pushes-back
Trump's "Buy American" Order Looks Weak as DAPL Company Pushes Back
"As with Trump's campaign promises, the executive order is full of loopholes that are designed to protect Wall Street interests and multinational corporations—at the expense of American workers and communities."
20 April 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/06/scientists-say-the-unique-arctic-ocean-is-being-transformed-before-our-eyes/?utm_term=.63fc353cd296
Climate change is literally turning the Arctic ocean inside out

6 April 2017

On the release of Methane
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/39957-release-of-arctic-methane-may-be-apocalyptic-study-warns

https://www.greenoptimistic.com/giant-methane-release-20170401/#.WQCERb3WHIV

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40311-great-barrier-reef-reaches-terminal-stage-as-co2-levels-rise-at-record-rate
Great Barrier Reef Reaches "Terminal Stage" as CO2 Levels Rise at Record Rate
24 April 2017

Also on Great Barrier Reef - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127170-mass-bleaching-hits-great-barrier-reef-for-second-year-in-a-row/

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>From a recipient - helpful reminders on some of the things we can personally do, or help convince our governing structures to do. 

The fossil fuel industry receives a lot of criticism these days, and rightfully so. But in the final analysis, we are the ones who support the energy industry and it is our standard of living that will need to change. So contemplate what you can do for the cause
Personal Actions
End our love affair with the automobile
Ride more trains and buses
Car pool
Walk and bike more
Turn off the air conditioner in the summer and dial the thermostat down in winter
Become vegetarians or vegans
Refill plastic bottles with tap water
Discontinue using aluminum cans with and without carbonation
Maximize use of reusable bags and products
Recycle junk mail
Forego fast junk food
Go to “slow food”;
Recycle maximally, especially aluminum cans
Drive and accelerate more slowly
Climb more stairs
Plant more trees
Forego use of spray cans
Ride more trains and buses
Repair, mend and alter as much as possible
Buy solar panels
Compost as much as possible
Last person out of the room turn off the lights
Eat and farm organic
Ride more trains and buses
Fly fewer planes
Promote conference calls and web cams, fewer meetings
Use manual tools instead of power tools
Share more
Use rakes rather than leaf blowers
Decrease use of bottled water and refill plastic bottles with tap water
Maximize reusable bags and products
Push rather than power small mowers
Replace lawns with vegetable gardens
Stop fertilizing and mowing lawns
Compost as much as possible
Minimize use of disposables (Pampers, Ikea furniture);
Maximize high efficiency LED and solar powered lighting; 
Limit endless gadgets
Use motion lighting, where appropriate
Local Government Actions
Reorganize cities, building taller residences with a smaller footprint (the end of suburbia)
Institute a carbon tax
Promote car pooling subsidize and expand mass transit
Expand bike paths
Have shareable (zip) cars
Ban electric outdoor signs; 
Eat and farm organic
Promote conference calls and web cams, fewer meetings
Eliminate approximately 50% of all street lighting and office lighting in unoccupied buildings
eliminate “fast junk food”; go to “slow food
replace
Federal Government Actions
Ban gasohol 
Rein in the militaries for defense only and outlaw war 
Discontinue night baseball
Make electronics, house wares, furniture, etc to be as durable and long-lived as possible
Recycle maximally
Make appliances to be as energy efficient as possible
Discontinue aluminum cans
Ban electric outdoor signs
Maximize solar and wind power; 
Change from petroleum based fertilizers to regenerative agriculture 
Reverse deforestation, plant more trees 
Restrict spray cans
Promote conference calls and web cams, fewer meetings
Promote zero population growth with free condoms and family planning world-wide
End yearly auto model changes;
Proscribe junk mail
Scrap the mission to Mars

~ Bonus ~

This Is What It Will Look Like [projected]  When Mar-A-Lago Disappears Under Rising Seas . . . 

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