<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Good news. Glad you're there.<br><br><div><br></div><div>George Holcombe</div><div>14900 Yellowleaf Tr.</div><div>Austin, TX 78728</div><div>Mobile 512/252-2756</div><div><br></div><div>“...we have the choice: we can gratefully cultivate the relationships that make us part of a vast network, or we can take them for granted and allow them to wither and die.” Brother David Steindl-Rast, Deeper than Words</div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Sent from my iPad</span></div></div></div><div><br>On Apr 29, 2017, at 10:02 AM, Ellie Stock via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1.1.2_a8a0e47c-a32d-44f7-b0c2-595197b1ddf6"><div id="aolmail_role_body" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #010101" class="aolReplacedBody"><font id="aolmail_role_document" color="#010101" size="3" face="Arial"><div><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Hi Folks,</p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">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.</p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">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.</p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">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. </p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Off to the march--hopefully connecting with Dick Alton and Sally Yost who will also be there.</p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Ellie Stock ☺</p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><a href="mailto:elliestock@aol.com">elliestock@aol.com</a></p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">See below for live streaming of march...</p>
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The People's Climate March life today; a selection of informative articles, some
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Climate-Change Catastrophe?</font></span></b></p>
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loopholes that are designed to protect Wall Street interests and multinational
corporations—at the expense of American workers and
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is literally turning the Arctic ocean inside out</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000">6 April
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<p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt"><font color="#000000">On the release of Methane</font></span></b></p>
<p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/39957-release-of-arctic-methane-may-be-apocalyptic-study-warns"><font color="#0000ff"></font></a><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/39957-release-of-arctic-methane-may-be-apocalyptic-study-warns" target="_blank">http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/39957-release-of-arctic-methane-may-be-apocalyptic-study-warns</a></font></b></p>
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<p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><font color="#000000">Also</font></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font color="#000000"> on Great Barrier Reef - </font><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127170-mass-bleaching-hits-great-barrier-reef-for-second-year-in-a-row/"><font color="#0000ff"></font></a><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127170-mass-bleaching-hits-great-barrier-reef-for-second-year-in-a-row/" target="_blank">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127170-mass-bleaching-hits-great-barrier-reef-for-second-year-in-a-row/</a></font></span></b></p>
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<p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt"><font color="#000000">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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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black">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</span></p>
<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black">Personal
Actions</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black"><br>End our love affair
with the automobile<br>Ride more trains and buses<br>Car pool<br>Walk and bike
more<br>Turn off the air conditioner in the summer and dial the thermostat down
in winter<br>Become vegetarians or vegans<br>Refill plastic bottles with tap
water<br>Discontinue using aluminum cans with and without
carbonation<br>Maximize use of reusable bags and products<br>Recycle junk
mail<br>Forego fast junk food<br>Go to “slow food”;<br>Recycle maximally,
especially aluminum cans<br>Drive and accelerate more slowly<br>Climb more
stairs<br>Plant more trees<br>Forego use of spray cans<br>Ride more trains and
buses<br>Repair, mend and alter as much as possible<br>Buy solar
panels<br>Compost as much as possible<br>Last person out of the room turn off
the lights<br>Eat and farm organic<br>Ride more trains and buses<br>Fly fewer
planes<br>Promote conference calls and web cams, fewer meetings<br>Use manual
tools instead of power tools<br>Share more<br>Use rakes rather than leaf
blowers<br>Decrease use of bottled water and refill plastic bottles with tap
water<br>Maximize reusable bags and products<br>Push rather than power small
mowers<br>Replace lawns with vegetable gardens<br>Stop fertilizing and mowing
lawns<br>Compost as much as possible<br>Minimize use of disposables (Pampers,
Ikea furniture);<br>Maximize high efficiency LED and solar powered
lighting; <br>Limit endless gadgets<br>Use motion lighting, where
appropriate</span></p>
<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black">Local Government
Actions</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black"><br>Reorganize cities,
building taller residences with a smaller footprint (the end of
suburbia)<br>Institute a carbon tax<br>Promote car pooling subsidize and expand
mass transit<br>Expand bike paths<br>Have shareable (zip) cars<br>Ban electric
outdoor signs; <br>Eat and farm organic<br>Promote conference calls and web
cams, fewer meetings<br>Eliminate approximately 50% of all street lighting and
office lighting in unoccupied buildings<br>eliminate “fast junk food”; go to
“slow food<br>replace</span></p>
<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black">Federal Government
Actions</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black"><br>Ban
gasohol <br>Rein in the militaries for defense only and outlaw
war <br>Discontinue night baseball<br>Make electronics, house wares,
furniture, etc to be as durable and long-lived as possible<br>Recycle
maximally<br>Make appliances to be as energy efficient as
possible<br>Discontinue aluminum cans<br>Ban electric outdoor signs<br>Maximize
solar and wind power; <br>Change from petroleum based fertilizers to
regenerative agriculture <br>Reverse deforestation, plant more
trees <br>Restrict spray cans<br>Promote conference calls and web cams,
fewer meetings<br>Promote zero population growth with free condoms and family
planning world-wide<br>End yearly auto model changes;<br>Proscribe junk
mail<br>Scrap the mission to Mars</span></p>
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Mar-A-Lago Disappears Under Rising Seas . . . </font></span></h1>
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