OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #192, AUGUST 19, 2024. Compiled
by Dick Bennett
Late Breaking: Protest v.
Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex.
Equador. Nature’s Rights.
Yunkaporta. Indigenous Thinking.
Greenpeace. Climate Action.
Breaking
News: PROTEST THURSDAY MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL-CONGRESSIONAL COMPLEX, the USA’s TOP
SINGLE PRODUCER OF CO2
This Thursday at 8 A.M., many of the
top Military-Industrial Complex war profiteering corporations are holding a "Mid-America Defense
Summit" at Embassy Suites in
Rogers, AR (3303
Pinnacle Hills Parkway). This event will
feature speeches by AR politicians and arms dealers. We must speak out. We will be protesting on the sidewalks in front of Embassy
Suites event center in Rogers. Please be there at about 7:45, so we are visible to event
attendees as they are driving into the event. Abel Tomlinson. The next War Watch Wednesday will provide
more information.
EQUADOR LEADS THE WAY: NATURE HAS RIGHTS
In its documentary,
Wild Hope, “Does Nature Have Rights” (August 12, 2024), PBS recounts Equador’s
successful struggle to create a constitutional structure for the rights of
nature, not only in its parks but for the country as a whole. Don’t miss it, and send to every person you
know especially in a public or private position to make a difference, including
young people, who mobilized in Equador.
Tyson
Yunkaporta. “Sand
Talk: How
Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World.”
Harper One, 2021.
Publisher’s description:
A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that
brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of
history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template
for living. As an indigenous
person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one
tied to the natural and spiritual world. In considering how contemporary life
diverges from the pattern of creation, he raises important questions. How does this
affect us? How can we do things differently?
In
this thoughtful, culturally rich, mind-expanding book, he provides answers.
Yunkaporta’s writing process begins with images. Honoring indigenous
traditions, he makes carvings of what he wants to say, channeling his thoughts
through symbols and diagrams rather than words. He yarns with people, looking
for ways to connect images and stories with place and relationship to create a
coherent world view, and he uses sand talk, the Aboriginal custom of
drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge. . . .
[Favorably reviewed by Liam Myers in The Catholic Worker (March-April
2023)].
GREENPEACE
…If elected, Donald Trump would use the Project 2025 playbook
to gut the EPA, roll back critical environmental protections, and
give Big Oil lobbyists free reign to write policy that will boost
their bottom line. Here’s the good news: We have a monumental opportunity to
elect climate champions who will fight for a green agenda, but we can only do
that if we’re prepared. That’s why this summer, Greenpeace USA Votes, Sunrise PAC, and
my friend, the amazing actor and activist Jane Fonda are
launching Build, Lead, Win:
Climate Action Training 2024! Please tune in TOMORROW Thursday, August 15th to kick off this transformative series with “How We Win in
2024” with Jane Fonda and political leader Stacey Abrams to discuss
how YOU can wield community power and make a real difference to secure big
climate wins this November. Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
