OMNI EARTH DAY ANTHOLOGY APRIL 22, 2023
Compiled
by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology
CONTENTS
ARKANSAS
Donna
and Still on the Hill
OMNI
Newsletter
Climate Potluck
UAF Earth Day
Story-Myth
Fayetteville’s Action Plan
Hobbs
State Park
USA
and World
League of Conservation Voters
The Shalom Center
Population Connection
Veterans for Peace
Common Dreams/Green New Deal
TEXTS
ARKANSAS
Greetings ya'll,
Earth Day is one of our FAVORITE days....because it is also our
ANNIVERSARY! This is a song I wrote years ago and did a recording of it
at Red Barn but I really wanted it to be a 'music video' with images. Our
friend Asha is making the dream video and this is the RAW version with just me
before Kelly added his magic in the studio and before Asha created the video of
it!
https://youtu.be/BKcDEHosTUA
Donna and Kelly
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Celebrating Earth Day on the cusp of deep change. We
don't know what follows this lovely spring. But we can live this moment in
celebration. At times when the world is uncertain, stories and myths have
given lessons to use stepping out into the unknown. Look for Valemon the Bear a
couple stories down to find a myth from the wildlands in yourself. |
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Omni Center Holds Climate Potluck Saturday April 22 - 1:00-4:00 pm - Omni Center You're invited to Omni's climate potluck, 3274 N. Lee Ave
for a lunch potluck and climate discussion. You don't have to be vegan to
attend, but please bring vegan just for the fun of it so everyone can share
and partake. The Omni potluck will be organized by Chip Ballew, dedicated
vegan advocate. We'll try posting some vegan suggestions on the Facebook
event very soon. A link for the event page will come out asap. If you're
not vegan it could be a delicious new experience as well as a climate
change discussion. |
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Future Earth Festival Earth Day at UA Saturday April 22 - 11:00-3:00 at the Commons between Mullins Library and Student Union Sponsored by Zero Hour UA I am Amelia Southern Uribe, the Vice-President of
University Programs at the University of Arkansas. I have been working
closely with the Office of Sustainability on campus to create this Earth
Day Information Fair! I am so excited that Student Omni is
able to make it and teach our campus more about how to make this planet a
better place! I hope other Omni folks might come see what students have to
offer too. Day/ Location: Event Time: Saturday April 21 from 11-3 in the Union Mall at
the University of Arkansas. Set up time: Will begin start up at 9 am. Parking: Meter code 23849255 is set up for use in Stadium garage spaces
201-740 on 4/21/23. Address: 380 N Stadium Dr. Fayetteville, AR 72701 . . .
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A wild and beautiful story-myth for Earth Day week Valemon the
Bearby storyteller Martin Shaw The Earth itself thinks in myth. There is an aliveness in it. It speaks across species, a form of ecological communication that invites us into the unknown from Emergence Magazine https://emergencemagazine.org/ |
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If you're ready to do more... Help Fayetteville with its Climate Action Plan! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2023 Contact: Peter Nierengarten Environmental Director Sustainability and Resilience 479-575-8272 pnierengarten@fayetteville-ar.gov City
of Fayetteville seeks input for new Climate Action Plan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The City of Fayetteville is embarking
on a new, comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and it will host several
in-person events this spring to gather input and feedback from Fayetteville
residents. . . . Two Climate Action Plan engagement events will be held on
the downtown square during the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market. The first [was]
Saturday, April 15, and the second will be Saturday, April 22. . .
. To view and take the questionnaire, go to: https://speakup.fayetteville-ar.gov. Since adopting the Energy Action Plan, the City has made
significant energy improvements, including constructing a 10-Megawatt solar
power array, expanding sidewalk and trail infrastructure and a implementing
a food waste composting program for Fayetteville residents. In November 2021, Fayetteville City Council passed
Resolution 288-21, requesting the addition of an Ecosystem Services Plan to
the City’s existing Energy Action Plan. Combined, these two plans will form
a Climate Action Plan for the City. For more information about the Climate Action Plan, go
to: https://www.fayetteville-ar.gov/climate |
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Earth Day Activities at Hobbs State Park Saturday, April 15th: Activities from 9:00
a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Celebrate the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day
and the 100th anniversary of Arkansas State Parks! Food
trucks will be selling food and drinks. A percentage of sales benefits
the park. |
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USA
AND THE WORLD
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Dick — tomorrow is Earth Day, a time each year when we show our support for
the planet and advocate for a better environmental future for everyone who
inhabits it.
But not everyone shares those goals. Right now, there is an urgent effort by
the far-right in Congress to push forward a huge giveaway to polluters and
lock us into new fossil fuel production — while also proposing
draconian cuts to agencies like EPA.
Our movement is the only thing stopping them — but the truth is that we
need your help. . . . We’re pressuring the Biden administration to adopt
historic new standards to protect communities against pollution from dirty
cars and trucks, tackling the leading cause of climate change in the U.S. and
saving thousands of lives annually. Monthly gifts will power our
campaign to strengthen and pass these protections into law >>
·Republican lawmakers are moving to restrict
voting rights — from statehouse elections to the 2024 presidential election.
We’re campaigning to defeat their anti-democratic bills, and pass new voting
rights legislation in Congress. . . . Onward, Gene Karpinski
President, League of Conservation Voters | |
The
Shalom Center partners with Greenfaith on their No Faith in Fossil Fuels
Climate Finance Summit.
Register for the summit HERE
Rabbi
Waskow will have the honor of offering the opening blessing at the summit’s
opening session, May 8 from 12-1:30.
Climate destruction is being bankrolled by large corporations and their
executives who choose to act against what is right and good, at the expense of
our planet’s future. The climate crisis is a crisis of greed.
From May 8-11, people of faith will gather to learn about how banks and asset
managers continue to invest in the fossil fuel industries that are destroying
communities in the U.S. and around the world – and then find out how to hold
these financial institutions accountable. Together, we can commit to taking the
bold steps necessary to effect real change.
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Population
Connection | Join us for a presentation with our CEO John Seager(too late
but I wanted you to know about my favorite population/contraception org.)
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Hi James R.,
All month long we’re gearing up
for Earth Day with
inspiring and informative events that highlight the most pressing environmental
issues of our time. We'd love for you to join us!
Next week, our CEO and President John Seager will dive
into the crucial need to remove barriers to family planning services to address
the drivers of rapid population growth.
World population has more than tripled since the middle of the 20th century
—with devastating impacts on people and our natural world.
His presentation, Whose Planet Is it, Anyway? Earth Day
Challenges for a Crowded World takes place on Thursday, April 13th at
2pm ET/11am PT.
Register for the event here!
We hope you can join us for this
event and participate in the Earth Day conversation!
For the Planet,
Natalie and Stephanie
Membership
Relations Team
COMMON DREAMS
April 20, 2023
EARTH DAY
2022 (arrived too late for 2022)
Averting
Climate Catastrophe: No New Arms Race! Veterans
For Peace 4-22-22 |
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| | | | For Earth Day 2022,The Climate
Crisis & Militarism Project (CCMP) of Veterans For Peace
(VFP) invites you to our webinar: Averting Climate Catastrophe:
No New Arms Race! Click here to
register! Militarism fuels the climate
crisis, as we see every day now in the war in Ukraine (and Yemen
and elsewhere), yet the mainstream and alternative media remain
mostly silent on the many connections between war/militarism and
the climate catastrophe. The devastation to the climate and
environment caused by wars and increasing military spending must
be confronted, then stopped. It is more important than
ever to join us in this work. Can you support
our Climate Crisis and Militarism Project by donating today? Veterans
For Peace members have been hard at work over the last few months
doing hundreds of presentations to bring awareness of how
militarism fuels the climate crisis. Sign up to
have CCMP do a presentation to your local organization, chapter
or faith group! You can also check out these great resources: ·
NEW! Download
the updated VFP's Environmental
Costs of War handout ·
Distribute our half-page flyer that
links to the above PDF! Don't forget to join us TONIGHT at 7pm(EDT),
6pm(CDT), 4pm(PDT) for our webinar! There is still time
to register! |
| | Moderated by Marcy Winograd
of CODEPINK, features panelists: · Dr.
David Vine, Professor, Department of Anthropology,
American University. Dr. Vine is a widely sought-after
speaker, authoritative source on militarism and Empire, and
the author of The United
States of War and Base
Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and
the World. · Col.
Ann Wright, retired U. S. Army Colonel, and former high
ranking U.S. State Department official, who resigned her
position in protest of the U.S. illegal invasion of Iraq and
has continued to be a powerful voice for peace and the
environment. She is the co-author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience. · Erik
Edstrom, A West Point graduate and infantry platoon
leader in Afghanistan and Presidential Escort Platoon Leader
during the Obama administration. He studied climate change at
Oxford University earning a Master of Science degree. Author
of UN-AMERICAN:
A Soldier’s Reckoning of Our Longest War. Climate
Crisis & Militarism Project! |
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3407 S. Jefferson Ave, #219
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