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

Sat May 6 08:16:35 PDT 2017

I was there as well. Crowd estimate was 200,000.

I saw Sally and Dick, but missed Ellie.

Herman

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Ellie Stock via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Off to the march--hopefully connecting with Dick Alton and Sally Yost who
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> Ellie Stock ☺
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> elliestock at aol.com
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> See below for live streaming of march...
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> *Opportunity to watch The People's Climate March life today; a selection
> of informative articles, some disturbing/some encouraging; practical things
> we can do.*
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> *TODAY Watch the People's Climate March Live*
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> *Saturday, April 29, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. ET*
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> Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman and team will provide special live coverage
> of the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C.
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> *Watch LIVE tomorrow starting at 10 a.m. ET at*
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> *  democracynow.org
> <http://democracynow.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7c55dbbfa32e541749065a92a&id=36d89eed5b&e=0a26a46078>.**Or
> tune in live on:*
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> *FSTV (Dish Network 9415 & DirecTV Ch. 348)*
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> *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.*
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> <https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/04/27/100-clean-energy-bill-launched-senators-and-movement-leaders>https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/04/27/100-clean-energy-bill-launched-senators-and-movement-leaders
> <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
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> Legislation comes ahead of Peoples Climate March on April 29th
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> <http://www.ecowatch.com/salt-lake-city-makes-historic-commitment-to-100-percent-renewables-by--1921872817.html>http://www.ecowatch.com/salt-lake-city-makes-historic-commitment-to-100-percent-renewables-by--1921872817.html
> <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
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> <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,
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> <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176269/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_do_african_famines_presage_global_climate-change_catastrophe/%23more>http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176269/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_do_african_famines_presage_global_climate-change_catastrophe/#more
> <http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176269/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_do_african_famines_presage_global_climate-change_catastrophe/#more>*
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> *Tomgram: Michael Klare, Do African Famines Presage Global Climate-Change
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> <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/20/dapl-developer-spills-drilling-fluids-wetlands-while-constructing-another-pipeline>*
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> *DAPL Developer Spills Drilling Fluids Into Wetlands While Constructing
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> The latest incident is just another ding on Energy Transfer Partners'
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> <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/20/trumps-buy-american-order-looks-weak-dapl-company-pushes-back>*
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> *Trump's "Buy American" Order Looks Weak as DAPL Company Pushes Back*
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> "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
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> *Climate change is literally turning the Arctic ocean inside out*
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> <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
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> *Also** on Great Barrier Reef -
> <https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127170-mass-bleaching-hits-great-barrier-reef-for-second-year-in-a-row/>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127170-mass-bleaching-hits-great-barrier-reef-for-second-year-in-a-row/
> <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. *
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> 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
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> *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
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> *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
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> *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
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> *~ Bonus ~*
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> This Is What It Will Look Like [projected]  When Mar-A-Lago Disappears
> Under Rising Seas . . .
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Herman F. Greene
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